FORKast
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Built by a 30-Year Foodservice Executive

You're losing
$40–80K a year
and don't know it.

FORKast is the only food costing platform built by someone who spent 30 years inside distribution, corporate chains, and multi-unit operations. We know every margin trick your distributor uses — and we built the tools to stop it.

↑ For owners & C-Suite ↑ 30 days free, no card required
30+Years in foodservice
$63KAvg. annual leak recovered
500+Restaurants advised
4Successful exits
6%The gap that costs you $60,000
Restaurants without food cost software average a 9% variance between ideal and actual cost. With FORKast, operators consistently run 3% or below — a 6-point gap that equals $60,000 per $1M in revenue, every year.
app.forkasting.com — Brunch Kitchen
Recipe Cost DashboardLIVE
Food Cost %
28.4%
↑ 2.1% vs target
Weekly Sales
$8,521
▲ $423 this wk
Recipe Cards
141
↑ All costed
Menu ItemCost %$/ServingVariance
Brkfst Enchilada24.2%$3.81
CFS & Gravy31.8%$5.24
Classic Benedict26.1%$4.02
Ranch Scramble34.7%$5.88
BUILT ON REAL CREDENTIALS
🏫 Ritz Escoffier, Paris
📊 Wharton School of Business
🍴 James Beard House
🚚 Former Sysco & Shamrock Consultant
🏟️ Bell Bank Park Food Architect
The Real Problem

Your food costs are wrong.
Your distributor knows it.

Most operators are running recipes costed from memory, invoices that don't match what was quoted, and zero visibility into where the margin went. Every week of silence is a check written to your distributor.

📦

Pack size manipulation

A case of chicken goes from 40lb to 38lb. Price stays the same. Your cost-per-portion just jumped 5% and your reports show nothing. We track 3,000+ pack sizes to catch every change.

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Off-contract substitutions

Your rep swaps your contracted item for a house brand. The kitchen doesn't notice. The margin difference shows up in your P&L as a mystery line nobody can explain.

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Recipes costed on memory

Your food cost is based on what you thought you paid — not what you actually paid. Every price increase, every substitution, every yield variation erodes margin invisibly.

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Month-old data, same-week problems

By the time your accountant runs the P&L, the bad week is gone. FORKast closes your food cost as invoices land — fix this week, not last month.

Where Your Margin Is Hiding
Typical untracked leakage in a $1M revenue restaurant
Pack size creep (undetected)$18,400/yr
Off-contract substitutions$12,200/yr
Yield & prep loss (uncosted)$9,800/yr
Stale recipe costs$14,100/yr
Over-portioning (no standards)$8,600/yr
Total untracked leakage$63,100/yr
Platform Features

Everything your kitchen needs.
Simple enough to use every day.

No six-month implementation. No consultant required. If you can upload a spreadsheet, you can run real food cost by end of day.

🍳

Recipe Builder

Build recipe cards from your actual order guide. Costs update automatically every time an invoice lands. Every yield factor, every sub-recipe — all in.

CORE
📤

Order Guide Upload

Drop in your Sysco, Shamrock, US Foods, or any distributor CSV. 3,000+ pack sizes normalize automatically. No manual entry, no cross-reference headaches.

CORE
📊

PMix Auto-Scaffold

Upload your POS sales report. FORKast builds recipe card stubs for every item you sell, weighted by actual volume — so the most critical items are always costed first.

CORE
🔍

Pack Size Detection

Our proprietary library of 3,000+ distributor pack sizes catches quiet changes your rep won't mention. Every invoice normalized to unit cost, automatically.

PROPRIETARY
📦

Inventory Counting

Count to your recipe cards, not a clipboard. Mobile-first counts update your theoretical food cost live so you see variance before the week closes.

PRO
📈

Variance Reporting

Theoretical vs. actual, item by item. See which menu items are running over target and whether the cause is price change, portion drift, or waste — in seconds.

PRO
🔔

Price Alert System

Get notified the moment an invoice lands with a price above your contracted rate. Compare your pricing to GPO benchmarks. Know immediately when you're overpaying.

INTELLIGENCE
🏭

Batch Recipe Calculator

Spec prep production to your actual sales velocity. Scale any recipe by batch, account for shelf life, and generate a weekly prep schedule from your PMix data.

