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Inventory and food cost software review

BlueCart

Ordering platform and supplier marketplace for restaurants, with a free app for buyers. Its pages also describe inventory and food costing tools built on BinWise, but publish no plan or price for them, and most of the site is aimed at wholesale distributors.

By BlueCartParent company: BlueCart, Inc.
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Our verdict

A supplier ordering app and marketplace, free for buyers. Its inventory and food costing tools have no published plan, so it is listed with ordering tools, not ranked against food cost software.

What we like

  • Free app for buyers to order from your suppliers, plus a marketplace of wholesale vendors with cash back on eligible purchases.
  • Purchase orders, par-level reorders and invoice matching against what you ordered.
  • You can end an Order Form at any time in writing, and you have 30 days afterwards to download your data.

What to watch

  • Inventory and food costing tools are described without a plan or price, and one of its own pages still calls food inventory upcoming.
  • No POS or accounting integration is listed for restaurants.
  • Paying orders through BlueCart costs the buyer 1% per order, and early exit still requires paying what the Order Form says you owe.
  • Support is by email, with no published hours.

How the score breaks down

We don't score this type of product. It's listed with the same template so you can check its pricing, contract and data with sources; the methodology explains why. How we score

All the data, with sources

Each value links to its source. "Not published" means the vendor doesn't disclose it; "Unconfirmed" means we looked and couldn't confirm it. Data points we have for fewer than four vendors are left out until we can compare them.

Pricing
Data pointValue
Monthly price (full food cost)Not publishedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)BlueCart describes inventory and recipe costing tools but publishes no plan or price for them; its pricing page is a demo request form.
Charged perNot publishedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
Billing optionsNot publishedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
Invoice-only planN/ASource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)BlueCart does not sell an invoice-only plan to restaurants.
Published pricingPartly publishedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)The App for Buyers is described as free; nothing else has a published price.
Setup or onboarding feeNot publishedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Not published; fees are set in the Order Form.
POS connection feeUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)We looked on its restaurant, inventory and food costing pages; BlueCart lists no POS connection or charge for one.
Other chargesBlueCart charges the buyer a 1% transaction fee on orders paid through its payment processing, and 5% plus 1.5% a month on late payments (SaaS Terms, sections 4.1 and 4.2).Source: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
What it does
Data pointValue
Main jobOrdering from suppliersSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
Inventory countsIncludedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Described on its restaurant inventory page, with no plan or price. Its BinWise upgrade page still calls food inventory an upcoming capability.
Recipe costingIncludedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Described on its food costing page, with no plan or price.
Actual vs. theoretical food costIncludedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
Supplier invoice captureUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)BlueCart matches invoices to orders placed through it; it does not say whether you can scan paper invoices from other suppliers.
Paying suppliers (AP)IncludedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Only for orders placed through BlueCart, with a 1% fee charged to the buyer.
Purchase orders to suppliersIncludedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
Bar inventory by weight or pourUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)It documents mobile bottle counts and pour cost analysis, but not whether open bottles are weighed or counted by measured pours.
POS and accounting
Data pointValue
Works withUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)We looked on its restaurant, inventory and food costing pages and its sitemap; BlueCart does not say which POS systems send it your sales.
POS integrationsSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)No POS integration is listed on its restaurant, inventory or food costing pages.
Accounting integrationsUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)We looked on its restaurant, procurement and food costing pages; no accounting integration is listed for buyers.
Size and users
Data pointValue
Minimum locationsUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Not published; the marketplace and buyer app are open to restaurants of any size, but the inventory tools have no published plan.
Users on the planUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Not published; authorized users are set in the Order Form.
Contract and exit
Data pointValue
Initial termQuote onlySource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)The subscription term is set in each Order Form.
Automatic renewalUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)The SaaS Terms do not mention renewal; it would be in the Order Form.
Notice to avoid renewalUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)The SaaS Terms do not set a notice period to avoid renewal.
Leaving earlyQuote onlySource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)You can end an Order Form at any time in writing, but you pay what that Order Form says is owed; fees are non-cancellable and non-refundable.
Early termination clauseYou can end an Order Form at any time with written notice, as long as you pay all fees owed under it as of that date according to its terms. Fees are non-cancellable and non-refundable, except prepaid fees when you end it for BlueCart's breach (SaaS Terms, sections 6.2 and 6.3).Source: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)
Right to raise pricesUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)The SaaS Terms set fees in the Order Form and say BlueCart may offer value-added services for a fee; they do not describe price increases.
Your data when you leaveYou can download them yourselfSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)You have 30 days after the agreement ends to download your data.
Setup and support
Data pointValue
Setup help includedUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Not published; professional services, if any, go in a separate statement of work.
Live support channelsEmail or ticketsSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Support by email (support@bluecart.com) and video tutorials; the phone number on the contact page is for sales.
Live support hours a weekUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Its contact page does not publish support hours.
Language
Data pointValue
App or dashboard in SpanishUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)We looked on its restaurant pages and sitemap; BlueCart does not document the app's languages and has no public help center.
Help center in SpanishUnconfirmedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)We found no public help center, only video tutorials in English.
Support in SpanishNot publishedSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Its contact page does not mention support in Spanish.
Website in Spanish for the USNoSource: BlueCart (opens in a new tab)Its sitemap has no Spanish-language pages.

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