Turn Every Invoice Into a Retention Opportunity
Give your customers food cost intelligence they'll actually use. Reduce churn, increase share-of-wallet, and strengthen relationships—all under your brand.
Avg. Retention
+23%
Setup Time
15 min
The Silent Churn Problem
Your best customers are quietly comparing prices and exploring alternatives. By the time you notice, they're already gone.
Invisible Erosion
Share-of-wallet shrinks gradually. A few items here, a few there—until you've lost half the account.
Software Fatigue
Restaurant operators won't adopt complex tools. Month-long implementations never get completed.
Blind Spots
You don't know where you're losing to competitors—or which accounts are actively shopping around.
Unarmed Reps
Sales reps walk into meetings without insights. They react to problems instead of preventing them.
Food Cost Intelligence That Actually Gets Used
PlateCost ingests invoices from any vendor—not just you—to give your customers a complete picture of their food costs. It's fast to set up, easy to use, and runs under your brand.
Universal Invoice Ingestion
Upload invoices from any distributor. PDF, email forward, or direct integration—whatever works for your customers.
Real-Time Cost Analytics
Track food costs, identify price increases, and spot trends before they become problems.
White-Label Ready
Your brand, your colors, your relationship. Customers see your platform, not ours.
Why Distributors Choose PlateCost
It's not about giving away software. It's about building stickier relationships and gaining intelligence you've never had access to.
Retention & Early Warning
See when purchasing patterns shift before the customer churns. Get alerts when accounts start buying more from competitors.
- At-risk account identification
- Proactive intervention opportunities
- Reduced surprise losses
Share-of-Wallet Visibility
For the first time, see exactly what percentage of a customer's spend you're capturing—and where competitors are winning.
- Category-level penetration data
- Competitive spend insights
- Growth opportunity identification
Rep Effectiveness
Arm your sales team with data-driven insights. Walk into every meeting knowing exactly what to pitch and where you're losing.
- Pre-meeting intelligence
- Targeted upsell recommendations
- Value-based conversations
Operational Intelligence
Gain market-level insights without owning sensitive restaurant data. Aggregate trends inform your product and pricing strategy.
- Market trend visibility
- Pricing intelligence
- Category demand signals
Built for Real-World Adoption
We've seen what kills food cost software: complex onboarding, POS dependencies, and asking operators to change their workflow. We built the opposite.
15-Minute Onboarding
Not weeks. Not months. Upload a few invoices and you're seeing value the same day.
Invoice-Based, Not POS
Works with what operators already have: invoices. No POS integration required.
Vendor-Neutral Design
Ingests invoices from any distributor. This is what makes it valuable to operators.
Traditional vs. PlateCost
Traditional Food Cost Software
- Months of implementation
- Requires POS integration
- Complex menu engineering setup
- Only works with single vendor
- High abandonment rates
PlateCost
- 15-minute setup
- Invoice-based (no POS needed)
- AI-powered item recognition
- Works with all vendors
- Designed for actual adoption
Your Brand. Your Relationship. Our Engine.
PlateCost runs completely under your brand. Your customers see your logo, your colors, your domain. They think of it as your platform—because it is.
Full Brand Customization
Logo, colors, domain—make it yours completely.
Sales Rep Toolkit
Reps offer it as part of your value-add services. Fits your existing sales motion.
Bundle or Give Away
Include it free with accounts or charge for premium tiers. Your pricing, your rules.
Built for Distributor Trust
We understand the competitive dynamics of foodservice distribution. That's why we designed the platform with distributor interests at the core.
Data Isolation
Your customers' data is never shared with other distributors. Complete isolation by design.
Vendor Neutral
We don't compete with you. Non-exclusive, works alongside any existing tools or partnerships.
Relationship Control
You own the customer relationship. We provide the technology, you provide the value.
Enterprise Security
SOC 2 compliance path, encrypted data at rest and in transit, regular security audits.
Ready to Turn Invoices Into Intelligence?
See how leading distributors are using PlateCost to reduce churn, grow share-of-wallet, and build stronger customer relationships.