Menu Compass

Menu Compass is an AI-powered menu analysis platform designed to provide real-time, actionable insights for smarter food production, distribution, and sales. It analyses food outlet menus at scale - anytime/anywhere - to identify opportunities for food distributors, wholesalers and producers, addressing key pain points in the food service industry. Menu Compass reveals which ingredients food outlets use, including items they may not currently purchase from a particular supplier or food producer, therefore pinpointing opportunities to increase basket size and share of wallet with high-margin offerings. Our proprietary and confidential platform also enables organisations to estimate the market size for a new or existing product. The platform offers data-driven insights for better demand forecasting, helping food service companies avoid over- or under-stocking, particularly for perishable goods. More accurate demand forecasting strengthens in turn a company’s negotiating position with its own suppliers! Sales representatives can now have more relevant, value-based conversations with customers. It moves beyond generic product pitches to tailored recommendations, i.e. from "order-taking" to "order-making". Menu Compass streamlines the sales process by providing a list of targeted products that sales reps should discuss with specific customers. By guiding sales reps to the most profitable products, Menu Compass reduces the need to hire ex-chefs as sales staff and allows new personnel to become productive faster. By analysing menus from a wide range of food outlets in multiple different geographies, Menu Compass identifies emerging food trends, allowing suppliers to adjust their product offerings and strategies proactively. This insight is more accurate than relying on historic sales data, and it provides additional value to food outlets by letting them know what is trending elsewhere.