Thu
Jul 18
12:30
Delivery
Riverside Holdings
SO202607-0042
Packing notes
Loading dock handoff
2 items to pack
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×86
Herb chicken lunch
22 gluten-free -
×86
Chocolate tart
PrepStation
For commissary kitchens
Produce once Allocate to every satellite
Central production, transfer orders with a paper trail, and location inventory, so commissary output becomes on-hand stock at every kitchen that needs it. One canonical recipe and one trail is how you open the next satellite without adding chaos.
No credit card · Multi-location demo · Cancel anytime
Running shared recipes without a hub kitchen? Multi-unit restaurants.
Central Kitchen · Today
3 satellites · transfer queue
TO202607-0003
Commissary → LA Kitchen
Shipped
4 items · $312.80
TO202607-0004
Commissary → OC Kitchen
Approved
6 items · $488.20
TO202607-0005
Commissary → SD Kitchen
Draft
3 items · $156.40
Hub allocation $957.40
Approve · ship · receive
Why PrepStation for commissary kitchens
01
Open the next site without a new binder
Region → city → kitchen hierarchy under one account. Recipes shared from commissary; inventory stays local per site.
02
No mystery shortages on the dock
Approve, ship, and receive stock between locations with printable documents—no mystery shortages on the dock.
03
Cook to confirmed numbers
The hub’s production pool fills from sales, meal plans, and menus. Cook against that pool, then ship to satellites with approve → ship → receive.
No credit card for the live demo
Transfer orders with printable docs
Cancel anytime
Central production without a shared record Spreadsheets and group chats do not count as allocation.
Satellites guess what’s on the truck. The hub rekeys demand. Receiving argues about what left the dock. That isn’t multi-site ops—it’s finger-pointing with pallets.
Take the commissary seriously
Growth across sites breaks on rekeyed demand and missing pallets. You need one recipe library, a demand pool the hub cooks against, and transfer orders that prove what shipped and what landed.
Commissary transfers
Accountability on every pallet
Transfer stock between locations with an approve → ship → receive workflow. Incoming and outgoing filters show each kitchen the correct direction of work, with printable transfer documents for the run.
- Commissary produces; satellites receive
- Printable paperwork for the truck
- Vendor or commissary sourcing in purchase mode
Deep dive on commissary transfers.
TO202607-0003
Commissary Kitchen → LA Kitchen
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Done
Submit
Sent for manager approval · 4 lines
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Done
Approve
Approved by Maya Chen
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Current
Ship
Source depleted · documents printed
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Next
Receive
Destination confirms quantities
Next action:
Receive Items
Production Hub · Thursday, July 18
Customer packing and pooled batch production
Orders
14
Pack cards
12
Batch items
4
Packing · by customer
2Thu
Jul 18
7:00
Delivery
Northside HQ
SO202607-1184
Packing notes
Floor 14 cart
2 items to pack
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×24
Breakfast boxes
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×24
Fruit cups
Production & inventory
Cook against your demand pool, then ship it
The hub’s production pool collects its sales orders, meal plans, menus, and manual demand, so the prep sheet reflects confirmed numbers. Ship what satellites need with approve → ship → receive transfers. Each kitchen keeps its own on-hand, storage locations, and par levels—so hub production doesn’t invent a shared warehouse count.
Recipe library
One canonical card, every kitchen
Share recipes across locations so the commissary owns the formula. Live cost rolls through prep recipes; satellites inherit yields and allergens without rebuilding the card.
Recipe Library
Central Kitchen · shared with 3 locations
Herb Roasted Chicken
Entrées
Shared from Central Kitchen
50 servings
9 ingredients
Cost Summary
$124.00
$2.48 / serving
Allergens roll up from ingredients.
Chicken Stock
Stocks & Sauces
Internally Shared
64 servings
7 ingredients
Cost Summary
$18.20
$2.28 / gal
Cost flows into every parent recipe.
Tomato Basil Soup
Soups
Shared from Central Kitchen
50 servings
11 ingredients
Cost Summary
$61.50
$1.23 / serving
Scale controls preserve yield and rules.
Open the demo and walk a transfer from hub to satellite.
Related multi-site workflows
Same stack—different center of gravity.
You are here
Commissary kitchens
- Central production + allocation
- Transfer orders with docs
- Hub demand from sales & plans
Also a fit
Multi-unit restaurants
- Shared recipes across regions
- Local inventory and pricing control
- Shared modifiers for every site
Run the commissary by asking.
Roux reads what's owed on the production day and adds batches, drafts transfers to your locations and moves them through shipping and receiving, and takes purchase orders from draft to received. Ask him for waste or transfer reports across every site.
Try asking Roux
- “What do we still owe for Thursday?”
- “Send 20 qt of tikka sauce to Westside”
- “Order 4 cases of romaine from Valley Produce”
- “Waste cost by location for October”
Roux proposes, you approve. Nothing saves until you do, and he only works in the apps you have turned on.
Roux
Commissary
Send Westside 20 quarts of tikka sauce and 10 pans of short ribs tomorrow.
AI Tool
Using Transfers (drafting)
- Both in stock at the commissary
- Destination: Westside
- Ships tomorrow
Roux
Draft transfer to Westside: 20 qt tikka sauce and 10 pans short ribs, shipping tomorrow.
Changes waiting for your approval
- Create transfer to Westside, 2 lines Leave out
Waiting
Approved, 1 change saved
Submit it for approval
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Questions commissary teams ask
Is PrepStation built for commissary production?
Yes. Run multiple kitchens under one account, share recipes from the commissary, keep inventory local per site, and move stock with approve → ship → receive transfer orders.
How do commissary transfers work?
Create a transfer order with lines from commissary stock, approve it, ship with printable transfer documents, and receive at the satellite so on-hand updates with a trail.
Can satellites pull from commissary instead of outside vendors?
Yes. In purchase mode, staff can order from external vendors or pull commissary transfer-eligible items in one mobile workflow when stock should come from the hub.
Do recipes stay consistent across satellite kitchens?
Yes. Share recipes across locations so commissary and multi-unit ops use one canonical recipe library while inventory stays scoped to each kitchen.
Can production demand feed the commissary?
Yes, for the commissary’s own demand. Sales orders, meal plans, menus, and manual demand land in the commissary kitchen’s production pool, so it cooks against confirmed numbers instead of a spreadsheet. Satellites then get that stock through approve → ship → receive transfer orders.
Do I need a credit card for the live demo?
No. The live demo does not require a credit card. Explore transfers and multi-location ops, then cancel anytime.
PrepStation
Move product across every kitchen you run
Spin up the demo and walk demand → transfer → receive at the satellite.
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