The brigade system was the first restaurant operating system. Here's the second.
The back office never had a brigade. Meet the team of AI assistants, one per station, running forecasting, scheduling and reviews on margin.
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Fixing inventory management with agentic AI restaurant ordering
How AI restaurant ordering replaces manual purchase decisions with demand-driven ordering, and why manual inventory management breaks across sites.
The reinvention of workforce planning with restaurant scheduling AI
How restaurant scheduling AI turns forecast demand into rotas, and what changes for multi-site operators still building them by hand.
How agentic AI is upgrading your restaurant tech stack in 2026
The restaurant tech stack in 2026: which systems a multi-site group still needs, which ones agentic AI replaces, and how to tell the difference.
Restaurant AI: Why operators need answers, not more dashboards
Nory CEO Conor Sheridan on why the next wave of restaurant AI takes the decision off the manager's plate instead of adding another dashboard.
Being an Enterprise Implementation Manager at Nory
Discover how Leoni helps enterprise hospitality groups implement Nory and what makes building something from the ground up so rewarding.
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Stop building every supplier order from scratch. Meet the Ordering Assistant.
Nory's Ordering Assistant drafts your supplier orders based on real demand data. You review, adjust, and send in minutes. Less guesswork. Less waste.
The compliance scramble stops here. Introducing Nory's Compliance Assistant.
Nory's Compliance Assistant applies the right workforce rules to every location, so every schedule is compliant from the moment you hit publish.
The pay run that builds itself. Nory's Payroll Assistant is here.
Nory's Payroll Assistant builds your restaurant pay run from real data, with no exports and no reformatting. You review the exceptions and approve.
Restaurant profit margins: 2026 benchmarks by restaurant type
A good UK restaurant net margin is around 3 to 5%. Benchmarks by type: 3 to 8% independents, 6 to 12% QSR, 7 to 15% pubs and bars.
