Food service and hospitality
Food trucks and street food
One device, cash-first, no dependable connection. Core selling, stock and cash fit; several capabilities are only partly catalogued.
Good fit, some gaps Planned NAICS 722330
Status
Planned The coverage below describes the planned catalog as of repository commit 455b2c8. No app is released. Everything on this page is a plan. The repository contains a catalog and design documents, not a released app.
How the industry works
Operating characteristics
- tiny crew
- limited stock carried each day
- cash-heavy
- changing locations
- weak or no connectivity
- events
Typical roles
- owner-operator
- cook
- helper
Day-to-day flows
- load stock at the commissary
- sell at locations
- take orders on a phone
- count the cash
- restock
- record expenses
Tenders and payments seen
- cash
- phone Tap to PayCard acceptance on a phone via NFC, through a certified payment-provider SDK. Planned as an adapter; Simca does not read or store card numbers. Glossary when online
- mobile wallets recorded manually
Inventory and assets
- day-by-day stock
- portions
- ingredients prepared at the commissary
Reports they ask for
- sales by location and day
- margin per dish
- cash count
- expense log
Integrations they need
- phone only
- accountant export
A day in the life (illustrative scenario)
What the catalog covers
Statuses: C catalogued, P partial, G gap, N no claim. Modules involved: SALE, TKT, TBL, MENU, KDS, BILL, INV, PRC, DISC, RET, CRM, LOYL, GIFT, EMP, CASH, PAY, BK, LITE, RPT, ANL, MULTI, SEC, DATA, FAIL, HW, PE, LATAM, ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR.
| Capability | Status | Catalog modules |
|---|---|---|
| Selling and checkout | C Catalogued | SALE, TKT |
| Restaurant floor, menu, kitchen, bills | P Partial | TBL, MENU, KDS, BILL |
| Inventory, lots, purchasing | C Catalogued | INV |
| Pricing, discounts, tax rules | C Catalogued | PRC, DISC |
| Returns, credit, special sales | C Catalogued | RET |
| Cash drawer, shifts, safe | C Catalogued | CASH |
| Tender types and payments | C Catalogued | PAY |
| Customers, loyalty, gift cards | P Partial | CRM, LOYL, GIFT |
| Staff, time clock, payroll basics | P Partial | EMP |
| Bookkeeping and ledger | C Catalogued | BK, LITE |
| Reports and analytics | C Catalogued | RPT, ANL |
| Multi-store, multi-register, sync | P Partial | MULTI |
| Security, audit, backup, failsafes | C Catalogued | SEC, DATA, FAIL |
| Hardware and peripherals | C Catalogued | HW |
| Country fiscal packs | C Catalogued | PE, LATAM |
| Integrations, API, settings | P Partial | ECOM, PLAT, SET, LNCH, PKGR |
| Self-service and unattended sales | N No claim | no dedicated module |
Gaps
- no map or location-based reporting beyond a free-text location field
- no event-vendor settlement
Closest catalog items
Items whose names or descriptions match this industry. Matching is by keyword, so read each as a pointer, not a promise.
- Camera barcode scanning SALE-0007
- Quick-create customer at checkout SALE-0025
- Large-button / one-hand mode SALE-0036
- Tap to Pay (NFC) tender SALE-0066
- Cash-only fast mode SALE-0087
- Layaway / apartado TKT-0037
- Handheld table ordering TBL-0019
- Item counts (daily limit) MENU-0010
- Recipe link (ingredients) MENU-0020
- Fallback routing KDSKitchen display system: a screen that replaces or supplements kitchen printers. Glossary-0005
- Recipe / BOM definition KDS-0029
- Recipe yield and unit conversion KDS-0030
- Sub-recipes (salsas, bases) KDS-0031
- Recipe costing KDS-0032
- Theoretical vs actual usage KDS-0037
- Portion control alerts KDS-0038
Sub-verticals
Street cart (carretilla)
one person, one phone
Open →Sub-verticalMarket stall
shared stall, weekend peaks
Open →Sub-verticalEvent caterer with a truck
pre-orders for events
Open →Regulation themes to verify
These are themes, not advice and not compliance claims.
- mobile-vending permits
- food-safety rules
- zoning for locations (themes to verify)
Edge cases that break naive systems
- no signal at an event
- a sudden sell-out
- device battery low
- lost phone
Classification
- NAICS
- NAICS 722330 (indicative; verify codes) · sectors 72
- Fortune 500 industry labels
- Food Services
- Fit
- Good fit, some gaps
Public references consulted
- Toast restaurant POS, online ordering, payroll, multi-location (excerpt)
Questions
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