menu intelligence with AI

Unlock your recipe data.
Power every AI and system you run.

One data foundation, multiple ways to use it. meez turns every recipe, sub-recipe, menu item, and ingredient into structured, connected data. Use it to power meez Intelligence, connect your existing AI tools through meez MCP, or sync directly with the rest of your tech stack.
For restaurant groups and foodservice brands

Your chefs create the recipe data.
We put it to work across four teams.

Every recipe your culinary team builds in meez creates valuable data about cost, yield, ingredients, and menu performance. meez Intelligence turns that foundation into answers for the people making decisions across the business.
Dashboard showing top profit opportunities with a total yearly opportunity of $142,492 divided into four items: Steer the mix ($58,848), Spinach + Artichoke ($28,996), Pimento Cheese ($23,394), and Parm Broth ($10,609). Each opportunity links to different business roles: Finance, Operations, Culinary Leadership, and Owners & CEOs. Below are three sections: top 10 ingredients by food cost with percentages, a menu matrix scatter plot comparing menu mix versus contribution margin, and data quality issues with labels for likely errors or reviews on items like Pimento Cheese, Steak & Salsa Verde, and Chicken + Slaw.
MENU ANALYTICS

One place for every menu decision

Analyze your business the way it's actually run, from group-wide performance to individual menu items.

Track every location and menu

Choose the concept, location, menu, and date range you want to analyze, and the entire menu performance dashboard updates with you.
Dashboard showing financial summary for a sandwich menu at 14th Street from Jan 1 to May 31, 2026, with menu cost 30.9%, total revenue $687,025, and total profit $474,666. It lists top 10 ingredients by percentage of total food cost, highlighting cream cheese at 29.0% ($61,619, 12,177.69 lb), beef tri-tip at 7.7% ($16,334, 2,516.77 lb), and Parmigiano Reggiano at 5.4% ($11,410, 815.02 lb), with a link to see more.
A sales performance table for menu items from January 1 to May 31, 2026, showing categories, sell price, quantity sold, food cost percentage, and class icons for sandwiches and sides. Items include Steak & Salsa Verde, Spinach + Artichoke, Shake + Bake, Parm Broth, and Apple Date Walnut Slaw, with food cost percentages ranging from 18.2% to 98.8%.

Know what’s driving performance

View sales, food cost, margin, revenue, and share of sales for every menu item. Quickly spot what’s performing well, costing the most, or losing margin.

Turn your menu mix into action

Map your Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, and Dogs in one place. As costs, prices, and sales change, know what to promote, reprice, rethink, or leave alone.
A menu matrix chart categorizing menu items by popularity (menu mix %) on the vertical axis and profit margin on the horizontal axis, divided into four quadrants labeled Plowhorses, Stars, Dogs, and Puzzles. Popular items like Steak & Salsa Verde, Egg + Sausage, and Chicken + Slaw appear as Stars with high profit margin and popularity. Plowhorses include Parm Broth with moderate popularity and lower profit margin. Dogs include low-profit, low-popularity items like Fred Still Water and Spinach + Artichoke. Puzzles like Shake + Bake and Pork + Pickles show higher profit margin but lower popularity. Filter options for categories such as All categories, Sandwich, Side, Beer, and a search bar are shown above the chart.
Data quality report listing four items: Pimento Cheese marked as a likely error with food cost 232.5% of price and 1.4% high confidence; Steak & Salsa Verde, Chicken + Slaw, and Chicken + Chorizo marked for review with 1.6%, 11.2%, and 7.9% of costs untraced respectively, all medium confidence.

Catch costing errors before they spread

meez intelligence flags likely errors, ranks them by sales impact, and points to the ingredient or sub-recipe causing the issue so you can fix it fast.
OPPORTUNITIES

Know which move to make first

meez ranks the biggest opportunities across your menu by estimated annual impact, so you can focus on what matters most. Reprice, re-engineer, steer the mix, or leave it alone, with the math behind every recommendation.
Build a metric

Know what’s driving performance

Every restaurant group looks at the business a little differently. Start with the metrics already in meez, then build the ones your team needs.

  • Ask in plain English: Type what you want to see, and Intelligence builds it for you
  • Build it visually: Choose the metric, grouping, and time frame you want
ASK YOUR RECIPES ANYTHING

Ask any question.
Get the analysis you need.

Ask anything about your recipe, menu, and ingredient data. Create the exact answer, metric, chart, or report you need on the fly without relying on pre-built dashboards.
" Show me which menu items have the biggest profit opportunity
" Build a report of recipes containing sesame, including sub-recipes
" Which ingredient cost increases create the greatest annual exposure?
" Create a prep plan by location based on menu mix, shelf life, and batch size
" Show nutrition and allergen details for every menu item in this concept
meez intelligence

Turn structured recipe data
into operational action.

Analyze connected data

Bring recipe, menu item, ingredient, cost, nutrition, allergen, and prep data together in one connected view.

Uncover what matters most

Surface margin opportunities, cost changes, compliance risks, and probable costing errors before they hit a P&L.

