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Food and beverage. Cost: commission paid to delivery apps on every order.

Grip reads till, delivery app and supplier records, branch by branch, and names the margin lost between order and payout, in AED.

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USD 1.3 billionCommission one Gulf food delivery app charged its restaurants in 2025.

Proven at Talabat Holding

Source: Talabat Holding plc, Annual Report 2025. Talabat IFRS revenue was 40% of GMV in 2025 (39% in 2024) and management revenue 41%; commission fees were USD 1,297 million and advertising and listing fees USD 323 million, 3.4-3.5% of GMV.

3 workflows

Where we start.

9 of 29 changes other food and beverage companies made. Open one to see the company.

Sales and demand

Regulars moved to your own app, new branches checked for stolen sales.

ReadsDelivery orders by appOwn app and phone, with customer identifiersStore-level weekly salesOpening dates and addresses

Move repeat delivery customers onto your own app with a loyalty scheme, and count how often each one orders.

Proven at Americana Restaurants

Source: Americana Restaurants International PLC, International Offering Memorandum, IPO on ADX and Tadawul, November 2022.

Before opening a new branch, measure how much your last openings took from nearby branches and delivery zones.

Proven at Greggs

Source: Greggs plc, Annual Report and Accounts 2025.

Flag every restaurant client whose orders, payments or number of sites drop, and call it before the renewal.

Proven at Block

Source: Block, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025.

Risk and compliance

Franchise renewals filed early, crew illness logged every shift.

ReadsRestaurant franchise agreements with expiry datesRenewal fee scheduleFranchise development agreementsOpening and remodel schedule

File each branch's franchise renewal and fee at least 90 days before expiry, with the required upgrade already done.

Proven at Americana Restaurants

Source: Americana Restaurants International, International Offering Memorandum (IPO, ADX and Tadawul) (2022).

Open and upgrade enough restaurants each year, or lose your area to the brand owner.

Proven at Americana Restaurants

Source: Americana Restaurants International, International Offering Memorandum (IPO, ADX and Tadawul) (2022).

Send home every kitchen worker who reports feeling ill, and record it each shift to protect your food-safety licence.

Proven at Chipotle Mexican Grill

Source: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Form 10-K for fiscal year 2020 (2021).

Cash and working capital

App and card payouts set against supplier terms, gift card balances sized.

ReadsDelivery app payout statements and settlement datesCard acquirer settlement reportsBilling method per customerDays from invoice to payment by method

Set the days delivery apps and card firms take to pay you beside the days you take to pay suppliers.

Proven at Talabat Holding

Source: Talabat Holding plc, International Offering Memorandum, DFM IPO, November 2024 (combined and carve-out financial statements).

Take a card or bank debit mandate when each venue signs, and collect every month automatically.

Proven at Planet Fitness

Source: Planet Fitness, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 December 2025.

List gift-card balances and loyalty points by age, estimate the share never used, and change point rules knowing the cost.

Proven at Ulta Beauty

Source: Ulta Beauty, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (ended 31 January 2026).

The money at stake.

Public figures, each with its company and year. An estimate is marked.

USD 636.7 million

A US restaurant group's gift card balances not yet redeemed at end May 2026.

Proven at Darden Restaurants

Source: Darden Restaurants, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 31 May 2026. Darden held USD 636.7 million of deferred gift card revenue at end of fiscal 2026 after USD 760.2 million of activations and USD 751.9 million of redemptions and breakage; it recognises breakage over a redemption period of generally 12 years.

USD 177.9 million

A US fast food group's write-down of one acquired brand's trademark in 2025.

Proven at Jack in the Box

Source: Jack in the Box Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 28 September 2025 (filed 19 November 2025). Jack in the Box impaired USD 177.9 million of the Del Taco trademark in Q2 2025 and wrote Del Taco's goodwill off entirely, citing falling same-store sales, California's higher fast-food wages from April 2024 under AB 1228, inflation and rates.

What we stand on

01Money first

Every project shows the revenue, cost or cash it is worth, in your currency, from your own files, before you agree to it.

02Every project has proof

Every project runs on a client's Grip, was designed on our own Grip, or comes from a play a named company published, with the document we read it in.

03Your systems as they are

We read the systems you already use. Nothing to move, replace or clean up first.

04Value and money found in 2 weeks

A two-week pilot on one department, your first project live and its money delivered by Day 30, then one fixed monthly fee.

Questions

What food and beverage companies ask first.

Three answers, each with one public figure, its company and its document.

Question 1How can AI reduce delivery app commission in food and beverage?

AI reads till, delivery app and supplier records, branch by branch, and names the margin lost between order and payout, in AED. For scale: USD 1.3 billion, commission one Gulf food delivery app charged its restaurants in 2025 (Talabat Holding).

USD 1.3 billionCommission one Gulf food delivery app charged its restaurants in 2025.

Proven at Talabat Holding

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in food and beverage start with?

It starts with the revenue, cost and cash you are losing today, read from the systems you already use. One workflow goes first, usually sales and demand, read from delivery orders by app and own app and phone, with customer identifiers. For scale: USD 636.7 million, A US restaurant group's gift card balances not yet redeemed at end May 2026 (Darden Restaurants).

USD 636.7 millionA US restaurant group's gift card balances not yet redeemed at end May 2026.

Proven at Darden Restaurants

Question 3How fast do food and beverage companies see results from AI?

A two-week pilot on one department finds the value and money in your own data before you commit. Your first project goes live, and its money is delivered, by Day 30. For scale: USD 177.9 million, A US fast food group's write-down of one acquired brand's trademark in 2025 (Jack in the Box).

USD 177.9 millionA US fast food group's write-down of one acquired brand's trademark in 2025.

Proven at Jack in the Box

Food and beverage. Cost: commission paid to delivery apps on every order.

Where we start.

Sales and demand

Risk and compliance

Cash and working capital

The money at stake.

What your Grip looks like.

What food and beverage companies ask first.

Question 1How can AI reduce delivery app commission in food and beverage?

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in food and beverage start with?

Question 3How fast do food and beverage companies see results from AI?

Start with one workflow.