For restaurants

Will tomorrow be profitable?

Forkcast turns your POS sales, the Indian calendar, and live supply signals into one number for tomorrow: forecast vs break-even. Then it generates the shopping list, the staffing plan, and the supply alerts — before you go to bed.
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The real problem

60–70% of Indian restaurants close in year one

The food is rarely the problem. The numbers are. Owners price by gut, order by memory, and discover bad months when the cash runs out. Forkcast fixes this with one daily loop.

Financial blindness
No break-even awareness. Food cost climbs from 30% to 48% over weeks. Owner notices at month-end, when the money's gone.
Demand guessing
Ordering by memory causes 20–30% food waste. No one connects Shravan to tomorrow's prep list. ₹18,000 of chicken — wasted.
Supply blindness
LPG runs out, onion prices triple, cooking oil doubles. No warning, no buffer plan. Three days of closure during a busy weekend.
What you get

Six panels, one daily question answered

Each panel is built from your POS data and India-specific signals. No spreadsheets, no manual mapping after onboarding.

Tomorrow's revenue forecast
POS sales + festivals + fasting days + weather + IPL → tomorrow's revenue with a confidence range.
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Break-even check
Tomorrow's forecast vs your daily break-even. One number tells you if tomorrow is profitable.
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Food cost % tracker
Real-time food cost %, weekly P&L, and food-cost-creep alerts before you lose a month.
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Menu engineering
Star, Plow Horse, Puzzle, Dog. Repricing recommendations on the dishes that bleed margin.
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Supply Watch
LPG, onion, oil, paneer, chicken — 2 to 7 days of advance warning when supply breaks.
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Daily shopping list
Tomorrow's exact ingredient quantities, derived from the forecast and your recipes.
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How it works

Three steps to never guessing again

01
Connect your POS
Plug in Petpooja directly (zero daily effort) or upload a CSV from UrbanPiper or Posist. Auto-detection maps your sales history in minutes.
02
Forkcast knows India
Festivals, fasting days, weather, salary cycles, IPL fixtures, and live mandi prices feed the model alongside your sales.
03
Daily brief, one tap
Each evening you get tomorrow's forecast, break-even check, shopping list, staffing plan, and any supply alerts — on the dashboard or WhatsApp.
A day in the life

Aarav's restaurant, before and after

40-seat non-veg casual dining on FC Road, Pune. ₹12L/month. Two years running. Same week repeating, every week.

Without Forkcast
  • 7 AM — orders 'same as last week'. Doesn't know Shravan starts in 4 days. Non-veg drops 45%.
  • 10:30 PM — counts ₹9,200. 'Decent day'. Break-even is ₹12,400. Today was a loss.
  • Month end — ₹12L revenue, food cost 41%, net ₹36,000 — he doesn't know this number.
With Forkcast
  • Previous evening — 'Tomorrow ₹16,800 (-44% Shravan). Break-even ₹12,400 ✅. Skip extra chicken. 4 staff.'
  • 10:30 PM — ₹15,400 actual (forecast 92% accurate). Profit contribution ₹3,000 above break-even.
  • Month end — food cost 33%. Forkcast flagged twice at 37%. Net ₹1.44L. He sees the number daily.
FDA / FSSAI enforcement

Maharashtra is inspecting 4.5 lakh food establishments

Run a free self-audit before the inspector arrives — FSSAI display, hygiene, FoSTaC, RUCO oil, medical fitness, and more. Pan-India checklist with Maharashtra-specific items.

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Pricing

Pays for itself the first week it catches a food cost issue

Plans from ₹999/month. Catching food cost creep from 32% to 40% on ₹8L revenue saves ₹64,000 in a month — the plan costs ₹2,499. See full pricing →

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Order 716/2026 — licence, water, RUCO, staff certs, penalties.

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Step-by-step after Improvement Notice or suspension.

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Petpooja integration

Live nightly sync from India's largest restaurant POS.

Free pre-launch tools

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