Larder
Built for independent operators

Same features as the "big" tools. A fraction of the cost.

MarketMan, MarginEdge, and xtraCHEF all charge $240–500/month per location for food cost tracking, supplier POs, and waste logs. Larder gives you the same — plus AI invoice OCR, recipe import, and card-payment tracking — for a small fraction of that.

Pilot pricing is set per-conversation while we calibrate. Public tiers go live later this year.

What you get

Every feature, every plan

No tiers that hide food cost behind a higher plan. No per-seat charges for your team. Everything below comes in the box.

  • Unlimited users (no per-seat charges)
  • Unlimited items, recipes, and orders
  • Multi-location inventory with central-kitchen support
  • Mobile-first counts and waste log
  • Recipes with live food cost % vs target
  • Variance dashboard — theoretical vs actual
  • Comps & giveaways tracked separately (recipe-aware)
  • Purchase orders with 3-way match + auto-email to suppliers
  • Invoice OCR via Claude Vision (PDFs and photos)
  • Recipe import from Word / PDF / photos / URLs
  • Theoretical inventory from sales reports
  • Card-payment tracking across every receipt scan
  • Sales import — manual, CSV, or POS feed
  • Dispatches between locations with atomic inventory updates
  • End-of-day + end-of-week guided routines
How we stack up

What the other guys charge

Pricing publicly listed on each vendor's site or quoted by their sales teams. Numbers change; the gap doesn't.

MarketMan
$240–320 / mo / location
Older UI, no native OCR
xtraCHEF (Toast)
$270 / mo / location
Only useful if you run Toast POS
MarginEdge
$440 / mo / location
Includes AP automation
We don't list our own number publicly while we're still calibrating with pilot clients. Email us — you'll get a real, honest quote, usually a fraction of the above.

Questions you probably have

Why don't you publish a price?

We're in pilot. Every conversation right now tells us how to set the public number — what's the lowest you'll pay for this feature set, what's the most we can charge before you walk. Hand-us-a-quote-per-conversation will end in a few months once we have enough data. We'll grandfather pilot pricing for early customers.

What counts as a 'location'?

Any physical place where food is stored, prepped, or served. A central kitchen counts as one. A satellite restaurant counts as one. A food truck counts as one.

Do you charge per user?

No. Add your whole kitchen, your accountant, your managers — all at the same price.

How does the AI OCR cost work?

Invoice + recipe OCR uses Claude on a per-scan basis (~$0.02–0.05 per document). You bring your own Anthropic API key and pay them directly. For a busy 4-location restaurant, that's about $10–20/month on top of the Larder fee.

Can I import from MarketMan / xtraCHEF / Toast?

Yes — CSV import is built in for items, recipes, sales, counts, and POs. Most operators migrate in an afternoon. Stuck? We'll help with the conversion.

Do I need to use a POS?

No. Larder works fully standalone — record sales manually (2-minute end-of-day form) or paste a Z-report CSV. POS integration is on the roadmap; not required.

Is my data safe?

Yes. Hosted on Vercel (US/Canada edge), database on Neon Postgres (encrypted at rest + in transit). Daily backups with 7-day point-in-time restore. You own your data and can export it any time as CSV.

Where are you based?

Edmonton, Alberta. The product was built by an accountant for a real restaurant client and grown from there.

Ready when you are.

Free pilot while we calibrate pricing. No credit card.