How it works

The hard part happens once.

Then your only job is to snap a photo of each supplier receipt as it arrives. Everything else — costs, margins, reports, alerts — happens on its own.

01
The setup · Once

We build your cost system from scratch.

You sit down with us for one onboarding session. We go through every dish on your menu — what's in it, how much, where you buy it. Then we build the entire cost-tracking infrastructure for you.

By the end, every recipe is mapped, every ingredient is accounted for, every supplier is in the system. You see your real food cost percentage on every dish, in many cases for the first time.

  • Menu walkthroughYou walk us through every dish. We capture portions, ingredients, supplier brands.
  • Recipe build-outWe translate each dish into a structured recipe with sub-recipes (sauces, mixes) where they exist.
  • Supplier mappingEvery ingredient is linked to your suppliers so prices flow through automatically.
  • Account handoverYou get login credentials and a 20-minute walkthrough of the app.

Onboarding checklist

  • Walk through your full menu 90 min
  • Build every recipe & sub-recipe 2-4 hrs
  • Set up ingredients master list 1 hr
  • Connect your POS (Square/Clover) 30 min
  • Configure pricing targets & alerts 15 min
  • App walkthrough & handover 20 min
02
Day-to-day · Ongoing

You take a photo. Mise does the rest.

When a supplier drops off your order, you snap the receipt with your phone — or pick a photo you already took. The app reads every line, even handwritten ones, even faded thermal paper, even the scribbled corrections.

Each item gets matched to your ingredient list automatically. Costs update. Every dish that uses that ingredient recalculates in real time. Five seconds of your time. About ten seconds for Mise to read the whole thing and refresh your dashboard.

  • Snap or uploadTake the photo on the spot, or pick one you've already saved on your phone. Both work.
  • Smart parsingThe app reads every line, even messy ones. Cryptic supplier abbreviations get translated to your ingredients.
  • Live cost updatesEvery recipe using that ingredient sees its cost update within seconds.
  • Nothing else to learnThat's the entire workflow. No spreadsheets to update, no inventory counts to do.
Today
📷 Snap a receipt
RECENT
Sysco
Today, 9:42 AM$847.20
✓ Processed
Restaurant Depot
Yesterday$312.50
✓ Processed
Local Produce Co.
2 days ago$94.80
✓ Processed
03
Each month · Automatic

On the first, you get the report you've never had.

The system pulls last month's sales from your POS and joins them against the costs we've been tracking all month. You get a one-page report: which dishes made you money, which ones lost it, and where prices moved enough to act on.

Most owners discover at least two surprises in their first report. A "popular" dish that's been quietly losing money. A protein supplier whose prices crept up 8% over six weeks without anyone noticing. Three dishes worth pushing harder because they're earning twice the margin of everything around them.

  • Per-dish realized marginWhat each dish actually earned this month — so you know which ones to push and which ones to fix.
  • Ingredient usage trackingHow much of each ingredient you went through, drawn from receipts in and POS sales out. No physical counts.
  • Price-change alertsIngredients that moved more than 10%. Which suppliers, which months, by how much.
  • Action recommendationsSpecific suggested price changes for next month. Not "consider raising prices" — actual dollar amounts.
November 2026

Monthly Margin Report

Avg COGS
31.2%
↓ 1.4% vs Oct
Profit dishes
18 of 24
+2 vs Oct
Loss-risk
3
+1 vs Oct
Top earner
Chicken bowl
Beef supplier price up 12% Three dishes affected. Suggested re-price: +$1.50 average.

Ready to see what your dishes actually cost?

One 20-minute call. We'll quote your setup, walk through what we'd build, and answer your questions.

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