Topanga Blog
Explore our latest blog posts for expert insights on building a best-in-class reusables program, cutting food waste, and running a smarter, more sustainable kitchen.

NetMenu & Topanga’s StreamLine: Fight Food Waste with Better Data
NetMenu is now officially integrated with StreamLine, our production tracking and optimization platform. We're excited to be partnering with Tranasct + CBORD to give to commercial kitchens in higher education, healthcare, senior living, and corporate catering smarter ways to operate efficiently and prevent waste.

Ready to rethink waste?

Betting on Better Data: Foodservice Teams Are Ditching Manual Logs for Real-Time Kitchen Intelligence
To maximize savings, culinary teams need better data and better ways to get it. StreamLine was built for high-pressure environments and delivers a new degree of kitchen intelligence.


Facing Rising Prime Costs? How Smarter Kitchen Management Can Help
With food prices climbing and labor markets tightening, operators need more than traditional cost-cutting—they need campus foodservice software that makes teams work smarter, not harder. Here's what's driving prime costs up—and how modern foodservice management software can help you turn the tide.


Why Data Visibility Is the Secret Weapon for Modern Foodservice Operations
Kitchen intelligence platforms and modern foodservice operations software transform reactive kitchens into proactive, data-driven operations—turning guesswork into strategy and waste into profit.


Turning Kitchen Inefficiencies Into Opportunity with StreamLine's Smooth Data Capture
It can be extremely difficult for foodservice kitchens to anticipate consumer demand and reduce food waste. At Vanderbilt University, StreamLine has been a key part of the solution: with accurate production data, chefs cut key menu item waste by more than 50%.