Act on trusted recommendations

Turn insights into clear next steps for pricing, menu strategy, prep, production, compliance, and training directly inside meez.

capabilities

Run a smarter operation with connected recipe data.

Data quality summary showing 6 findings with 1 likely error: Pimento Cheese flagged as likely error at 1.4%, followed by items for review with percentages - Steak & Salsa Verde 17.9%, Chicken + Slaw 13.3%, Chicken + Chorizo 12.6%, and Pork + Pickles 5.1%.
Catch data errors

Identify costing errors and trace them to the source. Set thresholds for cost and margin changes, and get alerts when something moves.

Table showing financial summary and menu items with their selling price, food cost percentage, and classification. Menu cost percentage is 30.9%, revenue is $687,000, and profit is $474,000. Menu items listed are Steak & Salsa Verde sold for $17 with 22.0% food cost, Egg + Sausage for $16 with 33.9% food cost, Chicken + Slaw for $14 with 19.1% food cost, Italian Meats for $21 with 25.7% food cost, and Chicken + Chorizo for $16 with 23.7% food cost. All items are classified as Star.
See what's driving profit

Know the price, volume, food cost, margin, and sales mix for every item. Trace any number back to its recipe.

Nutrition table listing menu items with calories, fat, carbs, and sodium: Sandwiches - Shake + Bake with 913 calories, 42.5g fat, 104g carbs, 1491mg sodium; Steak & Salsa Verde with 630 calories, 35.3g fat, 31g carbs, 1209mg sodium. Sides - Apple Date Slaw with 476 calories, 34.4g fat, 42g carbs, 430mg sodium; Parm Broth with 269 calories, 17.5g fat, 10g carbs, 1197mg sodium.
Keep nutrition data current

Generate nutrition information from your recipes, keep it updated as things change, and export it to CSV or PDF.

List of top five profit opportunities showing potential earnings per year and strategies: 1. Steer the mix with $58,848, 2. Spinach and Artichoke re-engineer with $28,996, 3. Pimento Cheese re-engineer with $23,394, 4. Parm Broth re-engineer with $10,609, 5. Pork and Pickles repricing with $8,120, totaling up to $142,492 per year and 12.5% profit increase.
Ranked profit opportunities

See the highest-impact moves first, from repricing and re-engineering to shifting menu mix, with the math behind every recommendation.

Bar chart showing ingredient spend as a percentage of total food cost: Cream Cheese 29.0% ($61,619), Beef Tri-tip 7.7% ($16,334), Parmigiano 5.4% ($11,410), Ciabatta 4.7% ($10,009), Roma Tomato 3.7% ($7,800).
Track ingredient spend

Understand ingredient spend, unit cost, usage, and every menu item affected by a price change across your group.

Allergens table showing menu items and their allergen content for eggs, milk, soy, nuts, and wheat with checkmarks for contains and tilde for may contain. Steak & Salsa Verde contains soy and wheat. Egg + Sausage contains eggs, milk, soy, and wheat may contain nuts. Chicken + Slaw contains eggs, soy, nuts, and wheat. Italian Meats contains eggs, milk, soy, nuts, and wheat. Pork + Pickles contains eggs, soy, nuts, and wheat.
Trace every allergen

See contains, may-contain, and dietary flags across your entire menu, with every result tied back to the ingredient.

How it Works

From recipe creation to restaurant intelligence.

1
Build and manage recipes in meez

Capture costs, yields, ingredients, nutrition, allergens, prep details, and culinary standards.

2
meez structures and connects the data

Link ingredients, sub-recipes, menu items, concepts, and locations in one trusted restaurant data foundation.

3
Put your data to work everywhere

Use it inside meez Intelligence, connect MCP-compatible AI tools, or securely sync it to your systems.

connect your own tools

Use your data anywhere

Bring your own AI. We’ll bring the restaurant context.

Your restaurant data should not stop at the edge of one platform. meez gives your team two secure ways to use the same trusted data throughout your tech stack.

Ask questions, run analyses, and build workflows against live recipe, menu, and ingredient data inside the AI tools your team already uses.
Sync structured restaurant data into BI, reporting, purchasing, and other ops systems so every tool works from the same trusted foundation.
Your AI. Your stack. Your control.
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Ask your recipes anything

Get answers in seconds. No reports required.

Ask a question in plain English and get accurate answers across every recipe, ingredient, sub-recipe, concept, and location.

  • Profit: Find margin risks and pricing opportunities
  • Compliance: Trace allergens to the source ingredient
  • Operations: Search every menu, recipe, and sub-recipe
Rather go DIY?

Bring Your Own AI. We'll Bring the Data.

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, BI tools, or custom applications to the same structured recipe data that powers meez Intelligence.

Our Snowflake data warehouse and MCP server give your team secure access to trusted recipe data without rebuilding your data foundation.

Your AI. Your stack. Your control.
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OUTCOMES ACROSS THE MEEZ PLATFORM
5%
lower COGS when recipe data is connected to operations
30%
less food waste with built-in yields and conversions
70%
faster team training with standardized, media-rich recipes