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NewAutopilot — AI agents now watch your margins daily

Run your wholerestaurant —on one system.

Orders, guests, inventory, team and money — every part of the business in one place. Sell more, spend less, and see every number, without juggling ten vendors.

Built for Egypt — Arabic-first, ETA e-invoicing, MyFatoorah. We set you up in a day.

Run your whole
The squeeze

The math stopped working.

Food and labor now eat more than 60% of every pound you take — and both keep climbing. Most owners only see the full picture a week too late, across ten tools that don't talk to each other.

42%

of restaurants weren't profitable last year

National Restaurant Association · Restaurant365, 2025–26

60%+

of sales swallowed by food and labor — both rising faster than menu prices

Industry cost benchmarks, 2026

10+

disconnected tools and bills the average operator juggles to run one restaurant

Ordering, loyalty, inventory, payroll, accounting — rarely connected

Plato puts all of it on one system — and defends every line of your P&L.

Where does it hurt?

Start with the line that's bleeding.

Plato covers your whole restaurant in five connected areas. Pick the one that hurts most today — you grow into the rest whenever you're ready. Same login, same data, one bill.

01 · Channels & Service

Own every order — and escape commission.

From the QR code at the table to your own driver at the door, every channel runs on one system — and the full ticket stays yours.

  • Dine-in QR ordering — no app; guests order and pay from the table
  • Your own branded storefront for pickup & delivery — 0% aggregator commission
  • Offline-first POS that keeps selling when the internet drops
  • Live kitchen display and waiter floor ordering, always in sync
  • Dispatch your own drivers with live trip tracking
15–25%lost to delivery aggregators in Egypt — on your highest-volume channel

Everything in Channel & Service

Six tools, one connected system.

01

Branded storefront

Pickup and delivery on a site that's yours, not a marketplace's. The full ticket — and the customer — stays with you.

  • Your menu, your brand, your prices
  • Card, cash and wallet at checkout
Branded storefront
02

Point of sale

Ring up dine-in, takeaway and delivery from one screen. When the internet drops, Plato keeps taking orders and syncs the moment it's back.

  • Works fully offline
  • Split, merge and course tables
Point of sale
03

Kitchen display

Every order lands on the kitchen screen the instant it's placed, with elapsed-time chips so nothing sits. No paper, no shouting.

  • Live prep timers per ticket
  • Route items to the right station
Kitchen display
04

Waiter app

Your floor staff order from their phone — items hit the kitchen and the bill instantly, so fewer trips and faster turns.

  • Order and fire from any phone
  • Always in sync with POS & KDS
Waiter app
05

Own delivery

Run delivery without handing 25% to an aggregator. Assign drivers, track the trip live, and keep the customer relationship.

  • Live trip tracking to the door
  • No per-order commission
Own delivery
06

Orders board

Dine-in, pickup, delivery and aggregator orders on one board, updating in real time — so the whole team works from the same picture.

  • All channels, one screen
  • Status updates in real time
Orders board
02 · Guest Growth

Turn first-timers into regulars.

Every order feeds one guest database, so the next visit is always more likely. Loyalty, CRM, messaging and reservations — all in one place.

  • Loyalty they actually want — stamps, points, or a 4-tier VIP ladder
  • A profile on every guest: lifetime value, frequency, favourites, at-risk
  • Win them back over WhatsApp & SMS — birthday, first-order and win-back offers
  • Take reservations online and from the floor, with automatic reminders
cheaper to keep a guest than win one — a 5% retention lift raises profit 25–95% (Bain & Company)

Everything in Guest Growth

Five tools that turn a first visit into a habit.

01

Loyalty programs

Reward repeat visits the way that fits your brand — a simple stamp card, a points wallet, or tiered VIP perks. Set it up once; Plato runs it on every order.

  • Stamps, points or VIP tiers
  • Earns and redeems automatically at checkout
Loyalty programs
02

Digital wallet card

Guests carry your stamp or points card in their phone wallet — no app to install. Every visit updates it automatically, and a tap brings them back.

  • No app — lives in the phone wallet
  • Balance updates on every visit
Digital wallet card
03

Guest CRM

Every order feeds one guest database. See who your regulars are, who's slipping away, and what they love — then act on it.

  • Lifetime value, visits and favourites
  • At-risk flags before they churn
Guest CRM
04

Promo codes

Spin up percentage, fixed or item-level offers in seconds, set the rules, and track redemptions live — across dine-in, pickup and delivery.