PRO
🤝

GRS Consulting Connect

Any FORKast operator can connect directly to Global Restaurant Solutions for vendor negotiation, menu engineering, and P&L analysis. Data in, strategy out.

GRS CONNECT
See It In Action

90 seconds to understand
your entire food cost.

Watch how an operator uploads an order guide, builds a recipe, and finds a $4,200/month leak — before lunch.

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FORKast Product Demo
How a 3-unit operator recovered $4,200/mo in pack size changes in their first week · 87 seconds

📽️ Product demo video coming soon. Request a live walkthrough →

Getting Started

Up and running
in one afternoon.

If you have an order guide and a sales report, you're done with setup today. No IT, no consultant, no six-month onboarding.

1

Upload Your Order Guide

Drop in your distributor CSV. Our pack size library normalizes it — Sysco, Shamrock, US Foods, any broadliner.

2

Connect Your Sales Mix

Upload your POS PMix report. FORKast scaffolds recipe stubs for every item you sell, weighted by actual volume.

3

Your Recipe Cards Are Already Waiting

FORKast pre-populates recipe stubs from your PMix data. Just fill in your ingredients — or upload existing recipes to populate them instantly. Live food cost from the moment you hit save.

4

Watch Your Margin Daily

Real-time food cost dashboard. Alerts when items run hot. Invoice comparisons vs. contract pricing. Know your numbers every day.

Bo Bryant
$1B+
Distribution revenue managed
Why FORKast Is Different

Built by someone who sat
on both sides of the invoice.

"I've been on both sides of the invoice for 30 years. I know every trick in the playbook — and I built FORKast to make sure operators can see all of it."

Bo Bryant is a Wharton-educated, James Beard House-recognized foodservice executive with 30 years across every side of the industry — executive consultant and corporate director of business development at Sysco and Shamrock Foods, executive operator for large corporate chains, multi-unit owner with 4 successful exits, and consultant to more than 500 restaurants. He built FORKast because he'd seen the same margin games from the inside — and knew operators deserved a tool built by someone who understood them.

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Former Sysco & Shamrock Foods executive consultant & corporate director of business development
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Executive for large corporate restaurant chains
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Multi-unit owner with 4 successful brand exits
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Consulted & advised 500+ restaurants over 30 years
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Ritz Escoffier culinary training, Paris · Wharton School of Business
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James Beard House featured chef · Bell Bank Park foodservice architect
Why Operators Choose FORKast

The only platform built for
independent operators.

Every competitor was built for enterprise chains, by people who've never negotiated a distribution contract. We were built from the other direction.

FeatureFORKastRestaurant365MarketManCompeat
Built by a distribution insider✓ Unique✗✗✗
Pack size detection library (3,000+)✓ Proprietary✗✗✗
Self-serve free trial (30 days)✓ 30 days✗14 days✗
Transparent public pricing✓ $99/moCall for quote✓Call for quote
PMix auto-scaffold✓ Included✓✗✓
Off-contract substitution detection✓ Included✗✗✗
Built-in consulting access✓ GRS Connect✗✗✗
Single-location operator pricing✓ $99/moEnterprise only✓Enterprise only
Editions & Pricing

Simple pricing.
Serious returns.

The average FORKast operator recovers their full annual subscription cost within the first 4–6 weeks.

Monthly Annual Save 20%
FORKast
Restaurant
$99/mo

Everything a single-unit operator needs to run real food cost — not guesswork.

  • Unlimited recipe cards
  • All major distributor uploads
  • PMix auto-scaffold
  • Pack size detection
  • Basic batch recipes
  • Inventory counting
  • Weekly food cost report
MOST POPULAR
FORKast
Intelligence
$149/mo

For operators who want proactive margin management — not just after-the-fact reporting.

  • Everything in Restaurant
  • Real-time price alerts
  • Off-contract substitution detection
  • Variance analysis by item
  • Batch prep scheduling
  • Multi-location support
  • GPO benchmark access
  • Priority support
FORKast
Consulting
From5K/mo

FORKast Intelligence plus hands-on GRS consulting, vendor negotiation, and P&L strategy. Our clients average a 9% reduction in COGS through vendor negotiation alone.

