metItem for Restaurants & Bars
Inventory for restaurants & bars.
Count the walk-in, the dry storage, and the back bar on a phone instead of a clipboard. Give each venue and station its own inventory, set a minimum level on every item, and record what each one costs.
Free for 100 items, forever — no credit card, no trial countdown
See it work in 23 seconds
A real run through the app, recorded on a phone and on a computer and edited into one 23-second clip — scanning a box of dryer sheets, checking it out, and the low-stock alert.
Scan a real product
Point your phone at a barcode and the item is added, code and all.
Check it out
Hand it to a person or a truck, and the quantity moves right away — free on every plan.
Get the alert
Cross your minimum level and the low-stock notification fires.
Sound familiar?
Three problems metItem is built to fix for restaurants & bars.
Friday count takes three hours
Counting the walk-in, dry storage, and the bar by hand on a clipboard eats a manager's whole morning — and the numbers are stale by dinner service.
The special is unavailable again
Without a live count, the kitchen runs out mid-service or the bar's out of the well vodka on a Saturday. Guests hear 'we're out of that' and walk.
Where's the margin going?
Food and liquor cost creeps from waste, over-pouring, and spoilage you can't see. Without tracking usage, you're guessing at your biggest controllable expense.
Built for the way restaurants & bars actually work
No bloat. No 40-tab settings panel. Just the features that turn tracking into a habit instead of a chore.
Fast counts on your phone
Count on a phone instead of a clipboard, and correct a quantity where you find it. Stock Counts, which reconcile a whole inventory in one pass, are on the Ultra plan and above.
Par levels & low-stock alerts
Set a minimum level for every item: proteins, produce, liquor, garnish. metItem shows you what is below it in the app on any plan, and emailed alerts start on the Essential plan.
Costs on every item
Record what each item costs and what it sells for. The Inventory Valuation report values your stock at moving-average cost and is on the Ultra plan and above.
Multi-location & multi-station
Track the kitchen, the bar, and the back office — across one venue or several — in one place, with each location's counts and pars kept separate.
Also built for
- Photographers
- Contractors
- Churches & Nonprofits
- Warehouses & 3PLs
- Schools
- Makers & Etsy Sellers
- Retail Shops
- Medical & Dental Offices
- Film & Video Production
- Cleaning Businesses
Comparing options? See how metItem compares to Sortly or browse the FAQ.
A current count, on a phone.
Free plan, 100 items, no credit card. Upgrade only if metItem earns it.