ClearCOGS
AI demand forecasting that tells each restaurant location what to prep, order, and schedule daily.
About
ClearCOGS is an AI-powered restaurant intelligence platform that turns POS data into daily prep, ordering, and staffing instructions for each location. Founded by Matt Wampler, it is built for multi-unit fast-casual and QSR operators: the system learns each site's demand patterns from historical sales, trends, seasonality, and day-of-week effects, then tells managers what to prep by item, what to order, and how many people to schedule. It integrates with existing tech stacks including Toast and Fresh KDS rather than replacing them.
ClearCOGS says operators typically see 15-25% food waste reductions and 2-3% margin improvements within the first few months, with customers reporting 30-60 minutes saved per manager per day. The company is explicit about fit: it works best for groups with five or more locations (or smaller operators on Toast), and it is a forecasting tool, not an inventory counting or ordering replacement. Those performance figures are vendor-reported and vary by operator; what is verifiable is an active product with real integrations and ongoing development.
What it can do
- AI demand forecasting by menu item and ingredient
- Daily prescriptive prep plans per location
- Ordering guidance from predicted demand
- Labor scheduling aligned to expected volume
- Toast and Fresh KDS integrations
- Seasonality, trend, and day-of-week adjustments
- Margin-at-risk alerts for managers
Setup
- Book a demo and connect your POS (Toast integration available).
- ClearCOGS ingests historical sales and learns demand patterns.
- Managers receive daily prep, ordering, and staffing plans per location.
- Review margin and waste metrics over the first few months.
Prerequisites
Best fit: 5+ locations (fast-casual/QSR); Toast or compatible POS.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (TIER metrics, metrics-v1). Evidence: active company with Toast/Fresh KDS integrations, ongoing content and hiring (head of sales hire covered by newswire); clear, honest fit criteria published by the vendor. Strengths: real integrations, transparent positioning. Docked for: (1) the 15-25% waste and 2-3% margin claims are vendor-reported with no independent audit; (2) proprietary, pricing not published; (3) independent review coverage is thin. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 6.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 6.0/10
- · Toast + Fresh KDS integrations; founder Matt Wampler profiled in restaurant media
- · 15-25% waste reduction and 2-3% margin claims are vendor-reported
- · Thin independent review coverage
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.