Inventory management for restaurants — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for inventory management for restaurants, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026
  • ▲Toast moved #4 → #3
  • ▼Square moved #3 → #4
  • ▲WISK moved #10 → #9
  • ▼BlueCart moved #9 → #10
  • ▼Lightspeed -3.4pp (38.5% → 35.1%)
  • ▼Square -3.3pp (57.7% → 54.4%)
  • ▲Toast +2.1pp (55.8% → 57.9%)
  • ▲xtraCHEF +1.6pp (42.3% → 43.9%)
  • ▲WISK +1.6pp (21.2% → 22.8%)
  • ▲MarginEdge +1.1pp (67.3% → 68.4%)
  • ▲Craftable +1pp (28.8% → 29.8%)
Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026
  • ▲ INWISK entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTSquare Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan left the top 10 (#9 → #13)
  • ▼Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan moved #9 → #13
  • ▲WISK moved #13 → #10
  • ▲Square moved #4 → #3
  • ▼Toast moved #3 → #4
  • ▲BlueCart moved #10 → #9
  • ▲Restaurant365 +11.3pp (40.6% → 51.9%)
  • ▲MarginEdge +11pp (56.3% → 67.3%)
  • ▲WISK +8.7pp (12.5% → 21.2%)
  • ▲MarketMan +8.1pp (68.8% → 76.9%)
  • ▲xtraCHEF +7.9pp (34.4% → 42.3%)
  • ▲Square +7.7pp (50% → 57.7%)
  • ▲Lightspeed +7.2pp (31.3% → 38.5%)
  • ▲Craftable +6.9pp (21.9% → 28.8%)
  • ▲Toast +5.8pp (50% → 55.8%)
  • ▲BlueCart +5.6pp (15.6% → 21.2%)
  • ▼Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan -1.5pp (18.8% → 17.3%)
Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INSquare Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
  • ▲ INBlueCart entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTClover left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
  • ▼ OUTWISK left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
  • ▲Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan moved #12 → #9
  • ▲BlueCart moved #13 → #10
  • ▼Clover moved #8 → #11
  • ▼WISK moved #10 → #13
  • ▲Restaurant365 moved #7 → #5
  • ▲Toast moved #4 → #3
  • ▼Square moved #3 → #4
  • ▼xtraCHEF moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Lightspeed moved #6 → #7
  • ▲Craftable moved #9 → #8
  • ▲Toast +10pp (40% → 50%)
  • ▼Clover -10pp (22.5% → 12.5%)
  • ▲Restaurant365 +8.1pp (32.5% → 40.6%)
  • ▼xtraCHEF -5.6pp (40% → 34.4%)
  • ▼Square -5pp (55% → 50%)
  • ▼WISK -5pp (17.5% → 12.5%)
  • ▲Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan +3.8pp (15% → 18.8%)
  • ▼MarginEdge -3.7pp (60% → 56.3%)
  • ▼Lightspeed -3.7pp (35% → 31.3%)
  • ▲BlueCart +3.1pp (12.5% → 15.6%)
  • ▲Craftable +1.9pp (20% → 21.9%)
  • ▼MarketMan -1.2pp (70% → 68.8%)
Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026
  • ▲ INWISK entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTSquare for Restaurants left the top 10 (#9 → #16)
  • ▼Square for Restaurants moved #9 → #16
  • ▲Clover moved #10 → #8
  • ▲WISK moved #12 → #10
  • ▼Craftable moved #8 → #9
  • ▼Square for Restaurants -9.6pp (19.6% → 10%)
  • ▲Clover +4.6pp (17.9% → 22.5%)
  • ▲xtraCHEF +2.5pp (37.5% → 40%)
  • ▼MarketMan -1.4pp (71.4% → 70%)
  • ▼Craftable -1.4pp (21.4% → 20%)
  • ▲WISK +1.4pp (16.1% → 17.5%)
  • ▲MarginEdge +1.1pp (58.9% → 60%)
Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026
  • ▲ INClover entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTBlueCart left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Clover moved #12 → #10
  • ▼BlueCart moved #10 → #11
  • ▲MarginEdge +5.8pp (53.1% → 58.9%)
  • ▲Square +5.4pp (50% → 55.4%)
  • ▲Clover +2.3pp (15.6% → 17.9%)
Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026
