Software for hotels, restaurants and cloud kitchens
In short
Berri is a new technology company in India that builds stock and wastage reports, WhatsApp booking assistants and fridge and cold room sensor alerts for hotels and restaurants. It joins your billing, purchase and kitchen records into one daily view. Its sensor integration already runs in production inside a working business, watching temperatures around the clock.
What breaks every day
The kitchen buys vegetables, dairy and meat every morning, but nobody compares what was bought with what was sold on the billing machine. Wastage and pilferage only show up as a thin margin at month end.
Guests message on WhatsApp and Instagram to ask about table bookings, room availability and party menus. Replies come late or not at all during the rush, and those enquiries quietly go to the place next door.
A walk in freezer or display chiller can fail overnight. If nobody notices until the morning shift, the stock is lost and the food safety risk is real.
What a first version could do in two weeks
A first version could match each day's purchases against items sold from your billing software and show the dishes and ingredients where the numbers do not add up.
It could also give you a WhatsApp number that answers common questions about timings, menus and booking requests, and hands anything unusual to your manager.
If your fridges or cold rooms have sensors, or can take simple ones, the system could alert the right person on WhatsApp the moment a temperature drifts. We confirm what your equipment allows in the first week.
How Berri works with you
In week 1 we spend time in the kitchen and at the front desk, look at your billing exports, purchase bills and stock sheets, and give you a fixed price in writing.
Usually in week 2 a first version runs on your real data. After that we run it, fix what breaks and teach your manager and chef to use it. Your data stays yours and can be exported whenever you want.
Who it is not for
If you only need a billing machine or a point of sale system, buy one from a billing vendor. Berri connects to your billing software, it does not replace it.
If your main need is listing on food delivery apps or online travel sites, those platforms handle it. Berri is for what happens inside your own operation.
Common questions
How do I find out where my restaurant is losing money on food cost?
Compare what the kitchen bought with what the counter sold, dish by dish, using a standard recipe for each. The gaps point to wastage, over portioning or missing stock. Berri can build a daily report that does this from your billing exports and purchase records, so the owner sees the problem items each morning instead of discovering a poor month later.
Can a WhatsApp bot take table or room booking requests?
A WhatsApp assistant can answer questions about timings, menus and availability, collect booking details and pass them to your staff to confirm. Berri runs a WhatsApp assistant in daily use inside a working business. You decide what it can promise on its own and what always goes to a person, so guests get a quick reply without the bot overcommitting.
How can I get an alert if my cold room temperature goes up at night?
A temperature sensor in the cold room sends readings to a small system that checks them against your limits. When a reading crosses the limit, it can message your manager on WhatsApp straight away. Berri connects sensors like this and already runs sensor alerts in production inside a working business. We check which sensors suit your equipment in week 1.
Can I see sales and stock for all my outlets together?
Yes, if each outlet's billing and stock records can be exported or read. A combined dashboard then shows sales, food cost and stock levels outlet by outlet in one view. Berri builds this on top of the software your outlets already use. If an outlet still keeps stock on paper, we will suggest the simplest way to capture it.
Do we need to change our billing software to use Berri?
No. Berri reads from the billing and accounts software you already use, through exports or a direct connection where the vendor allows it. Your staff keep billing the same way. In the first week we confirm what your billing vendor shares, and if something is not possible we tell you rather than build around a guess.
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