FoodNotify

FoodNotify
Basic data
developer	FoodNotify GmbH
Publishing year	2014
Current  version	Version 4
operating system	Platform independent ,
programming language	PHP , JavaScript
category	gastronomy
License	Proprietary
German speaking	Yes
www.foodnotify.com

FoodNotify (from English food "food" and to notify "notification") is an online service for gastronomic recipe management, ordering systems, inventory management and the creation of menus that conform to the regulations. The software complies with the EU Food Information Regulation and covers the legal requirements for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The entire administrative processes of the catering, hotel and communal catering such as ordering, warehouse management, recipe entry and calculation, cash register connection, menus are digitized and thus simplified by FoodNotify. FoodNotify has already been featured in several daily, specialist newspapers and magazines ( Kronen Zeitung , Kurier ).

Functions

• Access account:

FoodNotify is a cloud solution where users first have to create a FoodNotify account in order to use the service. A free, 30-day test account is made available to new users. The account can be used by any number of end devices.

• Recipe management, allergen, nutritional value and labeling of origin:

With the FoodNotify web service, users can create their own recipes in addition to existing recipes. An article database with over 950,000 articles is available to the user for this purpose. The article database is fed from the databases of the catering wholesalers who are connected to FoodNotify and which transmit and update their article data on a daily basis. Based on this data, the user's recipes are checked for allergens , nutritional values ​​and additives and labeled. The product sheet, which is mandatory according to the law, is created automatically when the recipe is entered.

• Independent order platform:

In addition to creating and managing recipes, the user can order his goods needs via FoodNotify. FoodNotify acts as an independent meta-ordering platform on which the user can store the access accounts of his various wholesalers at FoodNotify and then order them from the system at his own personal conditions and without surcharge. This is possible with all wholesalers and regional specialty providers who have a cooperation agreement with FoodNotify. For chain and canteen businesses there is also the option of creating multiple order accounts with different authorizations. So chain companies can organize their order management with FoodNotify.

• Meal calculation and quantity calculator:

With FoodNotify the user can calculate his cost of goods and his contribution margin fully automatically. This is also done on the basis of the direct data exchange of prices and articles with wholesalers. In addition to the food calculation, there is also the option of adding up the quantities of ingredients to the desired portion quantity with a click. The required quantities of ingredients can then be ordered directly via the order platform.

• Menu plate:

Finally, the user can create menus from his recorded recipes. These menus automatically show allergens, nutritional values ​​and all other legally required information about the food. For the menus, FoodNotify offers several design templates that the user can customize as desired.

• ERP:

In January 2018, FoodNotify presented another module for automated inventory management. The flow of goods in a restaurant is heavily digitized with the help of the connection to an electronic cash register system on the one hand and the supplier on the other. The user can query a calculated stock level and see many other important, economic key figures of his company at a glance.

financing

FoodNotify uses a freemium and software-as-a-service model. The entire system is available with a limitation of 30 days. Extended or additional functions are part of a premium offer. The license fees are generated through a subscription model. The subscriptions are to be paid monthly and are divided into five subscription plans: Mini, Basic, Plus, Professional and Expert. Different numbers of users, recipes, languages, wholesalers and other features can be used with the different premium plans. With the premium plans we take into account the various requirements of the various catering establishments. FoodNotify already has more than 800 customers in the DACH region who have subscribed to a premium plan.

Programs

Web browser

In November 2014, FoodNotify released the web-based software.

mobile devices

There are apps for Android and iOS .

history

The actual idea of ​​the company, which was originally called "CookWanted GmbH" in April 2014 and changed to "FoodNotify GmbH" in February 2017, was to develop a recipe platform for end customers. However, this project failed because funding was not received in June 2014. Subsequently, the start-up realigned itself strategically and focused on the digital fulfillment of the Food Information Regulation [( No. 1169/2011 - LMIV)]. This realignment corresponded to the signs of Time and solved a then current and up to then unsolved problem of the gastronomy: the food information regulation. With the company's new focus, the funding also worked: INiTS, a university incubator, supported “FoodNotify”.

Starting in November 2014, FoodNotify offered restaurateurs online the then innovative and unique option of identifying allergens, additives and nutritional values ​​in their dishes. With this offer, restaurateurs could more easily comply with the “allergen labeling obligation” [(No. 1169/2011 - LMIV)] issued by the European Union. FoodNotify quickly made this range of solutions known to a wider public. The company attracted a lot of attention by signing a cooperation agreement with the wholesale company Metro Cash & Carry , which also became aware of the Viennese start-up, in 2015 . Due to the success in Austria, the concept was also adopted by METRO Germany in 2016. In November 2016, another large partner was won with the C&C wholesaler AGM. In 2017, other supplier partners such as Eurogast, Kröswang, Wedl etc. were added. Today FoodNotify covers the majority of the retail offer of the Austrian, German and Swiss gastronomy with its cooperation network.

The founder and managing director of FoodNotify drew attention again when he turned down a six-figure investment offer after a one-month stay in Israel , during which he completed a university-supported program at The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo .

In a four-page article, Forbes magazine Austria reported in detail on the company's development and direction.

Company information

FoodNotify is a start-up company that was founded in Vienna in 2014 by Thomas Primus, his wife Christina and the co-founders Mirza Muharemagic and Adnan Hanic. Initiator Thomas Primus has been the company's managing director since the beginning. According to its own information, the start-up has over 800 customers and over 6,500 registered users (as of March 1, 2018). In July 2016 the company was awarded the title Austria's Born Global Champions , an award from the Austrian Chamber of Commerce in the Food & Drink category. The company digitizes food information in close cooperation with trade and industry and prepares it for further use by restaurants.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Survival Package" for hosts // Kronen Zeitung / 30 January 2018, Vienna, p. 5
2. ↑ "Gastro start-ups: The recipe for long-term success" // Kurier, October 13, 2017, Vienna, pp. 6–7.
3. ↑ FoodNotify -INiTS. Accessed March 12, 2018 (German). 
4. ↑ Startup FoodNotify simplifies allergen labeling in menus | Computer world. Accessed March 12, 2018 (German). 
5. ↑ claudia.oppel: Foodnotify helps restaurateurs with the listing of allergens . ( futurezone.at [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
6. ↑ Cooperation with start-up facilitates LMIV implementation . In: CASH - the trade magazine . ( cash.at [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
7. ↑ Hotel & Touristik: METRO: New system for implementing the LMIV . ( hotelundtouristik.at [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
8. ↑ FoodNotify | METRO. Accessed March 12, 2018 (German). 
9. ^ Matthaes Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany: Metro cooperates with Foodnotify . In: AHGZ.de . ( ahgz.de [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
10. ↑ FoodNotify creates a digital marketplace for the catering industry . In: Gastronomy & Hotel Industry . November 11, 2016 ( gastronomie-hotellerie.com [accessed March 12, 2018]).
11. ↑ Why the start-up FoodNotify canceled an investment after Tel Aviv - Forbes . In: Forbes Austria . ( forbes.at [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
12. ↑ FoodNotify: The first major investment is in the making this half year - Forbes . In: Forbes Austria . ( forbes.at [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
13. ↑ http://www.advantageaustria.org/zentral/publikationen/ae/Special_Edition_Austria_s_Born_Global_Champions_II.pdf