  • ▲MarginEdge moved #3 → #2
  • ▼Square moved #2 → #3
  • ▲Lightspeed moved #7 → #6
  • ▼Restaurant365 moved #6 → #7
  • ▲Square for Restaurants moved #10 → #9
  • ▼BlueCart moved #9 → #10
  • ▼Restaurant365 -4.7pp (37.5% → 32.8%)
  • ▲MarginEdge +3.1pp (50% → 53.1%)
  • ▼Toast -2.9pp (42% → 39.1%)
  • ▼BlueCart -2.6pp (18.2% → 15.6%)
  • ▼MarketMan -2pp (73.9% → 71.9%)
  • ▲Square for Restaurants +1.8pp (17% → 18.8%)
  • ▼Lightspeed -1.6pp (37.5% → 35.9%)
  • ▼Square -1.1pp (51.1% → 50%)
  • ▼xtraCHEF -1.1pp (38.6% → 37.5%)
Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026
  • ▲ INSquare for Restaurants entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTCrunchtime left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Square for Restaurants moved #12 → #10
  • ▲xtraCHEF moved #6 → #5
  • ▼Restaurant365 moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Crunchtime moved #10 → #11
  • ▼BlueCart -1.8pp (20% → 18.2%)
  • ▼Square -1.4pp (52.5% → 51.1%)
  • ▲Craftable +1.4pp (21.3% → 22.7%)
  • ▼Restaurant365 -1.3pp (38.8% → 37.5%)
  • ▼MarketMan -1.1pp (75% → 73.9%)
Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INBlueCart entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
  • ▼ OUTxtraCHEF by Toast left the ranking (was #8)
  • ▲BlueCart moved #12 → #9
  • ▲Toast moved #6 → #4
  • ▲Restaurant365 moved #7 → #5
  • ▼xtraCHEF moved #4 → #6
  • ▼Lightspeed moved #5 → #7
  • ▲Craftable moved #10 → #8
  • ▼Crunchtime moved #9 → #10
  • ▼Crunchtime -7.5pp (25% → 17.5%)
  • ▲Toast +3.8pp (37.5% → 41.3%)
  • ▲MarginEdge +3.6pp (46.4% → 50%)
  • ▼Lightspeed -3.6pp (41.1% → 37.5%)
  • ▲Restaurant365 +3.1pp (35.7% → 38.8%)
  • ▼xtraCHEF -2.3pp (41.1% → 38.8%)
  • ▼Craftable -1.9pp (23.2% → 21.3%)
  • ▼MarketMan -1.8pp (76.8% → 75%)
Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 7, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 6, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 5, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 4, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 3, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 2, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Sep 1, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Aug 31, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Aug 30, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Aug 29, 202657 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan77.2%
  • #2MarginEdge68.4%
  • #3Toast57.9%
  • #4Square54.4%
  • #5Restaurant36552.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF43.9%
  • #7Lightspeed35.1%
  • #8Craftable29.8%
  • #9WISK22.8%
  • #10BlueCart21.1%
Aug 28, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan76.9%
  • #2MarginEdge67.3%
  • #3Square57.7%
  • #4Toast55.8%
  • #5Restaurant36551.9%
  • #6xtraCHEF42.3%
  • #7Lightspeed38.5%
  • #8Craftable28.8%
  • #9BlueCart21.2%
  • #10WISK21.2%
Aug 27, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan68.8%
  • #2MarginEdge56.3%
  • #3Toast50%
  • #4Square50%
  • #5Restaurant36540.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF34.4%
  • #7Lightspeed31.3%
  • #8Craftable21.9%
  • #9Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan18.8%
  • #10BlueCart15.6%
Aug 26, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan68.8%
  • #2MarginEdge56.3%
  • #3Toast50%
  • #4Square50%
  • #5Restaurant36540.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF34.4%
  • #7Lightspeed31.3%
  • #8Craftable21.9%