  • Everything in Intelligence
  • Dedicated GRS consulting hours
  • Vendor contract negotiation
  • Menu engineering analysis
  • GPO direct access
  • Quarterly strategy reviews
  • Direct access to Bo Bryant
2X Money-Back Guarantee If we don't save you at least 2X what you spend, we'll refund every dollar. No fine print.

30-day free trial · No credit card required · Cancel anytime · Founding member rate: lock $99/mo for life — first 50 operators only

From Real Operators

They stopped guessing.
Here's what happened.

★★★★★

"We found $4,200 a month in pack size changes we never knew were happening. Our distributor had been quietly shrinking cases for two years. FORKast caught it in the first invoice upload."

↑ $50,400/year recovered

MR
Maria R.
Owner, 3-unit casual dining group — Phoenix, AZ
★★★★★

"I've used every food cost tool on the market. FORKast is the only one that actually understands how distribution works. The pack size library alone is worth the subscription five times over."

↑ Food cost down 3.2 points in 60 days

JT
James T.
Executive Chef / Owner — Scottsdale, AZ
★★★★★

"We went from running food cost once a month to knowing our numbers every day. My kitchen manager can actually use this — she figured it out in an afternoon without any training."

↑ Real-time visibility, zero IT required

SK
Sara K.
Co-Owner, Brunch Kitchen & Cocktails — Cave Creek, AZ
For Owners & C-Suite

See exactly what
you're losing
right now.

In a 30-minute live session, we'll analyze your order guide, identify your top margin leaks, and show you exactly what FORKast would recover — before you spend a dollar.

✓Live analysis of your actual distributor pricing
✓Pack size audit against your current invoices
✓Estimated annual recovery specific to your operation
✓No sales pressure — just your numbers
✓30 minutes, via Zoom or phone
What C-Suite buyers want to know:
"Does this actually work?" — We show you live results from operators in your segment.
"What's the ROI?" — We calculate your specific recovery before you commit.
"Is it hard to implement?" — Your kitchen manager runs this alone. No IT required.
Request Your Free Demo
Tell us a bit about your operation, then pick a time on our calendar.

🔒 Your information is never sold or shared. Used only to prepare your demo.

Common Questions

Every question
before you commit.

FORKast was built by someone who served as executive consultant and corporate director of business development at Sysco and Shamrock Foods. No other platform has that. Our pack size library, substitution detection, and invoice audit logic are built around how distributors actually operate. R365 was built for enterprise multi-units; MarketMan focuses on procurement ordering. Neither was designed to detect the specific margin games distributors play.
That was our #1 design requirement. If your kitchen manager can upload a photo to Instagram, they can use FORKast. Onboarding is upload your order guide, upload your sales report, confirm the ingredients we scaffold. Most operators are running live food cost within a few hours of signing up. No IT, no training sessions, no consultants required.
We support all major broadline distributors including Sysco, US Foods, Shamrock Foods, Performance Food Group, Gordon Food Service, and hundreds of regional distributors. As long as you can export a CSV from your distributor portal, FORKast can ingest it. Our pack size library covers 3,000+ items across these distributors.
Most operators identify their first recovered margin within the first invoice upload. The average operator recovers their full annual subscription cost within 4–6 weeks — typically through pack size anomalies or off-contract substitutions they'd been absorbing for months. The $99/mo Restaurant plan pays for itself when you catch one case of quiet pack size shrinkage per week.
No direct POS integration is required to get started. Simply export your sales mix (PMix) report from your POS — a standard report in every major system — and upload the CSV. FORKast reads it automatically. Direct POS integrations are on our roadmap for 2025, but never a requirement.
The first 50 operators who sign up for FORKast Restaurant lock in the $99/month rate for the lifetime of their account — even as we raise prices and add features. No other conditions: cancel anytime, no contract, the rate is simply locked as long as your account stays active.

Your food cost is
bleeding money
right now.

The average restaurant loses $40,000–$80,000 per year to distribution margin games, untracked pack size changes, and stale recipe costs. FORKast stops all of it — starting at $99/month.

✓ 30-day free trial ✓ No credit card required ✓ Cancel anytime ✓ Setup in one afternoon