Live cost control for hospitality
Your suppliers raised prices.
Did you notice?
Drift catches supplier price increases before they damage your margin — then sends you a clear Monday Report showing supplier spend, missing dockets, unusual costs, margin risks and recommended actions.
€99/month after trial · First month free · Identifies €200–400 in supplier savings on average · Cancel anytime
Whole milk up 18% from Fresh Foods Ltd
€1.42 → €1.68 per L · Affects flat whites, batch brews
Week-to-date food cost
28.4%
▼ 0.8 pts vs last week
Open price moves
3
2 above tolerance
Monday Report
ScheduledSent Monday 07:00 to owners + finance
The problem
Most venues find out too late.
By the time your accountant sends the monthly numbers, the damage is already done.
Prices move quietly
Suppliers raise prices by a few cent per unit. No email. No call. The invoice just changes. Most owners notice months later — if at all.
Stocktakes miss the week-to-week
A quarterly stocktake tells you what's there. It doesn't tell you what changed between last month's invoice and this one. That gap is where margin disappears.
You're always reacting
You find out costs rose when you see the P&L. At that point the orders have already gone out, the margins are already squeezed, and the month is already gone.
The average Irish hospitality venue loses €3,400/year to supplier price increases they never noticed.
What Drift does
Six deliverables. One number that matters.
Capture every docket. Alert every price move. Watch every supplier. Report every Monday. Export every month. Surface it all in one live dashboard. And show you exactly what it's saving — every single week.
The report is the product. Dockets are just how we find the savings.
Monday Report
Every Monday at 7am — total supplier spend, top suppliers, biggest price movements, missing dockets, unusual spend, margin risks, and recommended actions. In your inbox before the week starts.
Price Change Alerts
The moment a supplier price moves outside tolerance you get an alert. Milk up 18%. Chicken up 12%. Coffee up 6%. Catch it before the next order goes out.
Weekly Supplier Watchlist
Every week — suppliers who raised prices in the last 30 days, inconsistent pricing flagged, and one recommended action per supplier. Not just what happened. What to do about it.
Monthly Accountant Pack
At month-end — supplier summary, full invoice list, missing docket report, CSV and PDF export, accountant-ready notes. Your accountant stops chasing you.
Savings Tracker
Every report shows one number: Potential savings spotted this month: €___. That is what justifies the €99. We show you exactly what Drift has found — every week, every month.
Live Dashboard
Track supplier spend, price alerts, missing dockets and margin movement in one clear view. Managers, owners and finance can all see what matters.
The value equation
"Drift costs €99/month. If we help you spot €200 in supplier increases, missing dockets or cost leakage, it pays for itself twice over."
How it works
Three steps.
The only thing you do is send a photo.
- STEP 01📱
Send dockets by WhatsApp
Your team photographs any delivery docket or invoice and sends it to Drift on WhatsApp. Takes 10 seconds. Nothing to install.
- STEP 02🧠
Drift reads and tracks everything
We extract every line item — supplier, product, quantity, price. We compare it to your history and flag anything that moved outside tolerance.
- STEP 03📩
Reports land automatically
Managers get live alerts. Owners get the Monday morning summary. Accountants get the month-end export. The right information to the right person at the right time.
Managers get the alert.
Owners get the weekly read.
Accountants get the clean export.
Manager · Live alert
Price jump · Delivery today
Chicken breast up 22%
€7.20 → €8.80 per kg · Murphy Meats
€7.50
€8.80
Earlier
Missing docket · Premier Drinks
Tue delivery not uploaded
Owner · Monday 07:00 email
From Drift · To: owners@bayviewbistro.ie
Your week — 3–9 Nov
Spend
€12,480
▲ 4.1%
Food cost
29.6%
▼ 0.4 pts
Missing
2
dockets
Price moves this week
- Chicken breast+22%
- Coffee beans+6%
- Gas+3%
Two dockets missing from Premier Drinks. Reply to chase.
