Know your food cost before the P&L tells you
Estora replaces the clipboard-and-spreadsheet routine with inventory management built for how restaurants actually work. Every role gets the view they need — from the owner watching margins to the shift lead counting the walk-in.
Your current system isn't broken. It's invisible.
Clipboards, spreadsheets, and texts to vendors work — until you realize you've been over-ordering by 3% for six months and left $4,500 on the table.
Food cost is a monthly surprise
You don't see your real food cost until the P&L arrives. By then, the damage is done — and there's no trail to trace where it went wrong.
Counting takes too long
Walk-in counts on a clipboard, transferred to a spreadsheet, maybe entered into yet another system. Three hours every week that still produce unreliable data.
Your team can't help
Staff could share the counting load, but existing tools either show them cost data you'd rather keep private or don't give them a view that makes sense for their role.
Up and running in days, not weeks
Competitors take 2–8 weeks to set up and charge $500 per location. Estora gets you counting in your first session.
Add your items
Import your inventory list or add items as you go. No mandatory spreadsheet upload.
Count your walk-in
Open the app, walk the floor, tap counts. Zone-based ordering matches your physical layout.
See your food cost
Actual cost, variance, and trends — visible this week instead of waiting for the monthly P&L.
Delegate with confidence
Assign counts to shift leads. They see what they need. You see when it's done and whether to trust it.
Built for every role — not just the owner
Most inventory tools give everyone the same spreadsheet view. Estora gives each role the interface they actually need.
Owner
See food cost trends, protect recipes, control who sees pricing data. Know which location needs attention without being on-site.
Manager
Run counts, manage vendors, review variance reports. Complete the weekly inventory workflow in 45 minutes, not 3 hours.
Shift Lead
Quick pre-service stock check, zone-based counting, 86 board. See what's needed without seeing what it costs.
Staff
Simple count entry and prep logging. No training manual needed — the interface makes sense on the first use.
Half the price. No setup fee. No contract trap.
MarketMan charges $199–$429/mo plus a $500 setup fee and locks you into a 12-month contract with 60-day cancellation notice. Restaurant365 starts at $249/mo. MarginEdge is $330/mo.
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