Steward

Take care of your margins, your team, and your guests.

Steward works for you, not the other way around. Set it up yourself in days, not months. We’re here to guide you.

See your menu in Steward

Book 30 minutes. We'll look up your menu, set up your cafe in Steward, and walk you through it.

Today, it’s spreadsheets and clipboards.

They work. They also take your time and leave you guessing. Here is the same work with Steward.

  • Menu and recipe costs

    Today: A spreadsheet someone built once. Prices change and it goes stale.

    With Steward: Upload your menu. Steward drafts each recipe and its cost. You review and confirm.

  • Counting inventory

    Today: A clipboard on the shelf. Then typing it all in again.

    With Steward: Say what you see. Steward fills in the count.

  • Pulling for tomorrow

    Today: A guess, or whoever remembers.

    With Steward: A pull sheet built from what you sell. Your team checks items off.

  • What left the shelf

    Today: You find out at the next count.

    With Steward: Every sale in your POS takes its ingredients off the shelf.

  • Ordering

    Today: Walk the shelves and estimate.

    With Steward: See what is running low and what got pricier before you order.

What Steward does

Five jobs you already do. Each one faster, easier, and more accurate.

The pictures below are illustrations of a sample cafe, not screenshots.

Menu and recipe setup

Upload your menu. Steward drafts each recipe and what it costs to make.

You review it, correct it, and confirm it. You stay in control of every number.

Menu

  • Latte5.50
  • Cappuccino5.25
  • Cold brew4.75

Latte, 12 oz

Draft recipe

Espresso, 2 shots
$0.48
Whole milk, 10 oz
$0.32
Cup and lid
$0.21

Cost per drink$1.01

Of menu price18.4%

Speech-to-inventory

Walk the shelves and say what you see. Steward listens and fills in the count.

No clipboard. No typing it in later.

“Whole milk, six gallons. Oat milk, fourteen cartons. Espresso beans, eleven pounds.”

  • Whole milk6 gal
  • Oat milk14 cartons
  • Espresso beans11 lb

Pull sheet

Steward suggests what to pull based on what you sell.

Your team checks each item off as they pull it.

Pull for tomorrow

2 of 4 pulled

  • Butter croissantPull 12
  • Blueberry muffinPull 8
  • Breakfast burritoPull 10
  • Banana bread, slicedPull 6

Inventory deduction

Steward reads your sales from your POS. Every item sold takes its ingredients off the shelf.

Your inventory stays current between counts.

Sold today, from your POS

42

Lattes, 12 oz

Taken off the shelf

  • Whole milkminus 420 oz
  • Espressominus 84 shots
  • 12 oz cups and lidsminus 42

Ordering

See what is running low and which prices went up.

Order what you need. Stop ordering what you don't.

Running low

  • Oat milk3 cartons left
  • Espresso beans4 lb left

Price went up

Whole milk, per gallonwas $3.89, now $4.12

What is one point of COGS worth to you?

Put in your own numbers. The example is a cafe with $800,000 in yearly sales and COGS at 31%.

31%

One point of COGS is worth

$8,000

a year.

Today, at 31%
$248,000 goes to cost of goods
One point lower, at 30%
$240,000$8,000 stays in the business
Three points lower, at 28%
$224,000$24,000 stays in the business

This is arithmetic, not a promise. It shows what a point is worth in your cafe. What you keep depends on how you run it.

I run a coffee shop. Our COGS was 31%. I felt 28% was possible, but I didn’t have the numbers to get there.
Adrian Lojo, founder of Steward

Set it up yourself. In days, not months.

You can set up your whole account on your own. We’re here to guide, not gatekeep.

Want to move faster? We’ll help you set it up.

  1. Add your menu

    Upload it. Steward drafts your recipes for you to review.

  2. Add your invoices

    Upload them. Steward reads the items and the prices you pay.

  3. Count your shelves

    Say it out loud or type it in.

  4. Connect your POS

    This is the one step we do for you.

Starting at $250 a month per location.

We’ll go over what fits your cafe on the call.

See your menu in Steward.

Thirty minutes. Your own menu, already set up. No pressure.

See your menu in Steward
  1. Book 30 minutes and tell us the name of your cafe.

  2. Adrian looks up your menu online and sets up your cafe in Steward.

  3. On the call, you see your own menu in Steward and ask anything you want.