Watch your restaurant go live in a week
No implementation team and no six-month project. Sturgeon connects to the systems you already run, learns your restaurant from their history, and is answering questions and drafting work by the end of the first week.
Day 1
Connect your systems with a few simple steps. No engineers, no data migration project. Sturgeon starts syncing within minutes.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
0 of 6 systems connected
Stu
Mostly produce. Romaine and avocado cases are up on your last six invoices, and your two best-selling salads lean on both. Swapping the avocado garnish on one of them would recover most of the gap.
Sales
$0
Labor
0.0%
Covers
0
Average check
$0.00
Pacing vs. forecast
+0%
Overtime risk
0 staff
Overtime risk · Moved to the top
- Romaine hearts, 6 ozInvoice—$0.84
- Avocado, halfInvoice—$0.92
- Chicken breast, 5 ozInvoice—$1.65
- Caesar dressing, 2 ozInvoice—$0.38
- CroutonsInvoice—$0.21
- Plate cost$0.00
OpenTable
Party of 2 · Fri 7:30 pm
Toast POS
Table 12 · $118.40
Google reviews
★★★★☆ “Lovely service”
Guest profile
Dana R.
- Visits
- 14
- Usual
- Fri, table for 2
- Last review
- Matched to Table 12
Regulars
0
Lapsed
0
Waiting for your approval
- ApproveApproved
Win-back campaigns
Lapsed regulars, 60+ days since last visit
- ApproveApproved
Draft POs
Produce order for Thursday, drafted from par
- ApproveApproved
OT alerts
Two closers projected over 40 hours
- ApproveApproved
Review replies
Reply drafted to a 3-star Google review
Day 1
Connect your systems with a few simple steps. No engineers, no data migration project. Sturgeon starts syncing within minutes.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
0 of 6 systems connected
Day 2
History backfills and the models calibrate on your restaurant, producing sales forecasts, hourly staffing curves, and vendor price baselines. The first price anomalies usually surface the same day.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
Day 3
The AI consultant now knows your numbers. Ask it anything you'd ask a very good operations analyst who never sleeps and never bills by the hour.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
Stu
Mostly produce. Romaine and avocado cases are up on your last six invoices, and your two best-selling salads lean on both. Swapping the avocado garnish on one of them would recover most of the gap.
Day 4
Your Daily Flash goes live: sales, labor, covers, pacing, and overtime risk on one screen, recomputed every minute from your systems. Drag the widgets around so the numbers you act on come first.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
Sales
$0
Labor
0.0%
Covers
0
Average check
$0.00
Pacing vs. forecast
+0%
Overtime risk
0 staff
Overtime risk · Moved to the top
Day 5
Recipes are costed from live invoice prices, so every dish carries its true plate cost and margin. When a vendor raises a price, the dishes it touches update the same day, not at month end.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
- Romaine hearts, 6 ozInvoice—$0.84
- Avocado, halfInvoice—$0.92
- Chicken breast, 5 ozInvoice—$1.65
- Caesar dressing, 2 ozInvoice—$0.38
- CroutonsInvoice—$0.21
- Plate cost$0.00
Day 6
Your guests come into focus. Reservations, checks, and reviews are matched into one profile per guest, so you can see who your regulars are, who has lapsed, and which visit a review is really about.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
OpenTable
Party of 2 · Fri 7:30 pm
Toast POS
Table 12 · $118.40
Google reviews
★★★★☆ “Lovely service”
Guest profile
Dana R.
- Visits
- 14
- Usual
- Fri, table for 2
- Last review
- Matched to Table 12
Regulars
0
Lapsed
0
Day 7
Autopilot is on. Campaigns for the right lapsed guests, purchase orders, and review replies draft themselves and wait for your one-tap approval, and overtime alerts arrive before the schedule is locked.
- Toast POS
- 7shifts
- Sling
- MarginEdge
- OpenTable
- Google reviews
Waiting for your approval
- ApproveApproved
Win-back campaigns
Lapsed regulars, 60+ days since last visit
- ApproveApproved
Draft POs
Produce order for Thursday, drafted from par
- ApproveApproved
OT alerts
Two closers projected over 40 hours
- ApproveApproved
Review replies
Reply drafted to a 3-star Google review
Your part is the thin line
Across the whole first week, this is everything you're asked to do, and everything Sturgeon does around it.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
You
Day 1
You:Sign inDay 2
You:NothingDay 3
You:Ask a questionDay 4
You:Drag a widgetDay 5
You:NothingDay 6
You:NothingDay 7
You:Tap approveSturgeon
- Sturgeon
- Connects each system
- Starts the sync
- Checks the data
- Sturgeon
- Backfills history
- Calibrates forecasts
- Sets price baselines
- Sturgeon
- Answers from your data
- Shows its sources
- Drafts the fix
- Sturgeon
- Builds the Daily Flash
- Recomputes every minute
- Sturgeon
- Costs every recipe
- Tracks plate margins
- Sturgeon
- Matches guests to visits
- Finds lapsed regulars
- Ties reviews to checks
- Sturgeon
- Sends campaigns
- Drafts orders
- Flags overtime
- Drafts review replies
Questions about the rollout
How long does it take to get 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 covers, costs, and guests. No implementation team, no six-month rollout.
Which systems does Sturgeon connect to?
Toast, Square, and Clover for POS, 7shifts and Sling for labor, MarginEdge for invoices, OpenTable, Resy, and SevenRooms for reservations, plus Google, Meta, and Twilio for reviews and marketing. Sturgeon connects through OAuth and API keys, so there is no data-migration project and no engineers are required.
Do I have to replace the tools I already use?
No, not to start. The intelligence layer reads from the systems you're already running, such as your POS, scheduling, and purchasing, and unifies them into one live dashboard, so it replaces nothing. If you want to reduce subscriptions and services, the full stack offers replacements for those tools too. Upgrading also centralizes more of your data, which makes it more powerful and actionable, and you can upgrade whenever you're ready.
Will the AI message my guests without me?
Only if you want it to. Review replies, win-back campaigns, and purchase orders are drafted for you and wait for one-tap approval. You stay in control of everything that reaches a guest or a vendor.
Does it work across multiple locations?
Yes. Sturgeon rolls up sales, labor, and guest data across locations while letting you drill into any single restaurant. Operators running two to a dozen rooms use the same Daily Flash to compare performance side by side.
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.