A restaurant group comparing Supy and LineNow needs a shared supplier order to preserve each branch’s actual requirement. A group total can look adequate while one kitchen still lacks the ingredient it needs for the weekend.
We make LineNow. This comparison uses the linked vendor documentation and an illustrative restaurant workflow.
What Supy documents
Supy describes restaurant procurement, inventory management, recipe costing and business intelligence. Its current procurement materials describe confirmed deliveries updating stock and ingredient costs feeding recipes. See the primary source.
A multi-branch group needs local delivery accuracy and central purchasing visibility. The useful question is whether the shared process accommodates different opening stock, demand and supplier reliability at each branch. A centralized order total alone cannot answer that.
Compare branch demand without hiding a local shortage
In an illustrative three-branch group, each branch needs 50 units before the weekend. Opening usable stocks are 10, 25 and 40, leaving requirements of 40, 25 and ten units respectively. The combined need is 75, but the delivery destinations and timings still matter.
Ask the vendor to create the supplier requirements and show the branch allocations. Then let the supplier deliver only 60 units. Have the central buyer allocate the shortfall according to an explicit operating decision, and check that each branch sees its own confirmed quantity.
If stock is transferred between branches, record the transfer as a movement rather than a second supplier receipt. Inspect the group stock total and the costs associated with each branch. Finally, have a branch manager explain the remaining shortfall using the shared record without contacting the original buyer.
What to demonstrate in LineNow
In a LineNow restaurant purchasing demo, record the supplier’s 60-unit commitment on the living purchase order. As one allocation, assign 30 units to the first branch, 20 to the second and ten to the third. With opening stock included, they now have 40, 45 and 50 units: shortages of ten, five and zero against the 50-unit target.
Have each branch record its actual arrival and let the central buyer inspect the 15-unit balance still due. If the group transfers stock to cover a shortage, show both locations’ movement records and confirm that group stock has not increased. Demonstrate the location and allocation setup needed for this flow.
Choose from the operating evidence
Supy belongs on a shortlist for connected purchasing and ingredient control across restaurant branches. Include LineNow when coordinating supplier messages and receiving is the process you want to improve. The choice should rest on demonstrated branch workflows, required setup and actual operating effort, not assumptions about which vendor is more automated.
Have the branch with the ten-unit shortage explain its next action from the order record. Compare how each product connects branch requirements, supplier confirmations and receiving with central visibility. Include the work of keeping recipe costs and stock movements current in the evaluation.