Every operator we've onboarded was losing money they could see in reports but couldn't stop. Here's what the data shows after 90 days on Ingest.
$0M
Average annual savings per operator
Across 140+ enterprise clients, 12-month rolling average
0%
Reduction in spoilage waste
vs. industry average of 8–10% spoilage rate
0 wks
Average time to full ROI
From contract sign to positive margin impact
$0B
Annual industry waste cost
The market problem Ingest was built to solve
Performance Benchmarks
Ingest vs. Industry Average
All metrics verified Q1 2026
Metric
Industry Avg.
Ingest
Delta
Industry avg. food cost %
29–32%
21.4%
−8.6pp
Spoilage as % of purchases
8–10%
2.9%
−6.8pp
Vendor invoice error rate
2–4%
0.2%
−94%
Demand forecast accuracy
61%
94.3%
+33pp
Cold chain compliance
72%
99.1%
+27pp
Exhibit B — The Teardown
Everything you're using now is costing you more.
This table builds as you scroll. By the time you reach the bottom, you'll have a number in your head — what you're leaving on the table every single month.
Dimension
Spreadsheets
Legacy Systems
Ingest
Integration time
Ongoing manual
3–6 months
72 hours
IoT sensor ingestion
None
Custom dev req.
Native · 200+ sensors
Waste reduction %
0–5%
10–25%
40–68%
Vendor invoice reconciliation
Manual · days
Semi-auto · hours
Auto · real-time
Demand forecast accuracy
~45%
60–70%
94.3%
ROI timeline
Negative ROI
12–18 months
4–6 weeks
Multi-unit consolidation
None
Limited
Unlimited · live
SB 1383 compliance automation
None
Manual reports
Automated · audit-ready
Annual cost per unit
$0 + hidden losses
$18K–$45K
$8.4K all-in
See how this maps to your operation
Download the full competitive teardown — 28-page PDF, no fluff.
"We were bleeding $340K a year in spoilage we tracked but couldn't stop. Ingest connected our walk-in sensors, our vendor invoices, and our POS in 72 hours. By week six we'd recovered $180K. The dashboard tells me things I used to find out two weeks too late."
RG
Rachel Goldstein
VP of Operations · Hearth Restaurant Group
31 units · NYC & Chicago
$2.1M
Annual savings
71%
Spoilage reduction
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Exhibit D — Your Number
Calculate your waste gap.
Three numbers. Thirty seconds. You'll have a projected annual savings figure before we ask for your email.
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Number of locations
Across all units and facilities
💰
Monthly food spend
Total across all locations
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Current waste %
Your estimate or last audit figure
Projections based on 140+ operator deployments. Assumes 65.4% average waste reduction, $8,400/unit annual Ingest cost.
Waste Gap Diagnostic
Total units across all brands
All vendors, all locations combined
Industry avg: 8–10% of purchases
No email required to see your number.
At the industry average of 8.5% spoilage, a 23-unit group spending $847K/month loses $71,995 every month in food that's purchased but never sold. That's $863,940 per year — before accounting for labor, compliance fines, and vendor errors.
