Margin intelligence for restaurant operators
Know your margins. Know your business.
Blackline tracks plate cost, supplier prices, and menu margins in real time — so you stop guessing and start running a profitable kitchen.
Margin intelligence for restaurant operators
Blackline tracks plate cost, supplier prices, and menu margins in real time — so you stop guessing and start running a profitable kitchen.
"Most restaurant owners know their overall food cost. Almost none of them know if their burger is actually profitable."
Blackline is built for the operator who shows up at 5am, breaks down the fish, talks to the produce guy, and needs to know whether the special they wrote on the board is going to make them money or cost them money. We do one thing: make sure you know what your food costs you.
Enter ingredients and quantities. See plate cost and gross margin per dish instantly. Update costs when suppliers change and know the impact immediately.
When beef jumps 15% or avocados double, Blackline tells you which menu items are affected and by how much — before you serve 80 orders at a loss.
Log what you throw away during prep and service. See exactly where you're losing money you didn't know you were losing.
Your full menu, ranked by gross margin, in real time. Know which dishes are paying for the week. Know which ones are dragging you down.
Restaurant365 is for chains. Toast is for front-of-house. Blackline is for the owner who shows up at 5am, breaks down the fish, talks to the produce guy, and needs to know if that special is going to make them money.
We don't do payroll. We don't do reservations. We don't do accounting. We do one thing: make sure you know what your food costs you.
Add your dishes and the ingredients that go in them. Enter costs once — Blackline tracks yield and portions so you don't have to.
Update ingredient costs when suppliers change. Log waste during service. See the impact on your margins in real time.
Your full menu ranked by profitability. When beef prices spike, you know immediately. When an item is dragging you down, you know that too.
Stop running your back office in the dark. Start knowing.