Buttermelon — Business Intelligence you can talk to
Buttermelon is building a chat-based business intelligence platform for restaurant and bar operators.
It turns messy, scattered business data into clear answers you get simply by asking. No spreadsheets. No analyst skills required.
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The problem
Running a restaurant is hard.
Understanding how it’s performing shouldn’t be.
Today, the numbers operators need live across too many systems:
- Sales in the cash register / point-of-sale system
- Labor in the staff scheduling tool
- Stock in inventory and purchasing software
Getting a simple answer often means logging into multiple systems, exporting data, and opening a spreadsheet.
So what happens?
- Decisions are made on gut feeling
- No one really knows what’s selling — and what’s not
- Staffing issues go unnoticed
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The solution
We built a tool that works the way operators already think and talk.
Instead of clicking through generic dashboards, you simply ask:
- “How did we do last Friday?”
- “Why was labor higher this week?”
- “What’s not selling on the menu?”
And you get instant, visual answers — charts, simple tables, and KPI cards — right in the chat.
No complex setup. No long reports. Just ask.
Behind the scenes, Buttermelon connects to the systems operators already use (sales / point-of-sale systems, scheduling tools, and inventory software), cleans the data, and turns plain language into real-time insights.
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Why we’re building this
One of our founders, Thomas, has spent more than 15 years running restaurants.
He worked long weeks and managed multiple venues — yet still couldn’t answer basic questions without jumping between systems, spreadsheets, and half-finished reports.
The tools that existed were built for analysts and finance teams — not for operators checking numbers between services.
That gap was obvious. And with recent advances in AI, it finally became solvable.
So we’re building the tool he always wished he had:
- Fast
- Simple
- Built for real operators
- Respectful of their time