  • Percentage, fixed or free-item codes
  • Live redemption tracking
Promo codes
05

Reservations

Accept reservations from your storefront and the floor, with automatic reminders that cut no-shows — all tied to the same guest profile.

  • Online and on-floor bookings
  • Automatic reminders cut no-shows
Reservations
03 · Margin & Inventory

Protect the biggest line on your P&L.

Know what every plate actually costs the day a supplier price moves — not at month-end. Inventory, recipe costing, suppliers and AI menu engineering.

  • Recipe costing — every dish re-costs the moment an ingredient price changes
  • Live inventory with low-stock alerts before you 86 a dish
  • Suppliers, purchase orders and accounts payable in one place
  • AI menu engineering ranks every dish: feature, reprice, rework or drop
28–35%of every sale is food cost — the largest, leakiest line; 91% of operators see it rising

Everything in Margin & Inventory

Six tools that defend your biggest cost line.

01

Recipe costing

Build each dish from its ingredients and Plato costs it to the piaster — then re-costs it automatically the moment a supplier price moves.

  • Auto re-costs when prices change
  • See true margin per dish
Recipe costing
02

Live inventory

Track stock in real time as orders sell it down, with low-stock alerts before you 86 a dish. Count, transfer and reconcile across branches.

  • Low-stock alerts before you run out
  • Counts, transfers and waste tracked
Live inventory
03

Inventory reports

Theoretical vs actual usage, variance and waste — so you find the leak before it eats the month. Filter by item, category or branch.

  • Theoretical vs actual variance
  • Waste and shrinkage by item
Inventory reports
04

Suppliers & POs

Manage suppliers, raise purchase orders and track what you owe — so cost of goods stays under control and nothing slips.

  • Purchase orders and receiving
  • Accounts payable per supplier
Suppliers & POs
05

Menu engineering

Plato plots every dish by popularity and margin — Stars, Puzzles, Plowhorses, Dogs — so you know exactly what to push and what to cut.

  • Stars / Puzzles / Plowhorses / Dogs
  • An action per dish, by real margin
Menu engineering
06

Cost reports

Food-cost percentage and cost of goods sold, updating as you sell and buy — by item, category and branch — so month-end holds no surprises.

  • Live food-cost %
  • COGS by category and branch
Cost reports
04 · Team & Labor

Run a tighter team.

From the schedule to the paycheck, one connected flow — and you see the labor cost before you publish, not when payroll lands.

  • Drag-and-drop scheduling with projected labor cost as you build
  • PIN / device clock-in you can trust — every minute feeds payroll
  • Payroll auto-calculated from real clocked hours, by branch or group
  • Role-based access so every action ties to a person
29–33%of sales goes to labor — second only to food; up to 5% leaks to buddy-punching and padded hours

Everything in Team & Labor

Six tools that keep labor tight, top to bottom.

01

Scheduling

Drag-and-drop shifts and watch projected labor cost update as you build — so you balance coverage and cost before you publish, not after payroll.

  • Projected labor cost as you build
  • Coverage by role and station
Scheduling
02

Attendance

Staff clock in by PIN or device, and every minute flows straight into payroll. No buddy-punching, no padded hours, no paper.

  • PIN / device clock-in
  • Real hours feed payroll
Attendance
03

Device PIN access

Each team member signs in with a PIN on shared devices, so every order, void and discount is traceable to who did it.

  • Fast PIN sign-in on shared tablets
  • Full audit trail per person
Device PIN access
04

Payroll

Payroll calculates from actual attendance — by branch or group — so what you pay matches what was worked, automatically.

  • Auto-calculated from real hours
  • By branch or the whole group
Payroll
05

Roles & permissions

Role templates control who can see and do what — from cashier to area manager — across branches, with nothing exposed that shouldn't be.

  • Role-based permissions
  • Branch-level access control
Roles & permissions
06

Employee records

Keep contracts, rates, documents and assignments in one place — so onboarding, transfers and reviews don't live in a spreadsheet.

  • Contracts, rates and documents
  • Assignments across branches
Employee records
05 · Financial Command Center

Know your numbers in real time.

Stop guessing, start steering. A real double-entry ledger sits under every transaction — so the books are never behind and month-end is a quick review.

  • Live P&L by branch and channel, updating through the day
  • Full accounting: chart of accounts, GL, P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
  • Cash management, MyFatoorah cards and settlement reconciliation
  • Every branch consolidated — with budgets, AI insights and ETA e-invoicing
42%of restaurants weren't profitable last year — at 3–5% net margin, one blind spot is the whole month

Everything in the Financial Command Center

Seven tools that turn data into decisions.

