Solution
From menu to supplier order, no spreadsheet
KitchenPlan links menu planning to requirements calculation and ordering. You know before cooking what you will produce, what it costs and what to order.
Before / after
Your production schedule is a shared Excel that nobody updates.
CalcMenu generates the production schedule from orders. Every station knows what to do and when.
Why this feature matters
This feature is built directly into the CalcMenu recipe and menu database. The same data serves kitchen, service, and administration—no re-entry, no paper versions.
KitchenPlan links menu planning to requirements calculation and ordering. You know before cooking what you will produce, what it costs and what to order.
What it gives you
Shared menu plan
Build your menus across multiple weeks with diets, allergies and seasonality. The whole team sees the same plan.
Forecast cost per menu
KitchenPlan calculates food cost during planning. You adjust recipes before production, not after.
Auto-calculated order
Net requirements are turned into supplier orders based on your stock, par levels and delivery units.
How it works
Import your recipes
CalcMenu acts as the recipe database. Ingredients, allergens and costs are already structured.
Plan the menus
Drag recipes onto a calendar. Enter planned quantities, diets and allowed substitutions.
Generate the orders
KitchenPlan aggregates requirements by supplier and delivery date. You validate, then export or send directly.
For which sectors
Used to plan thousands of meals in institutional catering, staff restaurants and central kitchens.
Stadiums & arenas
Peaks of tens of thousands of meals in a few hours, with event crews and allergen requirements.
Trade shows & exhibitions
Temporary kitchens that must serve thousands of meals over a few days, with strict labelling requirements.
Cruises & ferries
Kitchens at sea that supply multiple ports, with limited stock and menus adapted to each itinerary.
Camps & bases
Large-scale meals for mobile workforces, with varied diets and full traceability.
Correctional facilities
Secure, diet-compliant and traceable meals, served at scale every day.
Caterers & contract catering
Custom menus per client, with different allergen and cost requirements for every contract.
University dining
Thousands of students, multiple campuses, one safety standard.
Airports & passenger F&B
Cafes, lounges and fast-casual in the transit zone: standardised menus despite high staff turnover.
Theme parks
Hundreds of food outlets that must serve the same taste and quality all year round.
Supermarket & large retail
Thousands of products labelled every day, from allergens to best-before dates, from fresh counters to bakery.
Café & brasserie
A menu that changes daily, reliable recipe specs, without complexity.
Bakery-café & fast-casual chains
Same quality, same cost, same compliance in every store.
Quick-Service Restaurants (QSR)
Master recipes, allergens, labels and costs synced across hundreds of outlets.
Fast-casual
Fresh, customisable menus, standardised across the chain.
Franchise operators & multi-unit groups
A replicable, controlled and compliant business model in every territory.
Restaurant chains
Same recipes, same costs, same standards across every restaurant.
More CalcMenu features
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Diets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
Allergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Label Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Orders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Multi-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
HACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Food cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Electronic shelf labels (ESL)
Buffet, menu and price labels updated instantly from CalcMenu, with allergens and origin, no reprinting.
Nutrition & analysis
Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets.
Self-Service Meal Ordering
Patients and residents order their meals from a tablet or room screen: diets respected, allergens checked, kitchen orders consolidated automatically.
IDDSI textures
Apply IDDSI levels to recipes and ensure meals suitable for dysphagic patients.
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