Accountant · Month-end export
October 2025
Bayview Bistro · 4 suppliers
Summary.pdf
1 page · lines + variances
Invoices.csv
145 lines · coded
Xero_import.csv
Mapped to chart of accounts
Missing_dockets.pdf
2 items flagged
Coded, accepted, ready for Xero.
Why Drift
Built for hospitality.
Not adapted for it.
No new habits for your team
Your staff already know how to send a WhatsApp. That is the entire workflow. No apps, no logins, no training sessions.
The right report to the right person
Managers need real-time alerts. Owners need a Monday summary. Accountants need a clean export. Drift sends each one automatically, without anyone having to ask.
Built by someone who ran venues
Drift was built in Galway by a founder with 20 years in Irish hospitality operations. Every feature solves a problem we lived through ourselves.
Pricing
Drift pays for itself.
Usually in the first month.
Every venue we work with identifies more in savings than they pay in subscription fees. That is not a claim — it is the maths.
Best for independent venues
Drift Core
Identifies €200–400 in supplier savings every month
- Cost per year: €1,188
- Average saving identified: €3,600+
- Your return: 3x minimum
- ✓WhatsApp docket and invoice capture
- ✓Live price alerts — same day as delivery
- ✓Monday Report — auto-sent 07:00 every Monday
- ✓Monthly accountant-ready export
- ✓Live dashboard — spend, suppliers, alerts
- ✓Unlimited suppliers tracked
- ✓Missing docket detection
- ✓First month free to prove the value
One month free. No card needed to start. Cancel anytime.
Best for replacing stocktakes
Drift Pro
Replaces your stocktake. Saves €8,000+ per year.
- Cost per year: €2,988
- Stocktake saving: €8,000–12,000
- Price drift saving: €3,600+
- Total saving: €11,600+ per year
- Your return: 4–6x
- ✓Everything in Drift Core
- ✓Full stocktake replacement
- ✓Monthly category cost analysis
- ✓Xero / Sage / QuickBooks export
- ✓Accountant portal — they log in directly
- ✓Duplicate invoice detection
- ✓Supplier behaviour scoring
- ✓Quarterly business review report
- ✓Priority WhatsApp support
One month free. No card needed to start. Cancel anytime.
The maths is simple.
Drift Core
€99/month
We find:
€200–400/month
in price increases you didn't know about.
Net saving:
€100–300/month
every month.
Drift Pro
€249/month
Stocktake you pay now:
€8,000–12,000/year
Drift Pro:
€2,988/year
You save:
€5,000–9,000/year
before we catch a single price increase.
The outcome we guarantee
"Show me where I'm saving more than I'm paying — or I don't pay."
That is the Drift promise.
Month one is always free.
Start free trial
Start your first Monday Report
15 minutes. We will walk through Drift on a venue like yours and show you exactly what your managers, owners and accountants would see this week.
Prefer to pick a time? Grab a slot directly →
Or email us at info@drifthospitality.com.
Support & Trust
Need more detail? Everything is answered below.
Trust
Data Protection & Security
Drift handles supplier dockets, invoices and business cost information carefully. We only use your data to process reports, identify cost movements and support your venue.
Your data stays private
Your dockets, supplier invoices and reports are used only to provide Drift's cost-control service to your venue. We do not sell your business data.
Controlled document handling
Dockets and invoices are organised for reporting, price tracking and accountant-ready exports. Access is limited to authorised Drift users and your approved contacts.
GDPR-aware workflow
Drift is built for Irish and European hospitality businesses. We use clear data handling practices and support requests to access, correct or delete information where applicable.
Accountant-friendly sharing
Reports and exports are only shared with the contacts you approve, such as your owner, manager, finance lead or accountant.
Before sending sensitive documents, please make sure you are authorised to share them with Drift on behalf of your venue.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything a venue owner needs to know before starting with Drift.