F&B procurement & food wastage.

AI Builder · F&B operations · 2026

Designed and built with AI · Chai Wala Cafe

Product
Chai Wala Command Center
Platform
Web app + Android
Role
Product design & build
Stack
React, Supabase, Capacitor
3portals: requester, procurement, admin
v1.1Android app release
4roles, enforced in the database
AEDwastage loss, auto-calculated

The brief

Give a busy cafe one tracked flow for everything it buys: who asked for it, who ordered it, whether it arrived right, and whether the invoice matches. Then show what gets wasted each day and what it costs.

What I built

An installable command center. The kitchen raises a request, procurement orders and tracks it, and the admin sees every purchase, quality check, invoice and wastage record in one place.

The flow

  1. Request. Kitchen staff raise a request and follow its timeline.
  2. Procurement. The procurement officer accepts it, places the vendor order and tracks ETA and delivery, with push notifications for new requests.
  3. QC & close. Received goods are checked for quantity and quality, then the invoice is tallied before the request closes.
  4. Wastage. Supervisors log daily wastage by menu item. The app calculates the loss in AED and shows trends and top reasons.

Built properly

  • Roles enforced by Postgres row-level security, not just hidden buttons
  • Installable on any phone, plus a native Android build
  • Menu items and prices sourced from the cafe’s own spreadsheet
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