🆕 New: snap a photo of your menu — dishes, prices and food cost set up in 1 minute →

Find out what your kitchen really spends — and where you're losing money.

👨‍🍳 Kitchen management built by someone who works in the kitchen.

For small food businesses: restaurants, cafes, pizzerias, caterers, buffets and food trucks.

Snap a photo of your menu and in 1 minute Buffet Board sets up prices, food cost, allergen labels and a register for your restaurant.

✓ No credit card  ·  ✓ Ready in 2 minutes  ·  ✓ Works offline  ·  ✓ Works on any phone

Free label maker and food cost calculator today. Full kitchen app (inventory, temp logs, team) in early access — founder price $19/month.

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Built with SquareDaily sales sync from Square — no typing.
Inventory & cost

12 items in stock

Total inventory value: $340.00

🔴 2 expired 🟠 3 use soon
Automatic expiration alertsnow
Today's dish

Chicken Alfredo

Fettuccine tossed in a creamy parmesan sauce with grilled chicken and fresh parsley.

🌾 Wheat 🥛 Milk 🥚 Eggs
Automatic label · Big 94 seconds ago
Free tool
Food cost

Cheeseburger

6 oz ground beef · brioche bun · American cheese · menu price $13.00

$2.83 / plate 21.8% food cost
Labor & prime cost included2 seconds ago
Buffet Board on laptop and phone BuffetBoard TODAY'S DISH Alfredo
📱💻 Install it on your phone like an app — or use it on your computer

Built by someone who works the line

Buffet Board was built by culinary professionals who work in real kitchens. These dishes came out of a real kitchen — and Buffet Board was built to fix what slows kitchens down.

Salmon nigiri with a Buffet Board label
📸 From our kitchen
Salmon Nigiri (torched)
CONTAINS: FISH, SOY
Keep at 41°F or belowUse by 10/17 · 3 PM
Hot roll with a Buffet Board label
📸 From our kitchen
Salmon Hot Roll
CONTAINS: FISH, WHEAT, MILK
Keep at 41°F or belowUse by 10/17 · 3 PM

Labels written in a rush go wrong. Wrong labels turn into complaints.

The manual way
  • Someone handwrites the label in a hurry before service opens
  • An allergen gets missed because nobody double-checked
  • The menu changes and the old label stays on the line
  • A guest asks what's in the dish and nobody knows for sure
With Buffet Board
  • Type the dish and ingredients — the label is ready in seconds
  • Big 9 allergens are flagged automatically on every label
  • Use-by date and storage temp calculated for you
  • Know the real cost of every plate before you price it

Who Buffet Board is for

From the line to the office, everyone uses the part they need.

👨‍🍳

Chefs & line cooks

Labels and recipe cards in seconds, plus daily prep with a kitchen screen.

🍽️

Front of house

Digital menu with QR code, reservations and live screens for each buffet station.

🛡️

Food safety lead

Allergens on every dish, use-by labels and temperature logs for the inspector.

📋

Kitchen manager

Staff schedules, inventory with expiration alerts and waste tracking.

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Owner

Food cost %, labor and prime cost, monthly budget and where every dollar goes.

Great for: RestaurantsBuffetsCatering & events Food trucksHotelsSchool & hospital kitchens

How it works in 3 steps

From your paper menu to full control of your money, on your phone.

1👤

Create your free account

Just email and password. 30 seconds.

2📸

Snap your menu

Dishes come in with price, label and cost. No typing.

3🧾

Sell and see the results

Sell in the 🧾 Register: inventory updates itself and you see daily profit.

What Buffet Board does for you

NEW 📴

Works even when the Wi-Fi drops

Check recipe specs, inventory and costs, log temperatures and use-by dates, and ring up sales, with no signal. When you're back online, everything syncs by itself, with no double entries.

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NEW 📸

Import your menu from a photo

Snap your printed menu or upload a screenshot or PDF. Dishes come in with price, allergen label and recipe cost, ready to sell.

NEW 🧾

Register on your phone

Ring up counter sales by cash or card. Every sale updates inventory and daily sales and shows your profit. At closing, see if the drawer is over or short.

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Big 9 allergen labels in seconds

Type the dish and ingredients. Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy and sesame are flagged automatically — you just double-check and print.

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🥛
🦐
02

Use-by dates and storage temps, done for you

Pick the type of food and the label shows the use-by date and "Keep at 41°F or below". Prints on thermal labels or letter paper.

Use by 10/23
41°F
03

Real food cost per plate

Enter what you paid per lb, oz, gal or dozen, your yield % and portion size. See cost per plate, food cost % and the right menu price at 28%, 30% or 35%.

$2.83
21.8%
04

Labor and prime cost included

Add the hourly wage and prep time. Buffet Board shows labor per plate and your prime cost, with a warning when it goes over 60–65%.

Prime cost 47%
05

Inventory with expiration alerts

Add your items with expiration dates and Buffet Board sorts what goes first — red for expired, orange for use soon. No separate spreadsheet.

🔴 2 expired
🟠 3 soon
06

Live screens for each buffet station

Send the dish straight to each station screen. Control everything from one dashboard — every screen updates on its own.

Station 1🍝 Alfredo
Station 2🥗 Salad
Station 3🍚 Rice
07

Staff schedules without the headache

Set each team member's shift and days off. Buffet Board rotates weekends fairly, so nobody is off on the same day by mistake.

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From finished dish to labeled pan

1

Type the dish

Write the dish name and ingredients, the way it goes on the line.

2

The label is ready

Allergens, use-by date and storage temp appear in seconds.

3

Print or display

Print on thermal labels or letter paper — or send it to the station screen.

One plan, no fine print

Label maker and food cost calculator: free forever. Full kitchen app: 30-day free trial.

$29/month · Founder price for the first 50 kitchens
$19 /month
Monthly
⭐ 2 months free
$190 /year
Just $15.83/month
  • Unlimited labels and recipes
  • Big 9 allergen detection
  • Food cost, labor and prime cost
  • Inventory with expiration alerts
  • Temperature logs for the inspector
  • Staff schedules
  • Live screens for each station
  • Your whole team on one account
Start 30-day free trial or use the free label maker & food cost tools →
🛡️ 30-day money-back guarantee. Not happy? Full refund.
No credit card to start · Pick monthly or yearly after the trial · Founder price locked for life
Your plan renews automatically every month or year at the price shown until you cancel. Cancel anytime online or by e-mail at contato@buffetboard.com.br; cancellation stops the next charge. See our refund policy.
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