Today, we announced a new strategic partnership with Transact + CBORD.

Transact + CBORD have long been leaders in the foodservice space, and we’re thrilled to start working together to give commercial kitchens in higher education, healthcare, senior living, and corporate catering ways to operate more efficiently and prevent waste.

As a first step, NetMenu is now officially integrated with StreamLine, our production tracking and optimization platform.

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What problem does this integration solve?

The average foodservice kitchen loses 7-15% of its annual food budget on wasted food. With volatile ingredient costs and razor-thin margins, this inefficiency directly threatens profitability.

Waste (esp. overproduction) has persisted because culinary leaders don’t have trustworthy service results or smarter forecasting tools. Service worksheets are often full of errors and guesstimates, and staff won’t use tracking systems that slow them down. More and more of these cumbersome administrative tasks can be handled with AI, increasing team productivity while achieving better results—accurate forecasts, menu plans—using better kitchen data.

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How does the integration work?

1. Capture: Team members use StreamLine countertop smart scales to record trays of prepared, carryover, and food waste in just one touchscreen tap. This process is 10x faster than legacy, waste-only tracking systems.
2. Identify: StreamLine’s AI matches the recorded data (weight and a photo) to the right NetMenu dish or ingredient, identifies the pan used, and pulls in NetMenu cost information to reveal the biggest budget drains.
3. Analyze: Real-time results populate in the StreamLine dashboard and are summarized in regular email reports. AI distills pages of scale data into key trends and surfaces opportunities for improvement.
4. Act: Back in NetMenu, operators make targeted adjustments to upcoming menu plans and POs based on service results they know they can trust.

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How do culinary teams benefit?

With StreamLine, foodservice teams save time while also getting more powerful production insights. Kitchens see an average 50% reduction in food waste in just a few months; skilled culinary leaders spend fewer hours behind a screen and more time leading their team.

Less Busywork

No more messy service worksheets or multi-step digital forms causing friction. Staff use one-tap smart scales to capture data, then AI pulls in the right info from NetMenu.

Better Visibility

Food waste is just one piece of the bigger production puzzle. With StreamLine, leaders see what’s actually being prepared, carried over, and wasted in their kitchens—exposing where plans and execution don’t match demand.

Smarter Planning

Operators make production decisions based on data, not guesswork, and stay focused on the top-priority problems (like an uptick in costly Pesto Salmon waste). Skilled staff spend their time solving the issues that matter most for the bottom line.

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My team currently uses NetMenu. How can we take advantage of this new integration?

We’re offering a free food waste consultation to all NetMenu teams, and you can claim yours by filling out the form on this page.

Whether you’re ready to jump directly into a StreamLine platform demo or want some advice for getting a handle on your culinary program's food waste, no strings attached, we can’t wait to chat with you.