Restaurant software for cloud kitchens and delivery-first restaurants
Sturgeon gives delivery-first kitchens one queue for DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub orders, a kitchen screen that keeps time, and daily food cost and labor numbers. There is no dining room to manage, and nothing to replace.
Where the day goes wrong
Every order arrives on a different tablet
Each delivery app sends its own ticket with its own promised time, and the kitchen has to reconcile them while cooking.
Margin that lives and dies in the kitchen
With no dining room, the money is made or lost in what a portion costs, what the crew costs, and how much goes in the bin.
Scheduling leaks nobody sees
A schedule that runs a few hours long every night adds up to a figure that only appears when the month closes.
What Sturgeon does about it
- Online ordersEvery restaurant delivery app in one order queueDoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub in one list, each with what was promised and when, confirmed and marked ready from one place.
- Kitchen displayA kitchen display system that keeps timeEvery order puts itself on the kitchen screen as a card per dish, with allergens flagged and amber and red edges as tickets age.
- Food cost & wasteRestaurant food cost you can trust: recipes, waste, and live inventoryRecipes costed from live invoice prices, inventory deducted as dishes sell, and waste logged as it happens: true food cost, every day.
- AI consultantAn AI consultant for your restaurant, not a chatbotStu watches schedules against sales and flags overtime days ahead with a fix suggested, so a scheduling leak is caught in the week it starts.
- Equipment monitoringRestaurant equipment monitoring that books its own repairWalk-in temperatures, fryer oil, and hood cleaning watched while the equipment still works, with the vendor booked around your prep.
Worth reading
- GuidesHow to calculate restaurant food cost percentageThe formula, a worked example, actual versus theoretical, and how to track it daily.
- GuidesHow to reduce restaurant food waste, and measure what it costsWhere waste comes from, how to log and price it, and the fixes that tend to work.
- GuidesRestaurant labor cost percentage: formula, benchmarks, and how to lower itThe formula, what to include, sales per labor hour, and where labor leaks.
Questions
Does Sturgeon work without a dining room?
Yes. Seating and server sections are there if you need them, and the kitchen screen, online orders, food cost, labor, and Stu all work for a kitchen with no seats.
Which delivery apps does Sturgeon work with?
DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub. Their orders land in one list with what was promised and when, and each puts itself on the kitchen screen.
Can Sturgeon run more than one kitchen?
Yes. The Enterprise plan puts every location on Sturgeon, with sales, labor, and guests rolled up into one view and locations compared side by side. Contact us to talk about your group.
How long does it take to go live?
Under a week. You connect your systems on day one. History backfills and the models calibrate on day two. By day three, the AI consultant already knows your costs.
Other kinds of restaurant
See your own numbers in Sturgeon in under a week, with your POS connected, your forecasts calibrated, and Stu answering. White-glove onboarding is included.
No credit card. No six-month contract. Your data stays yours.