MarginEdge Restaurant Food Cost Platform

MarginEdge, Co. is a restaurant back-office software company with a footer address at 4200 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia. It targets independent restaurants, multi-unit groups and franchises that process supplier invoices by hand and lack timely food cost data. The press page lists an USD 80 million Series D reported in August 2026.

The platform automates invoice processing and tracks food cost in real time through a daily profit and loss view and price alerts. Other modules include recipe costing, menu analysis, inventory management, sales forecasting, bill payments and the Tom AI assistant. The website claims 12,000+ restaurants, with Five Guys, Just Salad and Cava Mezze Grill among the logos shown.

• Invoice processing: automates supplier invoice capture and bill payments.
• Food cost control: daily P&L and ingredient price alerts.
• Recipe costing and menu analysis: tracks plate cost and menu performance.
• Inventory management: inventory and food usage tracking.
• SmartPrep: converts sales forecasts into prep plans with checklists and label printing.
• Tom AI and AI Connector: answers data questions and links data to ChatGPT or Claude.

A Vietnamese restaurant chain can capture supplier invoices and watch food cost percentage by outlet each day. A central kitchen can convert sales forecasts into daily prep plans and labels.

• Processes supplier invoices automatically, with unlimited invoice processing in the listed plan. 2. Shows food cost daily and sends price alerts when ingredient costs move. 3. Turns sales forecasts into prep plans through SmartPrep. 4. Lists a flat price of USD 350 per month per location including AI features.

Restaurant operators face volatile ingredient prices and manual invoice work, which raises demand for daily food cost visibility and AI assistants on back-office data. Vietnamese chains buying from many suppliers face the same invoice and cost tracking burden.

Footer address in Arlington, Virginia. Press page lists an USD 80 million Series D reported in August 2026 and a Chief Product Officer appointment on 2026-09-15. Website says it meets PCI DSS standards. Integrates with Toast, Square, QuickBooks, Xero and 7shifts.