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Restaurant operations, built by a working manager

Run the shift. Know the numbers. Lead with confidence.

86’d brings daily sales, manager handoffs, tip-outs, inventory and team accountability into one restaurant operations platform — so you can see what happened and decide what needs attention next.

No credit card required · Guided setup at your own pace

Watch the 60-second overview
Good evening, Maya. Here's what's happening at Juniper & Oak.Sample data
Week-to-date sales
$41,280
On Track
Labor %
29.4%
On Track
Discounts
3.1%
Action Needed
Waste (WTD)
$512
Watch
Needs attention
Discounts are 3.1% of net sales this week — 1.1 percentage points above the 2% target.
Two BEOs this week are missing deposits.

Owner dashboard from the Juniper & Oak demo restaurant. All figures are made up.

The problem

Restaurant management shouldn't require ten systems and one exhausted GM.

Too often it runs on a notebook in the office, a group text, a spreadsheet nobody trusts and tip-outs recalculated by hand late at night. Discounts and waste can add up unnoticed until the P&L.

  • Start the next shift with what the last manager recorded.
  • Review the night’s numbers and tip calculations in a repeatable workflow.
  • See inventory, costs and outstanding work in context.
  • Give ownership a clearer operating picture.
The platform

Everything a shift leaves behind, in one place you can act on.

Daily operations and close

Start every shift with what the last manager recorded.

Handoff from Jordan · PMWalk-in door gasket torn — repair booked Thu
Cash difference−$4.00, explained
Open tasks3 carried to AM
Sample data
  • Today, Manager Log, Shift Handoff and Manager Feed
  • Tasks, checklists, incidents, maintenance and documents
  • Guided Nightly Close: sales, tip-outs and handoff in one flowBeta
Read the feature guide →

Sales, reporting and direction

See what happened and where to focus next.

Net sales (sample day)$6,412
Discounts vs 2% target3.1% · 1.1 pts over
Top server add-on rateAna · 38%
Sample data
  • Daily sales entry, report scanning and CSV imports
  • Team Sales, product mix, targets and owner reports
  • AI brief and coaching from your own records — may be incompleteBeta
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Inventory and costs

Know what's low and what it costs before service.

Below parLimes · 18 of 60
Invoice awaiting approvalSysco · $1,284.10
Beverage variance (sample)+2 bottles
Sample data
  • Food and Beverage count sheets, par levels and barcode scanning
  • Invoice capture, approval, products, vendors and recipes
  • Waste and variance where sales data existsBeta
  • Native 86’d Inventory companion for counts and receiving (iOS/Android)Limited Pilot
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Tips and employee transparency

Repeatable tip-outs your team can check.

Bar pool (sample)$842.00 · 4 people
Policyv3 · effective Oct 1
Correction requests1 open
Sample data
  • Tip pools and tip-outs by rule, per location
  • Policy versions and close previews
  • Employee statements and correction requests
Read the feature guide →

Team and scheduling

Clear schedules, access and growth for your people.

This weekSchedule published
Report cardAna · 4.6 / 5
Recipe accessBar team · 12 specs
Sample data
  • Published schedules and employee access in the browser
  • Report cards, growth goals and permitted recipe access
  • Messages and role permissions
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Events and Banquet Event Orders (BEOs)

Large parties your team can follow from inquiry to final check.

Sat · Rivera rehearsal42 guests · BEO v2
DepositRecorded · $500
Kitchen copyPrinted
Sample data
  • Inquiries, event details and revisions
  • Deposits recorded in 86’d (payments are taken outside 86’d)
  • Printable BEOs and guest/team outputs
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The management website and employee access run in any phone or desktop browser (install to the home screen like an app). The separate 86’d Inventory companion is a native app for counts and receiving. Toast and other POS connections are Planned — today you enter daily numbers or import a CSV export.

How it works

One connected loop, every day.

  1. 1Record or import the shift's sales and notes
  2. 2Review sales and the close
  3. 3Confirm tip calculations (where included)
  4. 4Hand off unresolved work
  5. 5Owner gets a useful report
  6. 6Next shift reviews priorities

Who does what

Owners
Owner reports, targets, costs, approvals and every location
Managers
Manager Log, close, handoff, tasks, incidents and tip-outs
Kitchen & bar leads
Counts, par levels, waste, recipes and invoices
Employees
Schedules, tip statements, correction requests and permitted recipes

What each person sees depends on their role and your plan.

See it in action · optional

How owners and managers run the day on 86'd.

A 60-second look at what happened, what needs attention and what to do next — from the owner's and manager's side. English captions included.

What is 86’d? Full overview and transcript →

More videos

What happened, what needs attention and what the team does next — in our demo restaurant with made-up data.

