Executive Summary
Hospitality operators are entering 2026 under unprecedented operational pressure. Rising labour shortages, supplier price volatility, tightening margins, and increasingly complex multi-location operations are exposing the limits of traditional restaurant inventory management systems. Manual stocktakes, retrospective reporting, and disconnected tools no longer provide the clarity required to operate profitably at scale.
INTRODUCTION
Hospitality operators across the UK and Europe face significant cost challenges. Food inflation is inconsistent, labour pressures continue to rise and operational inefficiencies have become increasingly expensive.
Successful operators in 2025 share one characteristic, which is the adoption of AI assisted inventory systems that provide accurate and real time data.
