The little things that save the morning.
Every feature in Parstock comes from a real café tradeoff — fewer taps, fewer errors, fewer 6 a.m. phone calls about the cream order.
Pre-filled orders, grouped by vendor.
Open the app, tap once. Parstock looks at your par levels, recent counts, and ordering history, and hands you a ready-to-review draft — already split by vendor, already accounting for what's on the way.
- Smart suggestionsBelow-par items prioritized, with quantities you can override in one tap.
- Same-vendor aggregationOrder across categories, sent as one clean order per vendor.
- Drafts you can trustSaved automatically, ready when you walk back to the office.
Friday's order
Counting that fits in a back pocket.
The kitchen is moving. Your inventory tool should keep up. Tap through products, type a number, move on. Below-par items surface on top, stale counts get flagged, and everything saves the moment you breathe.
- Par-aware filters"Below par" and "Needs counting" chips at the top of every list.
- Unit-aware mathCount in cans, order by case — Parstock handles the conversion.
- Stale count tileKnow which items haven't been touched in a week — before the vendor does.
What arrived — down to the last case.
When the truck shows up, confirm what you actually received, item by item. Inventory updates automatically. Discrepancies stay attached to the order so the credit conversation has receipts.
- Per-item received quantitiesMark short-shipped items right at the back door.
- Auto inventory updateStock adjusts the moment delivery is confirmed — no double entry.
- Searchable order historyHybrid search across vendors, dates, items — find any past order in seconds.
Confirm what arrived
A backup plan, built into the order.
Add one or more alternate suppliers to any product. When your primary can't deliver — or just isn't on today's schedule — Parstock automatically routes the suggestion to a backup that can. No re-typing, no panicked text messages.
- Smart auto-routingAI Order Review picks the right vendor based on who's scheduled today.
- Pack sizes that match realityEach backup carries its own case sizes — order math stays correct.
- Optional, per productAdd backups for the items where availability matters most. Skip the rest.
Whole Milk
Skip the setup. Live by lunch.
Most inventory software comes with a project plan. Parstock comes with an empty list and a phone — your first order is also your setup. Snap a photo of the product list you already have, review what the AI reads in, and you're ordering.
- No POS integrationNo recipe builder, no variance models, no historical CSV imports.
- No implementation consultantNo 90-day onboarding plan. Just your phone and a product list.
- Snap your listPrinted, handwritten, an invoice, even a whiteboard — the AI reads it into products you review.