Pinch: Food Cost Software Built by a Chef

Know your food cost the day the invoice arrives.

Photograph an invoice, check what Pinch reads, and your recipe costs update. Fast to set up, simple to use, and priced for independent restaurants.

How it works

Step 1: Add your recipes. Type them in, snap a photo of a handwritten or printed recipe, or upload your spreadsheet.

Step 2: Snap your invoices. Pinch pulls items, quantities, and prices, and you check them before saving.

Step 3: See what changed. Get instant alerts when ingredient prices move your plate cost or food cost percentage.

What's coming in the beta

Recipe and invoice scanning with an owner review step. Food and beverage inventory with expected vs. actual counts. Sales and labor connections to your POS, starting with Toast.

Join the Pinch beta

I'm looking for a few independent restaurants to try Pinch first. To join the waitlist, email eterbyjames@gmail.com with your restaurant name, city, and POS system.

Built by Chef James Menendez, trained at Grace, The Inn at Little Washington, Sixteen, Saison, and Moody Tongue.