What software to manage a restaurant?

Octogone is a complete restaurant management solution with Cortex AI predictions. Our clients achieve 25% cost reduction, 3h saved per day, and 18% margin increase. Works for all restaurant types: independent, chains, hotels, caterers, fine dining to quick service. Features: real-time inventory connected to POS, standardized recipes, automated invoicing.

How to reduce restaurant costs?

With Octogone: real-time stock tracking prevents shortages, automatic food cost calculation, and Cortex AI predictions optimize orders. Client results: 25% cost reduction, zero stock shortages, +18% margins.

What types of restaurants does Octogone support?

Octogone adapts to all restaurant types: independent restaurants, chains, hotels, caterers, senior residences, food retail, fine dining, casual dining, fast-casual, quick service, food trucks, and buffets. Our clients include Restaurant Mario, Bistro Laurent, Sushi Zen, and Café Central with 12 locations.

What does 'Operate, analyze, predict' mean for restaurants?

Octogone's 'Operate, analyze, predict' approach means: OPERATE your daily management with automated inventory and POS integration, ANALYZE your data with real-time food cost tracking and performance insights, PREDICT future needs with Cortex, our AI agent, for optimal ordering and profitability.

Olive+Gourmando Case Study: How Octogone Improved Cost Control & Inventory Management

Name: Octogone Restaurant Management
Brand: Octogone
Rating: 5 (6 reviews)

How a Montréal Icon Reclaimed Control Over Costs and Inventory

Founded in 1998 by Dyan Solomon and Eric Girard, Olive+Gourmando has become a staple of Old Montréal. What began as a small artisanal bakery quickly evolved into a beloved café-restaurant known for its generous daytime cooking and inventive, house-made dishes. With high demand, loyal crowds, and the opening of a second location, one challenge became impossible to ignore: scaling their operations while maintaining tight control over costs, inventory, and workflow.

The Challenge: Growth Outpacing Manual Tools

Like many fast-growing establishments, Olive+Gourmando faced operational hurdles that traditional processes couldn’t keep up with:

Recipe costing was complex and time-consuming, especially in a kitchen built on transformation and constant creativity.
Frequent supplier price fluctuations made it difficult to maintain accurate food costs.
Lack of smooth integration between existing systems (POS, scheduling, internal processes), leading to duplicated work and blind spots.
Excessive time spent on inventory, pulling staff away from higher-value tasks.

The Octogone Approach: Structure, Automation, and Real-Time Visibility

To support their growth without compromising their culinary identity, Olive+Gourmando turned to Octogone to modernize their operations:

Automated inventory and structured workflows, drastically reducing manual steps.
Dynamic recipe costing updated automatically based on real supplier prices.
Seamless integrations with their POS, Evolia, and EmployeurD, giving them a unified view of labor costs and profitability.
Better tracking of waste and staff meals, helping reduce losses and protect margins.

Results: Less Time Lost, More Margins Recovered

The impact was immediate and measurable:

50% reduction in inventory management time, freeing up staff for more meaningful work.
Real-time food cost accuracy, leading to faster, smarter decision-making.
More precise labor cost tracking, improving cost ratios and team planning.

Client Testimonial

“Octogone gave us a structure that finally matches our reality. We can continue growing without losing sight of our costs or our inventory — and stay focused on what we do best: offering authentic, generous cooking.”
— Management Team, Olive+Gourmando

What’s Next

With stronger, more reliable control over their costs and inventory, Olive+Gourmando is now exploring additional optimizations to support its long-term growth and maintain its standing in Montréal’s culinary landscape.

Case Study — Olive + Gourmando