Text-to-order tool for restaurants and chefs

It's twenty minutes past dawn and a chef in Austin sits on hold with produce supplier number three. The first never answered. The second came in steep on Roma tomatoes. Meanwhile, his prep cook needs a call on chicken breast and that walk-in cooler won't fill itself. By the time prices are nailed down, a full hour has evaporated. Five suppliers, five separate calls, five invoices that need reconciling afterward. Every single morning, the identical chaos. Sous Prep Line converts procurement into a simple text. Fire off "20 lbs Roma tomatoes, 5 lbs basil, 10 lbs chicken breast" and receive competing quotes from nearby suppliers vying for the business. Pricing is clear, delivery windows are dependable, and quality comes guaranteed. Suppliers get consistent buyers without needing dedicated sales staff. Chefs secure their pricing with fewer taps than one phone call requires. Launch in a single food-rich city — Austin, Portland, Denver. Sign up three niche suppliers: one for produce, one for protein, one for dairy. Provide free leads in return for committed response times and sharp pricing. Run SMS through Twilio, manage orders by hand in Airtable, and let the founder handle all coordination. Bring in 10 independent restaurants by promising savings over their existing suppliers. Monitor order volume, fulfillment rates, and price gaps. That data makes clear which suppliers earn their spot and which get dropped. Growth comes from onboarding suppliers first — each one carries existing restaurant connections that serve as warm introductions. Restaurants pay $50/month for text-based ordering with price verification. $200/month opens up multi-supplier comparisons, inventory notifications, and predictive ordering capabilities. Layer on a 2-3% commission per fulfilled order. The network effect creates the defensibility: a larger supplier base drives down prices, lower prices attract additional restaurants, and more restaurants draw in more suppliers. Secure three suppliers within a single zip code and the neighborhood's ordering volume funnels through the platform. Every restaurant those suppliers already serve becomes a lead acquired at zero cost.

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