What growing producers are up against.
Built for restaurant group & central kitchen traceability.
Source-lot identity
Receive or create lots for ingredient, supplier, prep-component, and packaging lots with supplier or source, quantity, date, location, and disposition.
Connected production genealogy
Consume exact approved lots in central prep, cooking, cooling, portioning, and packing records and preserve every source-to-output connection with quantities and operators.
Finished-lot inventory
Create prepared component and meal lots records with quantity, remaining inventory, location, dates, and hold or release status.
Destination-level trace
Record restaurant, kiosk, catering, and satellite-kitchen deliveries and trace any source lot forward to affected destinations or any finished lot back to its inputs.
One connected chain, receiving to shipment.
Record ingredient, supplier, prep-component, and packaging lots by lot with source, quantity, date, location, and status.
Connect exact input lots to each central prep, cooking, cooling, portioning, and packing record, operator, facility, and yield.
Create traceable prepared component and meal lots with quantities, codes, labels, and relevant dates.
Track remaining inventory, location, expiry, and hold or release state.
Link exact finished lots and quantities to restaurant, kiosk, catering, and satellite-kitchen deliveries.
Outcomes producers feel right away.
Questions about restaurant group & central kitchen traceability.
Can LotThread trace multiple input lots through central prep, cooking, cooling, portioning, and packing?
Yes. Each production batch can consume multiple approved lots with exact quantities, and every input remains linked to its resulting finished lots and shipments.
Does LotThread replace restaurant POS, menu costing, reservations, labor scheduling, or delivery platforms?
No. LotThread is the lot-genealogy, inventory, hold, and shipment layer. Keep restaurant POS, menu costing, reservations, labor scheduling, or delivery platforms alongside it for the broader workflows they manage.
Do I have to replace my accounting or ecommerce tools?
No. LotThread is the traceability layer that sits alongside QuickBooks, Shopify, and the tools you already use - it connects your materials, batches, and shipments into one record without replacing your books or storefront.
How long does it take to trace my first product?
Most producers trace a first product in an afternoon. You set up one product, one supplier, and one production batch, and the genealogy and recall scoping compute from there - no manufacturing ERP rollout required.
Can I import existing lots from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Map your columns once and bulk-import materials, suppliers, and existing lots from a spreadsheet or supplier file, so you start with your real history instead of a blank system.