Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm founder of PantryLedger. ## Why I built this I was talking to a café owner in Dallas who spent 3 hours every Sunday doing inventory on a spreadsheet. She knew her revenue from Square, but had no idea what her real profit was after food costs. She's not alone. Most independent cafés doing $300K-$1.5M/year are in the same boat — they track what they sell, but not what they spend. Enterprise tools like MarketMan and Restaurant365 exist, but they're built for chains with dedicated managers. A 5-person coffee shop doesn't need that complexity (or that price tag). ## The problem Café owners are drowning in: - Paper receipts piling up - Spreadsheets that break every month - No idea which menu items are actually profitable - Running out of key ingredients during rush hour ## Our approach We started with one question: **What's the fastest way to get from "I just got a receipt" to "I know my profit"?** The answer: **Scan → Auto-populate → See profit.** 1. **Receipt scanning**: Snap a photo, Google Vision OCR extracts vendor, items, totals 2. **Auto-matching**: Fuzzy matching links receipt items to your pantry (even if names don't match exactly) 3. **Profit tracking**: Sales map back to ingredients, so each menu item shows real margin ## What makes it different - **Receipt-first**: Most inventory tools start with manual entry. We start with a photo. - **Built for small cafés**: Not enterprise. Setup in 5 minutes, not 5 weeks. - **Profit-focused**: We don't just track stock — we show you what each dish makes you. - **Free to start**: 5 scans/month, 25 items, forever. No credit card. ## What's next - Mobile app for on-the-go receipt scanning - AI-powered vendor price comparison - Automated reorder suggestions based on sales trends ## Try it out 👉 [Start free](https://pantryledger.aventronix....) 👉 [See a live demo](https://pantryledger.aventronix.com) (no signup required) Would love your feedback! What features would you add? What's broken? Thanks for checking out PantryLedger 🙏 Founder, PantryLedger

PantryLedger

Scan receipts, track inventory, see profit — for cafés

Scan receipts, track inventory, see profit — for cafés