  • #9Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan18.8%
  • #10BlueCart15.6%
Aug 25, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v7
  • #1MarketMan68.8%
  • #2MarginEdge56.3%
  • #3Toast50%
  • #4Square50%
  • #5Restaurant36540.6%
  • #6xtraCHEF34.4%
  • #7Lightspeed31.3%
  • #8Craftable21.9%
  • #9Square Restaurant Inventory by MarketMan18.8%
  • #10BlueCart15.6%
Aug 24, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan70%
  • #2MarginEdge60%
  • #3Square55%
  • #4Toast40%
  • #5xtraCHEF40%
  • #6Lightspeed35%
  • #7Restaurant36532.5%
  • #8Clover22.5%
  • #9Craftable20%
  • #10WISK17.5%
Aug 23, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan70%
  • #2MarginEdge60%
  • #3Square55%
  • #4Toast40%
  • #5xtraCHEF40%
  • #6Lightspeed35%
  • #7Restaurant36532.5%
  • #8Clover22.5%
  • #9Craftable20%
  • #10WISK17.5%
Aug 22, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan71.4%
  • #2MarginEdge58.9%
  • #3Square55.4%
  • #4Toast39.3%
  • #5xtraCHEF37.5%
  • #6Lightspeed35.7%
  • #7Restaurant36532.1%
  • #8Craftable21.4%
  • #9Square for Restaurants19.6%
  • #10Clover17.9%
Aug 21, 202664 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan71.9%
  • #2MarginEdge53.1%
  • #3Square50%
  • #4Toast39.1%
  • #5xtraCHEF37.5%
  • #6Lightspeed35.9%
  • #7Restaurant36532.8%
  • #8Craftable21.9%
  • #9Square for Restaurants18.8%
  • #10BlueCart15.6%
Aug 20, 202664 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan71.9%
  • #2MarginEdge53.1%
  • #3Square50%
  • #4Toast39.1%
  • #5xtraCHEF37.5%
  • #6Lightspeed35.9%
  • #7Restaurant36532.8%
  • #8Craftable21.9%
  • #9Square for Restaurants18.8%
  • #10BlueCart15.6%
Aug 19, 202688 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan73.9%
  • #2Square51.1%
  • #3MarginEdge50%
  • #4Toast42%
  • #5xtraCHEF38.6%
  • #6Restaurant36537.5%
  • #7Lightspeed37.5%
  • #8Craftable22.7%
  • #9BlueCart18.2%
  • #10Square for Restaurants17%
Aug 18, 202688 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan73.9%
  • #2Square51.1%
  • #3MarginEdge50%
  • #4Toast42%
  • #5xtraCHEF38.6%
  • #6Restaurant36537.5%
  • #7Lightspeed37.5%
  • #8Craftable22.7%
  • #9BlueCart18.2%
  • #10Square for Restaurants17%
Aug 17, 202680 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7
  • #1MarketMan75%
  • #2Square52.5%
  • #3MarginEdge50%
  • #4Toast41.3%
  • #5Restaurant36538.8%
  • #6xtraCHEF38.8%
  • #7Lightspeed37.5%
  • #8Craftable21.3%
  • #9BlueCart20%
  • #10Crunchtime17.5%
Aug 16, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4
  • #1MarketMan76.8%
  • #2Square51.8%
  • #3MarginEdge46.4%
  • #4xtraCHEF41.1%
  • #5Lightspeed41.1%
  • #6Toast37.5%
  • #7Restaurant36535.7%
  • #8xtraCHEF by Toast25%
  • #9Crunchtime25%
  • #10Craftable23.2%
Aug 15, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4
  • #1MarketMan76.8%
  • #2Square51.8%
  • #3MarginEdge46.4%
  • #4xtraCHEF41.1%
  • #5Lightspeed41.1%
  • #6Toast37.5%
  • #7Restaurant36535.7%
  • #8xtraCHEF by Toast25%
  • #9Crunchtime25%
  • #10Craftable23.2%
Aug 14, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4
  • #1MarketMan76.8%
  • #2Square51.8%
  • #3MarginEdge46.4%
  • #4xtraCHEF41.1%
  • #5Lightspeed41.1%
  • #6Toast37.5%
  • #7Restaurant36535.7%
  • #8xtraCHEF by Toast25%
  • #9Crunchtime25%
  • #10Craftable23.2%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/inventory-management-for-restaurants/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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