RaftLabs builds software for the food industry -- restaurant management systems, food delivery platforms, online ordering tools, food marketplaces for specialty producers, and supply chain and inventory tools for food businesses.
We build systems that fit the actual operational model. That means POS and reservations in one place, delivery dispatch that routes by proximity, and marketplace logic that handles specialty producer inventory -- not a generic platform patched to approximate your requirements.
Restaurant management with POS, reservations, and inventory
Food delivery platform with ordering, dispatch, and tracking
Online ordering system branded to the restaurant
Food marketplace for specialty and artisan producers
Summary
RaftLabs builds custom software for food businesses -- restaurant management systems with POS and inventory, food delivery platforms with driver dispatch and order tracking, online ordering systems branded to the restaurant, and food marketplaces for specialty and artisan producers. Most food industry software projects deliver in 10-14 weeks at a fixed cost.
Every food business has the same core problem: operations move fast and the systems rarely keep up. A table turns, an order fires to the kitchen, a driver picks up a delivery, and a stock item hits zero -- all in the same 20 minutes. When those events live in separate tools, someone is always catching up by hand.
We build software that connects those events. Restaurant management that shows one view of the floor, the kitchen, and the stock room. Delivery platforms that know where every driver is and what every kitchen's current wait time is. Ordering systems that talk to the same menu database regardless of where the order comes from. Food marketplaces that handle the inventory and fulfilment logic specialty producers actually need.
Custom restaurant management platforms with POS, table management, and real-time kitchen communication. Menu management synced across dine-in, online ordering, and delivery channels from a single source. Inventory tracking with par-level alerts and wastage recording. Profitability reporting by menu item, shift, and location. For restaurant groups that need more than a point-of-sale terminal and a spreadsheet.
End-to-end food delivery platforms with customer ordering, automated driver dispatch, and real-time order tracking. Restaurant dashboards with prep time controls, order acceptance, and kitchen status. Delivery zone management, dynamic pricing, and surge configuration. Operations reporting on order volume, delivery times, and driver performance. Built for operators who want to own their delivery infrastructure rather than pay per-order commission to aggregators.
Branded online ordering systems for restaurants and restaurant groups. Menu synced to the same data source as the POS so a price change or item 86 updates everywhere at once. Order routing to the kitchen display or printer. Table-side QR ordering, collection, and delivery options in one system. Customer account and order history for repeat purchase. The ordering system that carries the restaurant's brand rather than a third-party platform's.
Marketplace platforms for specialty food producers, artisan makers, and farm-direct suppliers. Producer onboarding and product listing management. Order management with fulfilment routing to each producer. Subscription box and recurring order support. Buyer-facing search and filtering across the full producer catalogue. The infrastructure for a food marketplace that can't be replicated with a generic e-commerce template.
Inventory and supply chain tools built for food businesses with perishable stock and short replenishment cycles. Real-time stock levels across locations. Expiry tracking and FIFO rotation alerts. Purchase order management with supplier integration. Wastage recording tied to menu-level cost reporting. For food businesses where a stockout or overstock is not just a cost issue -- it's a food safety issue.
Reporting and analytics tools that connect sales, inventory, labour, and delivery data into one view. Menu item profitability after food cost and labour. Sales by channel -- dine-in, collection, delivery -- with contribution margin per channel. Demand forecasting by day and daypart to reduce prep waste. Location benchmarking for multi-site operators. The reporting layer that turns operational data into decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Custom software makes sense when your business model has requirements that existing platforms cannot support without a fragile set of workarounds. Common triggers include: a restaurant group where head office needs real-time visibility across locations but the POS only syncs overnight; a delivery operation where the commission structure of existing aggregators makes the unit economics unworkable; or a food marketplace for specialty producers where the inventory and fulfilment logic is too specific for a generic e-commerce template. If an off-the-shelf platform would genuinely serve your needs, we'll say so -- custom development carries ongoing maintenance cost that SaaS platforms absorb for you.
A food delivery platform is end-to-end infrastructure: customer ordering, driver dispatch and tracking, restaurant dashboards, delivery zone management, and operations reporting. It is built for operators who want to run their own delivery network. A white-label online ordering system is scoped to the customer-facing ordering experience -- branded to the restaurant, integrated with the POS and kitchen, and covering collection, table ordering, and direct delivery. It is built for restaurants who want to own the customer relationship for online orders without building delivery logistics. The right choice depends on whether you need to manage your own drivers.
Yes. Food producer marketplaces have specific requirements that generic marketplace platforms handle badly: perishable inventory with short availability windows, producer-specific fulfilment logic, subscription and recurring order models for weekly box schemes, and geographic delivery constraints. We build the producer onboarding, inventory management, order routing, and buyer-facing storefront as a system designed around these constraints. The platform can support a mixed model -- direct DTC orders from the producer and a marketplace layer where buyers discover and order from multiple producers in one checkout.
Start with the system that has the highest operational cost in its current form. For most restaurants, that is the ordering and POS layer -- a unified system that handles dine-in, online ordering, and kitchen communication eliminates the manual work that comes from running separate systems for each channel. For a delivery operator, start with the dispatch and tracking layer; manual driver assignment is the first thing that breaks at volume. For a food marketplace, start with producer onboarding and order routing -- those are the hardest to retrofit later. We scope projects to identify the highest-value starting point before recommending a build.
Tell us your current setup and where it breaks down. We'll scope the right system for your food business and give you a fixed cost.