Built for restaurant operators fighting on both sides of the P&L.
alloplate pairs menu pricing optimization with food service supply chain intelligence, so the prices you set and the costs you absorb are both calibrated by data, not gut feel.
ML-calibrated menu prices that reflect how diners actually perceive your brand and ingredients.
See how it worksLive ingredient cost pressure, recalls, and upstream events, synthesized from public feeds and AI.
Explore the heatmap10 brands · 24 sample storefronts · Los Angeles basin · Q1 2026
Most pricing tools optimize against costs. alloplate optimizes against perceived value, benchmarking each menu item against similarly positioned brands and its own ingredient composition, so you stop leaving margin (or loyalty) on the table.
Sample QSR portfolio · perceived-value price vs. current retail · each bubble = one menu item
We synthesize USDA feeds, FDA/USDA recall streams, commodity markets, and news wires into a single cost-pressure view for the ingredients on your menu. AI-scored 0 (quiet) → 100 (crisis), updated continuously.
AI-synthesized · colored by operator-cost pressure · 0 low → 100 crisis
| Ingredient | Event | Cause | Effective | Duration | Business decision | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cage-free eggs | HPAI flock culls | Midwest outbreak, 4M birds depopulated | Apr 2026 | 2–4 wk | Temporary spec to shell eggs | 88 |
| Boneless chicken breast | Processor shutdown | Georgia plant idled for inspection | Mar 2026 | 3–6 wk | Shift LTO volume to thighs | 72 |
| Beef trim 81/19 | Tight cow slaughter | Drought herd reduction, lowest in 60y | Ongoing | 2–3 mo | +2% menu price, watch trim spec | 65 |
| Cocoa powder | West Africa yield decline | Weather + swollen shoot disease | Ongoing | 6–9 mo | Reformulate dessert lineup | 58 |
| Olive oil (EVOO) | Spain drought carryover | 2024/25 harvest down ~40% | Ongoing | 3–6 mo | Blend with canola for fry apps | 54 |
| Tomatoes, fresh | CA rain damage | Field losses, short-dated contracts | Feb 2026 | 2–3 wk | Sub Roma or menu swap | 42 |
| Wheat flour | Black Sea logistics | Shipping delays, insurance rates up | Feb 2026 | 1–2 wk | Carry 2-week buffer inventory | 33 |
| Coffee arabica | Brazil frost watch | Cold snap forecast, not yet realized | Apr 2026 | Monitor | Lock futures on next contract | 28 |
| Potatoes, russet | PNW harvest healthy | Stable supply, ample storage | n/a | Stable | Hold spec, no action required | 14 |
Impact scores weigh menu mix, not tonnage, so a 10% nutmeg move doesn't drown out a 2% beef move.
Active recalls are matched against your watchlist so a brand hit on a supplier surfaces immediately.
Weekly summary + top themes per ingredient category, ready to forward to your exec team.
Every row carries a plain-English cause, duration estimate, and a recommended business decision.
Connect your menu, POS, and ingredient spec, or start from our catalog.
We build ingredient composition and tag the commodities that matter to your P&L.
ML calibrates menu prices; AI scores live cost pressure across your watchlist.
Act: reprice by market, swap spec, lock contracts, or forward the weekly digest.
ML-calibrated menu pricing with accuracy relative to similarly positioned brands and ingredient composition.
Live supply chain dashboard with heatmap, recall alerts, operator headlines, and lagging/leading indicators.
The least likely ingredient could be tanking your margin. Spot it instantly with smart visualizations.
No time for invoice-based costing? Approximate costs with our deep market tracker and feed coverage.
Decision-grade analytics for restaurant operators. Pricing, brand, and unit-traffic optimization in one continuous, market-by-market view.
Restaurants don't lose to a single number. Margins, perceived value, and traffic pull on each other every day. alloplate models all three together, so a price move in Pasadena doesn't quietly cost you a Tuesday lunch in Glendale.
ML-calibrated menu prices benchmarked against perceived value, ingredient build, and the local competitive set, down to the SKU.
Track how your brand is priced, perceived, and positioned next to peers, and how shifts in your menu reshape that perception over time.
Ground-truth traffic at the unit level, so pricing decisions know which doors are full, which are slipping, and which dayparts are leaking.
Every menu item, every storefront, every recall, every commodity move, joined at the SKU and at the address. The picture you've always wanted, refreshed before your weekly P&L meeting.
POS, menu, and ingredient spec, or start from our catalog.
We resolve your menu to ingredient composition and tag the commodities that move your P&L.
ML calibrates per-SKU prices; AI scores cost pressure; traffic models score each unit.
Reprice by market, swap spec, lock contracts, or reshape dayparts: one shared source of truth.
A 30-minute walkthrough on your menu, your stores, your prices. No slides, just data.
