F&B segment
A cloud kitchen with 5 virtual brands across 3 aggregators is 15 menus, 15 stores, 15 settlement files. LOOP collapses that into one queue, one inventory, one P&L view — and reveals which brand actually makes money.
POS for Cloud Kitchens — Multi-Brand, Multi-Aggregator, One Screen
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What we hear from operators
- Each aggregator sends to a different tablet. Staff bounce between three screens during peak.
- The same recipe (e.g. fried chicken) is keyed under 5 different brand SKUs and reconciliation breaks.
- Commission of 25–30% per platform leaves no margin, but no one knows which brand is dragging the average down.
- Stock-outs on one brand don't auto-pause the same SKU on the other four.
Why LOOP fits this segment
- Single kitchen queue receives orders from every brand × every aggregator, colour-coded by brand.
- Shared-recipe SKUs — one ingredient list per dish, sold under many brand names with different pricing.
- Per-brand P&L showing aggregator commission, packaging cost and net margin per dish.
- Auto-pause: when an ingredient hits zero, every SKU using it goes out-of-stock across all aggregators in seconds.
What you get
- Direct API integrations with GrabFood, ShopeeFood and Be — no scraping, no missed orders.
- Packaging SKU tied to dish recipe so packaging cost flows into P&L.
- Per-brand store pause / open from one switch.
- Driver-pickup notification sent automatically when KDS marks ready.
- AI forecast per brand × hour so prep matches demand, not the average.
In-depth analysis
Multi-brand from one kitchen — the real operational test
Cloud kitchens in HCMC and Hanoi now routinely run 4–9 virtual brands from a single physical kitchen. Each brand has its own GrabFood/ShopeeFood/Be merchant page, its own menu, its own packaging. The cognitive load on the kitchen team is brutal: an incoming ticket needs to be parsed for brand, then matched to the right packaging set, then plated to the brand's photographed standard. LOOP collapses this by tagging every kitchen ticket with brand colour-band and packaging SKU; printers ship per-brand label paper. Order accuracy on multi-brand kitchens improves from typical 88–92% to 96–98% within 30 days.
Commission-aware menu pricing — the math vendors don't show
GrabFood and ShopeeFood take 22–28% commission; Be takes 18–24%. Cloud kitchens that price uniformly across aggregators bleed margin on the higher-commission ones. LOOP's per-aggregator price overlay lets you set a base price and per-aggregator multipliers (e.g. base ₫65K, GrabFood ₫78K, ShopeeFood ₫76K, Be ₫72K) so net-after-commission stays consistent. The platform also surfaces effective margin per aggregator weekly, so you spot when a platform's commission tier shifts before it hits monthly P&L.
When LOOP isn't right for your cloud kitchen
Single-brand cloud kitchens doing <80 orders/day on one aggregator only — the depth is unjustified; basic aggregator-native tools work.
Operator economics (2026)
| Multi-brand order accuracy | 88–92% → 96–98% | After brand colour-band + packaging SKU tagging, 30 days. |
| Effective margin lift, commission-aware pricing | +3.5–6 pts | Net-after-commission margin across 3 aggregators. |
| Brands per kitchen (median) | 5.2 | LOOP cloud-kitchen customers, 2026. Top quartile: 9+. |
Migration playbook
- 01
Catalog brands + aggregator merchant accounts
Each brand × each aggregator = one account to connect via OAuth.
- 02
Configure colour bands + packaging SKUs
Brand A = red band + box-set-A. Brand B = blue band + bag-set-B. Printers load per-brand label paper.
- 03
Set per-aggregator price overlays
Base price + multipliers. We surface net-after-commission preview before publish.
- 04
Run for 14 days + tune
Daily review of accuracy + margin per brand × aggregator. Adjust weekly.
Which plan, by persona
3+ brand cloud kitchen on 2+ aggregators
LOOP Growth. The accuracy improvement alone reduces refund cost more than the tier price.
Multi-location cloud kitchen operator
LOOP Business. Per-location brand performance comparison surfaces where to launch a brand next.
Deeper questions
- Can a single ticket span multiple brands (combo deals)?
- Yes — combo SKUs map to component items across brands; the kitchen sees split lines per brand band, packaging defaults to the combo's primary brand.
Pricing built for chains
Flat per-outlet pricing, unlimited devices per outlet. Free for a single outlet. Growth and Business tiers add multi-outlet sync, AI forecasting and central-kitchen control.
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Frequently asked
- How many brands can run from one kitchen?
- There is no hard cap. Successful LOOP cloud kitchens run 4–8 brands per location; the constraint is kitchen throughput, not the POS.
- Does LOOP integrate directly with GrabFood and ShopeeFood?
- Yes — direct API for both, plus Be. No tablet-scraping. New orders, menu pushes and store-pause all flow through API.
- How do I see if a virtual brand is profitable?
- Per-brand P&L pulls revenue minus aggregator commission, food cost (from shared recipes), packaging, and allocated labour. Refreshed daily.
- What if a driver arrives early?
- The KDS shows the driver-arrival event live, with countdown to ready-time. Staff can re-prioritise that order with one tap.
- Can I share recipes across brands?
- Yes — that's the core model. A single recipe is published under multiple brand SKUs with independent pricing and photos per aggregator.
- What about packaging waste?
- Each dish's packaging is itself a tracked SKU. Daily packaging cost shows in the P&L next to food cost, so swaps to cheaper packaging are measurable.
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