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Money-leak detection

See exactly where margin is slipping — in dollars.

86'd compares discounts, comps, voids, refunds, waste and inventory variance against your targets, and estimates the weekly, monthly and annualized impact. Every estimate is labeled as an estimate, and time saved is never added to cash amounts.

Try the free Profit Leak Calculator
Estimated areas for review (sample)
This week
$1,184
This month
$5,120
Annualized
$61,440

"Your current discount rate is approximately 1.1 percentage points above your configured target."

Sample data from independent sample periods: one week and one calendar month of a demo restaurant, measured against its configured targets (discounts 2% of net sales). Annualized = the monthly sample × 12. Estimates, not guaranteed savings.

Why 86’d

Built around how a restaurant actually runs a day.

86’d works alongside your POS, payroll and accounting systems — it doesn’t replace them. It does include its own scheduling and team tools, so some restaurants use it instead of a separate scheduling app.

See detailed comparisons
  • A connected shift record
  • Repeatable close and tip documentation
  • Inventory and cost visibility
  • Team accountability
  • Owner reporting
  • Guidance grounded in your recorded restaurant information
Pricing

Simple, per-location pricing.

Founding Restaurant Program · 20 spots left
$149/mo per location

Operations Pro features at founding pricing, locked for your first 12 months. Founding pricing applies for the first 12 months, then the plan renews at the standard public Operations Pro price ($199 a month or $1,990 a year) unless you cancel. Includes a direct product feedback channel and early access to selected improvements.

Essential

Smaller independent restaurants that need operational organization and accountability.

$79
/mo per location

Give your management team one place to run the day.

  • Today, Manager Log & Shift Handoff
  • Tasks, opening/closing checklists
  • Maintenance, guest issues & incidents
  • BEO / large-party management
  • Document storage & basic reporting
  • Employee task access
Standard support
Operations Pro
Recommended for full-service restaurants

Full-service restaurants, bars and serious operators wanting operational and financial control.

$199
/mo per location

Connect daily operations with inventory, costs, tips, reporting, and ownership visibility.

  • Everything in Essential
  • Tip pools, tip-outs & employee statements
  • Inventory with barcode scanning
  • AI invoice capture (you review every line)
  • Recipe costing, variance & beverage cost
  • Comp/void/discount analysis & weekly owner report
  • CSV imports & AI summaries
Priority product support
Group

Restaurant groups running 3 or more locations.

$499
/mo · includes 3 locations, then $149/mo each

Run multiple restaurants from one operating picture.

  • Everything in Operations Pro
  • Multi-location ownership dashboard
  • Cross-location reporting & comparison
  • Location cloning & shared templates
  • Centralized user permissions
  • Priority support + rollout assistance
Priority support + rollout assistance

Group is $499 a month including three locations, then $149 a month for each additional location ($4,990 a year including three, then $1,490 a year each). Annual plans are charged upfront for the year. Taxes may apply.

Trial and billing: 14 days free with no card. You add a card only when you choose a plan, and billing starts then. Plans renew each month or year until you cancel from the billing page. Training and setup help are optional one-time services, separate from the subscription.

Estimate calculator

Where could your operation be worth a closer look?

Compare your numbers with targets you choose. The result is an estimate of areas to review, not a savings promise.

Net sales = gross sales minus discounts, comps and refunds, before tax and tips. Every % below uses monthly net sales as its denominator.
Promotions, coupons, employee meals. If your POS reports comps inside discounts, include them here (the full calculator can separate comps).
Food and beverage thrown out, valued at what you paid (not menu price). Don't add inventory variance here — it can overlap with waste.
Paperwork, tip math, reports, re-entering numbers.
Loaded hourly cost of the manager doing the admin work.
Your targets (prefilled with illustrative defaults — change them to your own)
Your assumption — not a measured result.

Enter your monthly net sales and any other numbers you know. Blank optional fields stay unknown; they are never counted as zero.

Want one place to track these areas against your targets?
Founding restaurant program

We're early, and we say so.

86'd doesn't have published customer testimonials yet. Instead of placeholders, here's how working with us as a founding restaurant goes:

  1. 1
    Sign up and set up your restaurant

    Create the account, add your location, managers, sales categories and tip policy with guided setup — at your own pace.

  2. 2
    Run your first nightly close

    Enter or import the night's sales, calculate tip-outs and publish employee statements.

  3. 3
    Tell us what's missing

    Founding restaurants get a direct feedback channel to the founder. We don't publish your name, quotes or results without your written approval.

Kristofer Calhoun · Founder & builder

Kristofer works in restaurant operations and leadership and currently serves as an Assistant General Manager. He builds 86'd from the problems he handles on shift. 86'd is independent — no current or past employer endorses, owns, sponsors or is affiliated with it.

FAQ

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