The solution for restaurants
MCA Catering manages your tables from order to payment: reservations, a mobile cash register connected to your accounting and a full view of your stock.
A common software foundation for every trade
The MCA-Kalé and MCA-Colibri business solutions are built on a common architecture, designed to meet the essential needs of any professional activity, whatever the sector. This foundation is organised around three main families of features: ERP, CRM and CMS, which together cover operational management, customer relations and document production.
Beyond this common foundation, each solution can be enriched with additional modules, specifically developed to meet the particularities of each business sector. With over 100 modules available, MCA-Kale covers a wide range of trades and gives every practice, firm or company a tool perfectly adapted to its specific needs.
MCA Catering features
Floor plan
Configuration of rooms, terraces and areas, with movable tables, joining and splitting of tables. Real-time status display: free, occupied, dish served, bill requested. Assignment of a waiter per area. Occupancy time and table turnover.
Ordering
Entry on a fixed terminal, tablet or mobile handset in the dining room. Sending to the kitchen and bar by printer or screen, with course sequencing (starter, main, dessert) and firing on demand. Free comments and modifiers: cooking, no onion, on the side. Extras and side dishes with price impact. Progress tracking on the kitchen screen, preparation time and alert on late tickets.
Bills
Splitting of the bill by item, by guest or in equal parts. Transfer of items or whole tables between waiters. Complimentary items, goodwill gestures and cancellations with reason and manager approval. Tips, service included, differentiated VAT rates for eat-in and take-away.
Hotel specifics
Transfer of the bill to the room account, with check of the room number and guest name. Interface with MCA-Kale for centralised invoicing at check-out. Management of half board and full board, with packages, extras outside the package and per-guest entitlement checks. Breakfast: attendance check, automatic or included billing. Room service with surcharge and delivery tracking. Minibar. Banquets and seminars: quote, purchase order, third-party invoicing, breaks and contractual menus.
Bar and café
Quick ordering at the counter with a key layout by family. Happy hour at scheduled times, with automatic price switching. Open tabs, linked to a customer or a stool. Rounds and complimentary drinks tracked. Container management: glass, jug, bottle, with conversion into stock. Deposits and packaging. Terrace with differentiated pricing. Age check on alcohol.
Prices and promotions
Multiple price lists: eat-in, take-away, delivery, terrace, staff, groups. Automatic switching by time, day or room. Fixed-price menus and set meals with a choice of components, surcharge on certain items. Menu of the day and dish of the day. Happy hour, brunch, off-peak offers. Discounts in percentage or value, capped by user profile. Vouchers, gift cards, credit notes. Negotiated rates for companies and partners.
Loyalty
Identification by card, phone, e-mail or app. Points or wallet accumulation, convertible into a discount or a free item. Digital stamp cards, of the tenth coffee free type. Subscriptions and prepaid lunch deals. Personalised offers based on consumption history. Immediate use at the till, without interrupting service. History available from the terminal, with the customer's preferences and allergies. Consent and right to erasure in line with data protection.
Recipe sheets
Recipe for each dish with its components and weights, calculated food cost, theoretical margin and recommended selling price. Nested recipes for intermediate preparations. Yield and preparation losses.
Stock depletion
Automatic depletion of ingredients when a dish is sold, including items sold by the glass from a bottle. Management of units and conversions, from kilo to portion.
Purchasing
Supplier orders based on thresholds or activity forecasts. Receipt with quantity and price checks, management of discrepancies. Tracking of prices and changes in food cost. Periodic stocktakes by storage area, cellar, dry store, cold room, with a handheld terminal.
Traceability and hygiene
Batch numbers and use-by dates, alerts on short dates. Product recall with identification of the services concerned. Temperature records and food safety plan. Allergens declared at recipe sheet level and displayed when taking orders. Losses, breakage and staff meals recorded with a reason.
Additional channels
Take-away sales with order number and customer call. Delivery, in-house or via platforms, with orders received directly at the till and in the kitchen. Click and collect. Table booking, with or without deposit. Ordering at the table by QR code. Self-service kiosks.
Management
Turnover by service, room, waiter, product family. Average ticket, number of covers, table turnover rate. Best sellers and menu analysis by profitability and popularity. Actual food cost compared with theoretical, with identification of discrepancies. Productivity relative to hours worked. Consolidated multi-site tracking.
MCA Catering, tailored to your requirements
A turnkey, personalised solution, accessible from computer, tablet or smartphone, with a client portal. Automate your day-to-day administrative tasks.
The benefits of MCA Catering
Three building blocks working together, completed by the modules specific to your business.
Touch-screen till connected to your accounting, daily closing and stock management.
Reservations, loyalty and customer tracking.
Menus, named receipts and documents linked to your business.
From order to payment, the whole service tracked in real time.
A full view of your stock to plan your food and equipment orders.
Let's talk about your establishment
A demonstration tailored to the restaurant business, with no obligation.