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See how a restaurant record becomes a next step.

An invoice line becomes a reviewed cost, a recipe check and a decision you approve — with the source kept beside it.

Original Dynamic.ly invoice screen, ready for final review — not yet approved. Example data.

From invoice
to reviewed line.

Capture or email the invoice → review the extracted draft → a manager approves. Capture and email are two ways into the same review.

Capture the original.

An invoice photo or emailed attachment leads to the same review.

Concept invoice capture screen
Original ingredient cost-history screenshot: Atlantic salmon at 17 dollars 10 cents and 18 dollars 40 cents per pound.

One ingredient.
A change worth seeing.

$17.10$18.40/lb

Keep the unit, the date and the source in view. Jun 23 → Jul 23.

Ingredient cost observations—not savings. Separate illustrative example.

Inspect the source →

Plan for the
service ahead.

Turn changing demand and scattered shift inputs into a plan your manager can review.

A changed reservation book also affects preparation, purchases and the stock left at the end of the week.

Illustrative scenarios.

One change.
A clearer response.

BeforeProposed planMondayTuesday
Monday · 6 staff30 expected covers
Tuesday · 4 staff24 expected covers

Review staffing against expected service.

See the cases.
Check the time you have.

Review usable stock while there is still time to change prep, purchasing or a limited special.

Left without a plan

Hypothetical risk, not recorded waste.

Hypothetical fish cases and disposal bin: a waste-risk illustration, not an actual recorded outcome.

Unreviewed counts and unclear timing can leave suitable ingredients unused.

A plan to review

Actual inventory screen distinguishing estimated stock from a last count
Ten illustrative portions allocated in a proposed plan, not recorded sales.
10 portions allocated
0 unassigned portions in this plan

Friday, 4:10 PM.
The plan has changed.

Fewer covers. Stock to check. Another supplier quote. See what a clearer next step could look like.

Prepare less. Keep a buffer.

Example plan.

  1. Check remaining covers and the likely walk-in range.
  2. Hold a smaller first batch; keep suitable ingredients for a second run.
  3. Confirm the count and use window before setting quantities.

Keep the right coverage.

Example plan. No employee schedule or wage record is changed.

See the staffing example
  1. Check the roles and service times that still need coverage.
  2. Review tasks, breaks and start times with the team.
  3. Let the manager confirm changes before publishing a shift plan.

Compare the whole order.

Example plan. A unit-price difference is not a confirmed saving on the total order.

  1. Match the grade, pack, usable yield and quote date.
  2. Include delivery, minimum order and storage constraints.
  3. Review the delivered total before selecting a supplier.

Give new diners a reason to visit.

Planned connection. A draft is not publication, a sale or a measured saving.

  1. Confirm suitable surplus and a quantity cap.
  2. Review the price floor, offer window and public terms.
  3. Prepare the proposed Happily offer; review real results afterward.

Illustrative restaurant scenario.

Make surplus
a reason to visit.

A timely special can introduce your restaurant to diners who haven’t tried it yet.

  1. Find what can be used.

    Check suitable stock, quantities and the use window.

  2. Prepare a focused offer.

    Review the price floor, quantity cap and terms before sharing.

  3. Let the visit do more.

    The special gets attention. Your food and service can earn the next visit.

Explore the offer review

Planned Dynamic.ly–Happily connection.

Dynamic.ly offer-review concept. Ten portions at seventeen dollars each; not published.
1 Dynamic.ly proposal
Happily discovery screen. Separate original example; not the proposed Salmon Bowl offer.
2 Where a listing could appear · Happily, original capture of a different offer

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Early access.

We’re preparing for a wider release and reviewing requests from restaurant teams interested in testing with us.

Reviewed individually

Beta consideration

Test with us.

For restaurant teams interested in testing with their own records and giving regular feedback.

Request beta consideration
What we’ll discuss
  • The operating question you want answered
  • Which records you can share
  • Time available for testing and feedback
  • Scope confirmed with each restaurant

A request is not an acceptance.

Any time

Meet the team

Talk it through.

Discuss your restaurant, your current tools and what useful support would look like.

Meet with Thea ↗
What we’ll discuss
  • Your current workflow and tools
  • The product, shown with example data
  • Whether beta testing is a fit
  • Agreed next steps

Opens Thea’s Calendly page. Choosing a time happens there.

Review the example

10 portions × $17 = $170 revenue if all sell.
10 × $7 modelled food/packaging cost = $70.
Potential contribution = $100 before fees and additional labor.

This separate concept uses a 55% minimum-margin setting. The $17 proposal has about 58.8% margin on the stated cost. It is not the Home screen’s 65% scenario.

Usable stock, the exact time window, channel permissions, terms and manager approval must be verified. The Happily bridge is planned. No offer is sent.