Prep Station
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.
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 Prep Station for commissary kitchens
01
One hub, many kitchens
Region → city → kitchen hierarchy under one account. Recipes shared from commissary; inventory stays local per site.
02
Transfers with a trail
Approve, ship, and receive stock between locations with printable documents—no mystery shortages on the dock.
03
Cook against real demand
Production pool fills from sales, meal plans, and menus so the commissary allocates what satellites actually need.
No credit card for the live demo
Transfer orders with printable docs
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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
You need one recipe library, one demand pool, 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
Approved
DoneManager signed off · 4 lines
Shipped
DoneDocs printed · truck loaded
Receive
NextSatellite confirms on-hand
Production pool
Hub demand · Jul 12
Herb chicken · bulk
Sales · 3 orders · LA + OC
180 portions
Tomato basil soup
Meal plan · Harbor · SD Kitchen
40 qt
House vinaigrette
Manual demand · All sites
12 gal
Production & inventory
Cook what satellites will actually sell
One demand pool from sales orders, meal plans, menus, and manual demand. 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.
Shared recipe
Herb roasted chicken · cost $2.48/serving · allergens roll up from ingredients.
Prep as ingredient
Chicken stock cost flows into soup flows into the catering menu item.
Scale for the hub
Scale a 50-cover batch to 200; non-linear rules keep spices honest.
Open the demo and walk a transfer from hub to satellite.
Related multi-site workflows
Same stack—different center of gravity.
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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
Questions commissary teams ask
Is Prep Station 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. Sales orders, meal plans, menus, and manual demand land in one production pool so the commissary cooks against real allocation—not a separate spreadsheet.
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.
Prep Station
Move product like a real multi-site kitchen
Spin up the demo and walk demand → transfer → receive at the satellite.
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