# ROA by FoodWeb — AI Kitchen Copilot > ROA is the AI copilot for professional kitchens and restaurants — it manages inventory, prep, schedules and forecasts so chefs can focus on the magic of cooking. ## What is ROA? ROA (Restaurant Operations Assistant) integrates with the heart of the restaurant, **the kitchen**. By managing **inventory, prep, schedules and forecasts**, we allow chefs to focus on the **magic of cooking**. ROA fits right into your kitchen routine, sorting out your daily headaches. So, your kitchen runs smoothly, and chefs can just cook. ## What ROA does **RECIPE MANAGER** - Effortless recipe upload - Dynamic recipe guides - Guaranteed consistency - Intelligent organization **TEAM WORKFLOW** - Automated prep-list - Clear, guided prep lists - Boosts team efficiency - No micromanagement **LIVE INVENTORY** - Real-time stock visibility - Eliminates overstocking - Minimizes food waste - Tightens cost control ## Features ### CHEF — Your kitchen HQ, always in sync. The home screen connects your team, prep list, and key modules at a glance. Everything starts and ends with the chef. The best chefs in the world didn't enter this profession to fill in spreadsheets. They came to cook. ROA takes every administrative task off the pass — communication, planning, data — and runs it silently in the background. Your team stays sharp. Your creativity stays yours. ### RECIPES — Recipes that scale, cost, and adapt. Every recipe in one place. Scale portions instantly, auto-calculate food cost percentages, adapt for dietary restrictions on the fly. One recipe. Every station. Every shift. ROA is the single source of truth for every dish you serve — scaling portions automatically, calculating costs as ingredients change, and keeping your team consistent from the first cover to the last. No more guesswork on the line. ### MENU — Build and manage every menu section. Organise dishes by section, set prices, activate or archive menus — and see the full cost picture without leaving the app. Your menu is a living document. ROA lets you build, price, and activate it section by section — with live food cost always visible, allergen flags built in, and one-click rotation when the season changes. Full control. Zero blind spots. ### INVENTORY — Never run out mid-service again. (coming soon) Real-time stock tracking with smart reorder alerts. ROA learns your burn rates and flags shortages before they hit service. ROA learns how fast your kitchen burns through stock, flags shortages before they hit service, and syncs with your suppliers automatically. What used to take a chef an hour every morning now runs itself. Real-time inventory. Smarter reorders. Waste turned into control. ### AI AGENT — Your kitchen, one conversation away. Ask ROA anything — stock levels, prep status, menu costs, allergen checks. Instant, accurate answers. Like a sous chef who never sleeps. What's the food cost on the tasting menu tonight? How much protein do we have left? Does table 12's dish contain mustard? ROA is your always-on sous chef — connected to your entire operation, ready to answer in seconds. Every question. Any hour. One conversation away. ### PREP — Every prep list, ready before you are. ROA turns tonight’s menu and tomorrow’s bookings into one clear list — every task and preparation, with exact quantities, ticked off live from the pass. At the end of every service, ROA already knows what tomorrow needs. It reads your active menus, your covers, and your history, then writes the full list — knife work, blanching, sauces, marinades — with the exact quantities to make. Your team opens the app and sees precisely what to prep. Nothing forgotten, nothing doubled. ### TEAM — Schedules and tasks, assigned for you. (coming soon) ROA will build next week’s rota and hand every prep task and preparation to the right chef at the right time — balanced automatically across your brigade. Soon, ROA won’t just tell you what to prep — it will decide who does it, and when. It reads each chef’s station, skills, and hours, then auto-builds the week’s schedule and assigns every task and preparation across the team, balanced to working-time limits. Fair rotas, full coverage, zero spreadsheets — rebuilt the moment the menu changes. ### SUSTAINABILITY — Cook with less waste, every service. (coming soon) Track food waste, monitor carbon footprint, and hit your sustainability targets — ROA turns good intentions into measurable action. Every gram you throw away is a margin you never recover. ROA measures your food waste in real time, tracks your carbon footprint, and turns your sustainability targets into a number you can actually manage. A greener kitchen isn't a cost. With ROA, it's a competitive advantage. ## Return on investment For every €1 invested, you recover €3.20. Our goal is to help **mid-sized restaurants** (€10k/mo food cost · €12k/mo labour) recover their investment in ROA within the **first three months**. | Metric | Value | Detail | | --- | --- | --- | | Recovered per €1 invested | €3.20 | Net return on every euro spent on ROA | | Less food waste | 30–40% | With AI-driven inventory management | | Lower labour costs | 6% | Through predictive shift planning | | To recover your investment | <4 months | Payback period with €11,520 in annual savings | | Net annual ROI | €7,920 | Net monthly savings: €660 | ## Pricing **Pay Per Team Member** — €10/month for every 5 working team members. Drag the slider to size your plan. Cancel any time. Onboarding included. VAT applied where required. Launch pricing for early adopters — as more features ship, prices rise for later joiners. ## What chefs say > "I've always dreamed of a tool that creates the production plan for my team at the end of every service." > — Executive Chef > "This type of intuitive software is what the kitchen needs." > — Head Chef > "ROA's flow is frictionless recipes to action." > — Head Chef ## The team Our story started seven years ago, in a boarding school kitchen, where we just clicked over food. We basically turned an abandoned kitchen into a student-led restaurant. Quickly realizing the real challenges of a kitchen. - **Yago Ferretti** — CEO & Co-Founder - **Arnav Agarwal** — CTO & Co-Founder ## Bring ROA into your kitchen. Onboarding included. Cancel any time. Contact: yago@foodweb.ai · +34 621 013 836 · [Get ROA](https://foodweb.ai/contact)