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Apicbase MCP: Chat With Your Restaurant Data

Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot about food cost, sales, and compliance — across every location. Get instant answers from your live Apicbase data.

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Trusted by contract catering teams managing multi-site, high-volume operations.

What Changes

Decide faster

The answers you need are available when the question comes up. You’re no longer waiting for reports or staring at dashboards.

No training required

Ask questions in plain language. You don’t need a data analyst, SQL knowledge or BI tools.

Answers have context

Because MCP understands recipes, costs, inventory, and sales, every response reflects the logic of your live operation. It’s not a generic analysis.

Fits your existing workflow

Your team doesn't have to learn new software. It works with the tools you already use, like ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or any MCP-compatible assistant.

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Control Restaurant Ops with World-Class AI

Let AI work with your recipes, ingredients and costs directly so your restaurant teams can solve issues as they occur and prevent future ones.

With our MCP, your AI assistant works directly with your data in Apicbase. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot—whatever you use—can pull real-time answers from your operation.

No exports. No dashboards. Just natural questions and real answers from live operational data.
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What You Can Do Right Now

Staff with the right permissions can ask questions in plain language. AI pulls from live data and delivers answers in seconds. These on-demand insights open the door to a new way of working.

Tuesday morning. A key ingredient price spiked.

Ask: “Chicken went up 15%. What dishes are hit hardest?”

→ AI recalculates costs instantly across all recipes.
→ Ranks dishes by margin impact.
→ Suggests alternatives you already use.

ChatGPT Interface - macOS Style
ChatGPT Interface - macOS Style

Thursday standup. Weekend service is two days away.

Ask: “Which locations will run short on key ingredients this weekend?”

→ Checks current stock, par levels, and usage trends.
→ Shows specific items and locations.
→ Tells you what to reorder and how much.

Menu planning session. The Executive Chef needs a profitability context.

Ask: “Show me all dishes using chicken breast and their current profitability.”

→ Pulls live recipes, portions, and supplier prices.
→ Displays margin per dish.
→ Informs menu decisions on the spot.

ChatGPT Interface - macOS Style
ChatGPT Interface - macOS Style

CFO walks in 10 minutes before the board meeting.

Ask: “What’s driving our food cost variance this quarter?”

→ Analyses variance by item, location, and trend.
→ Delivers executive summary without opening spreadsheets.
→ Shows what’s actually moving the numbers.

Procurement review. You're evaluating a supplier switch.

Ask: “If we switch cheese suppliers, is lasagna still profitable?”

→ Simulates the change without touching live data.
→ Shows margin impact immediately.
→ Helps you decide with confidence.

ChatGPT Interface - macOS Style
ChatGPT Interface - macOS Style

Monthly ops review. You need to spot patterns.

“Compare food waste this month vs last month.”

→ Analyses waste logs across locations.
→ Flags patterns like over-prep or spoilage.
→ Points to where processes need adjustment.

Enterprise Security Built In

MCP connections are permission-based, encrypted, and fully auditable.

Your data never leaves your control. 

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Permission-based

Users only access data they're authorised to see

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Audit-logged

Every query is tracked for compliance

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Encrypted

All data transmission uses enterprise encryption standards

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Revocable

IT can disable access instantly if needed

Ready for the AI Revolution in Foodservice

Ready to put AI to work in your operation?