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Inventory, menus, and recipes — one place your kitchen keeps current.

Helm Shift gives your team one easy place to flag what's low, run a weekly stock check, and store every menu item and recipe. Staff report from their phone, the manager gets notified, and the AI assistant organizes your supplier cart — built for independent restaurants, from $99 CAD/month.

Inventory managed by memory costs you money.

In most independent kitchens, the count lives in someone's head or on a clipboard. You find out you're out of Atlantic salmon when the order's already in the window — or you over-order and watch it spoil. Either way it lands on a margin that's already thin.

Helm Shift gives your team an easy way to keep it honest. Staff flag what's low or critical right from their phone, a weekly stock-check walks them through everything, and the AI assistant turns what's flagged into an organized supplier cart. It's restaurant inventory built for an owner-operator, not a regional chain.

One source of truth for the kitchen.

500+ items, organised — track everything across categories like produce, protein, dairy, dry goods, and bar.
Low & critical flags — a staff member marks an item low or critical from their phone (text, voice, or photo) and the manager is notified right away.
Weekly stock check — a guided in-app checklist your team walks through, confirming or reporting each item by text, voice, or photo.
AI-organized supplier cart — flagged items roll into a reorder list grouped by vendor, ready for you to review and send.
Menu & recipe hub — store and edit your menu items and keep every recipe for the restaurant in one place.
Smarter over time — the assistant learns what you tend to over-buy or run short on, so ordering gets easier week over week.

Honest counts, without the clipboard.

1

We load your kitchen

During onboarding we import your inventory items, menu items, recipes, and suppliers — so it reflects your real kitchen from day one.

2

Staff flag what's low

Anyone can mark an item low or critical from their phone — by text, voice, or photo. The manager is notified right away.

3

Or run the weekly stock check

A guided checklist walks a staff member through every item; they confirm what's on hand or report it by text, voice, or photo.

4

The AI builds the order

Flagged items become a supplier cart grouped by vendor — review and send. Over time the assistant learns your patterns to make it faster.

The features chains pay thousands for.

No more 86'd surprises

When your staff flag an item low, you reorder before it runs out — not when a guest orders the dish you're out of.

Menus & recipes, too

One home for inventory, menu items, and every recipe — so the kitchen runs from a single source, not scattered binders.

One login with scheduling

Inventory, scheduling, and the AI assistant share one account — no extra tools, no extra bill.

Restaurant inventory software, answered.

How does Helm Shift know when something is low?
Your staff tell it. Anyone can flag an item as low or critical from their phone — by text, voice, or photo — and the manager is notified. A weekly stock-check checklist keeps everything current. Helm Shift doesn't automatically count your shelves; it makes it fast for your team to keep counts honest, and the AI assistant turns what's flagged into a supplier order.
How many items can I track?
500+ items across categories like produce, protein, dairy, dry goods, and bar — plus your menu items and every recipe, all stored in one place.
Does it create supplier orders?
Yes. Once items are flagged low or critical, the AI assistant organizes them into a supplier cart grouped by vendor, ready for you to review and send. Over time it learns what you tend to over-buy or run short on.
Can staff report inventory from their phone?
Yes — by text, voice, or photo, with no app to install today. A dedicated mobile app is coming soon. Every report is saved with an activity record.
Do I need to replace my POS to use it?
No. Helm Shift works alongside whatever POS you use to ring sales — Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed. It manages your inventory, menus, recipes, scheduling, and operations around your POS, not the sales terminal itself.

See it on your kitchen.

Book a free 30-minute demo and we'll set up a working inventory — with your real items, menus, and suppliers.

Start free for 30 days—no card required