Most multi-location operators don't. The data is buried in distribution center CSVs, scattered across POS and inventory systems, and formatted in ways that make it nearly impossible to act on. We fix that.
Your DC sends a spreadsheet with 500+ line items. The numbering is non-sequential: Big Mac is #5, the value meal is #89.32, the large is #64.21. The formatting makes analysis painful without hours of manual cleanup.
Meanwhile, you're juggling data from your POS, inventory system, delivery apps, and accounting software. None of it connects. Getting a real answer about where margin is healthy and where it's bleeding means cross-referencing spreadsheets that nobody fully trusts.
So margins erode quietly. A percent here, a percent there. Across 10 or 20 locations, that adds up fast.
1% food cost improvement = 10% profit increase for a typical franchise on 10% margins. Across 20 locations, that's hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, invisible until you can see it by item, by category, by store.
We connect your existing data sources and give you daily visibility into the numbers that drive your margins.
See exactly what every menu item costs you, broken down by breakfast, lunch/dinner, drinks, delivery, across every location.
Know which locations are running above target and which are tight. Stop guessing which stores need attention.
See DC pricing changes as they happen, not when the next quarterly report shows up. Catch cost increases before they hit your P&L.
Understand the real margin on DoorDash, Uber Eats, and other platforms, including fees, not just the top-line revenue number.
One dashboard pulling from your DC data, POS, inventory system, and delivery platforms. No more bouncing between portals.
Automated alerts when costs spike, usage patterns shift, or pricing changes hit. Catch problems in days, not quarters.
Share your DC pricing exports and transaction data. We work with Martin Brower, McLane, Anderson DeBose, Sysco, whatever distributor you use. We handle the cleanup.
Within 48 hours, you'll get a complete food cost analysis by item, category, and location. We flag where you're above target and where margin is healthy.
Want ongoing visibility? We set up a live dashboard that updates automatically. No manual exports. No spreadsheet gymnastics. Just the numbers, every morning.
Pilot members get direct input into what we build, priority access to new features, and a free initial analysis of their DC and transaction data.
Full food cost breakdown from your DC and transaction data, by item, category, and location.
First to get new dashboards, integrations, and features as we build them.
Tell us what to build next. This is built for you, with you.
Pilot pricing stays with you when we launch commercially.
Patrol is founded by Jordan Burke, former COO of Arturo, an AI property analytics company acquired in 2025. Before that, Jordan helped scale operations through two IPOs at Weave (NYSE) and Domo (NASDAQ).
We're not building another portal for you to log into. We're building the layer that makes everything you already use actually useful.
Send us your DC export. We'll deliver a full breakdown by item, category, and location within 48 hours. Free. No commitment.
Running 5+ locations? You qualify for the pilot program.