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See your options. Build the order. Keep the final say.

Stop piecing the order together across websites, spreadsheets, emails, and texts. IRN brings the information together and helps you turn it into a ready-to-review order.
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Friday order draft

Illustrative example

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Chicken breast · 40 lb needed

  • ChosenPrimary Foods$2.37/lb40 lb case$94.80
  • Not chosenRestaurant Supply$2.44/lb6 × 5 lb$73.20

Restaurant Supply's case costs less, but it works out to more per pound — and 30 lb does not cover Friday.

  • Canola oil$8.60/galRestaurant Supply$51.60
  • Roma tomatoes$1.13/lbLocal Produce$28.25
Draft total$174.65

You see every line, and the reason for it, before you place the order.

Bring in the order guide you already have.

Upload a distributor file, see what IRN brought in, and keep the original close at hand when something needs a second look.

weekly-prices.csv

Restaurant Supply · imported Jul 18

Completed
  • Rows in your file412
  • Priced into the catalog408
  • Held for review4
  • Open issues0

Four rows had a pack size IRN could not read. The original file stays attached to every row, so you can check the source line.

Illustrative example. Every result traces back to its source row.

Canola oil · need 6 gal

Illustrative product view

Three distributor options, priced per gallon

  • ChosenRestaurant Supply$8.60/gal6 × 1 gal$51.60
  • Not chosenKitchen Supply$8.30/gal3 × 2 gal$49.80
  • Not chosenLocal Wholesale$9.25/gal1 × 5 gal · 1 gal short$46.25

Why this one?

Kitchen Supply is cheaper per gallon, but this order needs to clear Restaurant Supply’s minimum. Local Wholesale looks cheapest on the shelf and is the most expensive per gallon — and it leaves you a gallon short.

An illustrative IRN screen comparing one product across three distributors on a common unit price, and explaining why the selected option wins on the whole order rather than on the line.

Compare the options without giving up control.

See clear pack and price choices, understand why an option fits the order, and choose something else whenever you need to.

Less chasing. Less comparing by hand. More confidence before you send.

IRN does the organizing and comparing. You decide what the restaurant should actually buy.

  • Start with your order guide

    Bring in the products, pack sizes, and distributor prices you already work with.

  • Compare the same product

    See similar products together without losing the case-size differences that matter in the kitchen.

  • Build an order that works

    IRN weighs price against distributor minimums, case sizes, and what is actually available.

  • See why each product is there

    Know when a minimum, case size, or stock issue changed where a product should come from.

  • Make the final call

    Choose the substitutes you will accept, change the order, and decide when it is ready to send.

  • Know when to send it

    See the order-by time for today's processing. That deadline is a reminder—it does not change how IRN builds the order.

You make the final call

IRN helps with the order. It does not take it away from you.

The software should save time without quietly changing what your restaurant buys or who it buys from.
  • You choose which substitute products are acceptable.
  • You can see why IRN placed a product with a distributor.
  • You can change any line before the order is sent.
  • Your existing distributor relationships stay intact.

Spend less time building the order by hand.

Add the restaurant, your team, and the distributors you already use. Then bring in an order guide and see everything together.

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