01

Live P&L

Watch revenue, prime cost and net profit update through the day, by branch and channel — so you steer on today's numbers, not last month's.

  • Updates through the day
  • By branch and channel
Live P&L
02

Chart of accounts

A proper double-entry chart of accounts sits beneath every sale, shift and payment — so your books are real accounting, not just reports.

  • Real double-entry general ledger
  • Every transaction posted automatically
Chart of accounts
03

Financial statements

Generate your P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow statement any time — current to the last transaction, ready for your accountant or the bank.

  • P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
  • Always current, export-ready
Financial statements
04

Cash management

Open and close tills, track cash movements and reconcile drawers — so what's counted matches what was sold, every shift.

  • Till open/close and counts
  • Variance flagged per shift
Cash management
05

Settlements

Match MyFatoorah and card settlements to your sales automatically — so you know exactly what hit the bank and what's still owed.

  • Card and gateway reconciliation
  • Know what's settled vs pending
Settlements
06

Branch consolidation

Roll up sales, cost and profit across all branches into one consolidated view — with budgets to measure each one against.

  • Consolidated multi-branch view
  • Budgets per branch
Branch consolidation
07

AI insights

Plato reads your financials and surfaces what's moving your margin — with a plain-language recommendation and the figure attached.

  • Plain-language recommendations
  • Flags what's moving your margin
AI insights
Plato Autopilot

It doesn't just show the numbers — it tells you what to do.

Plato watches every sale, shift and supplier price, then surfaces the one move that protects your margin today — in plain language, with the number attached.

Agents propose. You approve. Nothing touches money, stock or prices without your tap.

Autopilot — margin & waste reviewDaily · 6:00Live
General ManagerlaborLabor

Tuesday labor hit 34% of sales — 4 points over your target. Drop one closing shift on slow Tuesdays — save about EGP 1,800 a week.

Cost Controllermenu costingMenu

Koshari margin slipped 6 points since the rice price moved. Reprice to EGP 65 or switch supplier to hold a 68% margin.

Demand AnalystforecastDemand

Thursday delivery peaks 8–10pm and tickets slip 11 minutes. Prep 20 extra portions at 7:30 — cut the delay before it costs you.

01

Propose-only by default

Every agent starts in propose-only mode — purchase orders, price changes and prep cuts stay drafts until you approve them.

02

Every run on the record

Each run logs what it read, what it concluded and what it cost — per branch, per budget.

03

The autonomy dial is yours

After months of good calls, let an agent act within limits you set — and dial it back anytime.

Illustrative insights — Plato learns your own restaurant's patterns.

Anywhere

Your restaurant in your pocket.

Close the laptop. Today's sales, your live P&L, and what's moving your margin — on your phone, wherever you are.

  • Live sales and P&L for every branch, in real time
  • AI insights that flag what's moving your margin — and what to do
  • Switch branch and check the whole day from anywhere
See it live

Want to feel it? Take the 2-minute tour.

Click through the full Plato experience — menu, orders, kitchen, close — without setting up an account.

No signup. Opens in a new tab.

Switching to Plato

Bring your menu, your team, your current POS. Be live in a day.

Most owners stall because switching feels like ripping out the kitchen. It isn't — we bring everything across with you.

01

Snap your menu

Photograph your printed menu and Plato builds it — items, prices, modifiers — in minutes.

02

Keep your hardware

Plato runs on the tablets and printers you already own. No forced kit to buy.

03

One 30-minute walkthrough

We migrate your menus, staff and settings with you on a single call — branch by branch.

04

No downtime

Keep taking orders the whole way through. You go live when you're ready, not before.

Start anywhere. Grow into everything.

Begin with the area that hurts most. Add the rest on the same system whenever you're ready — one login, one bill.

Just starting out?

One location, just starting out. Book a call and we'll set you up end to end — menu, POS and payments.

Running multiple branches?

Bring your menus, your staff, your current POS. We migrate you in one 30-minute walkthrough — and consolidate every branch into one view.

Questions

Things operators ask before they sign up.

Tonight

Run service better. Tonight.

Whether you're opening tomorrow or running ten branches, the same product gets you there.

30-minute walkthrough

See Plato on your menu.

Send us a few details. We'll set up a live walkthrough on your real menu, in your language, within one business day.

  • We respond within one business day.
  • The walkthrough runs on your menu, in your language.

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