The operational intelligence layer for professional kitchens

Plan the day. Run the line.
Improve every service.

PrepIQ turns demand into a daily plan — prep, ingredients, and staffing — coordinates the line as service runs, and learns from every shift. It doesn't replace your POS or your chef's judgment — it sits above what you already run and turns it into a decision.

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Day 1

A prep plan before we have your history

Every service

The forecast relearns from what actually sold

30 days

Free pilot, no card required

What PrepIQ does

The operating system for your kitchen's day.

Not another forecast tool. PrepIQ runs the whole cycle — it plans the day, coordinates the line through service, and gets sharper every time you cook.

Before open

Plan the day

Every morning, PrepIQ turns demand into a plan your team can act on — how much to prep, what to buy, and who's on the line.

Demand forecast from sales, weather, events & local signals
Prep quantities with confidence scores — chefs stay in control
Ingredient requirements & purchasing, calculated automatically
Labor schedules built to match the day's demand

During service

Coordinate the line

Once the plan is locked, PrepIQ turns it into assigned work and watches service live — so nothing slips and everyone knows what's next.

AI turns the plan into tasks, assigned to staff on shift
A live board tracks what's to do, doing, and done
Live alerts when an item is trending toward a stockout
One place for the team to coordinate — web and mobile

After close, every night

Improve every service

After service, PrepIQ reconciles the plan against what actually happened and learns — so tomorrow starts sharper than today.

End-of-day variance review — what missed, and why
Separates demand surprises from operational causes
Every override and outcome feeds the next forecast
Waste, accuracy & margin, tracked over time

One loop. Every day your kitchen runs tighter than the last.

Every dayprep you paid for, binned

The Problem

Most kitchens still prep on instinct.

The result? The same three losses, compounding every day — in every kitchen that preps on memory.

Every day

Overprep → Waste

Throwing away food and money every single day. Margins bleed silently.

At peak

Underprep → Stockouts

Losing revenue when your best items run out at peak. Customers don't come back.

Zero

Manual Spreadsheets → No Learning

The same guessing game, repeated every morning. Yesterday teaches nothing.

PrepIQ replaces the guesswork with a plan your whole kitchen runs on.

Free tool

Find your kitchen's hidden opportunity

Answer a few questions about your operation. We'll estimate where better forecasting and operational intelligence could make the biggest difference — no obscure metrics, just what you already know.

Demand exposure across your locations

Over-preparation risk, estimated weekly

Stockout exposure on popular items

Try the Kitchen Intelligence CalculatorFree, no signup required — takes about two minutes.

Demand exposure across your locations

From the journal

What we're learning from real kitchens

Practical writing on food waste, daily prep and forecasting — for the people who actually run service.

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Product

July 31, 20267 min read

A Day With PrepIQ: See How One Kitchen Plans Smarter From Morning to Close

Most kitchens begin the day with a prep list and a lot of experience. PrepIQ simply gives that experience better information. Here's what a normal day looks like when your kitchen has operational intelligence working alongside your team.

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Operations

July 26, 20268 min read

Why "We've Always Done It This Way" Costs Restaurants Thousands Every Year

Experience is one of the greatest assets in a kitchen. But when planning depends entirely on memory and intuition, consistency becomes impossible. The most successful restaurants combine experienced chefs with better data, not bigger guesses.

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Food Waste

July 19, 20267 min read

The Hidden Cost of Food Waste: Why Most Restaurants Lose Money Before Service Even Begins

Waste isn't only what ends up in the bin. By the time the first order lands, most kitchens have already decided how much money they're going to lose that day.

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Explore PrepIQ

See what's under the hood

The system, the plans it comes in, and the team behind it — three stops, five minutes.

How It Works

Follow a day in a PrepIQ kitchen — from the morning plan to live service coordination to the nightly learning loop.

See the system

Pricing

Three plans that scale from a single branch to a global network — each built to recover more margin than it costs.

Compare plans

Contact

Questions about setup, integrations, or enterprise rollout? Talk directly to the team behind PrepIQ.

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Android early access

PrepIQ, now in your pocket

We're testing the Android app with a small group of kitchens before it opens to everyone. Join the closed beta to run PrepIQ from the floor.

Join the Android beta

Closed testing on Google Play — you'll need a Google account and the invite link.

Live prep pace and demand signals, from the floor

Close the day and log overrides from your phone

Kitchen task board, synced in real time

Running in real kitchens today

Run tomorrow on a plan, not a guess.

Plan the prep, staff the line, and let every service make the next one sharper. See PrepIQ on your own kitchen's numbers.

Start Free Pilot Book a 10-min Demo

30-day free pilot — no credit card

Connect your POS, or start from a CSV

Your data stays yours — export it any time

What PrepIQ does

The operating system for your kitchen's day.

Not another forecast tool. PrepIQ runs the whole cycle — it plans the day, coordinates the line through service, and gets sharper every time you cook.

Before open