Transform Your Kitchen Operations with Smart Recipe Management
Airline and cruise catering is a high-stakes business - thousands of passengers, diverse dietary needs, and zero room for error.
CalcMenu and FoodOps work together to centralize and digitize your recipe, menu, and operations management, ensuring consistent quality, accurate costing, and streamlined production across all locations, whether on land, at sea, or in the air.
From gourmet first-class dining to full-service buffets for long-haul journeys, our connected platform equips your team to plan menus, manage recipes, and synchronize inventory, purchasing, and production, so every meal meets your brand’s standards.
Standardize Recipes Across Fleets
Maintain brand quality by centralizing recipes, portion sizes, allergens, and nutritional data, then distribute them instantly to aircraft, ships, and catering hubs.
Reduce Admin Time by 30%
Automate costing, production planning, procurement, and recipe updates so your crew can focus on delivering world-class service.
Cater to Dietary & Class-Specific Needs
Plan menus for different travel classes, dietary requirements, and crew meals with precision and flexibility.
Access Recipes Anytime, Anywhere
With CalcMenu’s onboard Kiosk app, crews can access recipes and menus even without an internet connection, ensuring seamless service at every altitude or port.
Optimize Procurement & Inventory with FoodOps
Integrate ingredient usage from CalcMenu with FoodOps’ real-time inventory tracking to automate purchasing, reduce waste, and ensure supply availability.
Full Visibility from HQ to Galley
Headquarters teams can manage recipes, menus, stock levels, and production schedules from a single dashboard, while onboard crews see only what’s relevant to their aircraft, ship, or route.
Solving Challenges for Airlines and Cruise Lines
Challenge
The CalcMenu Solution
Inconsistent Meal Quality Across Routes & Vessels
Centralize recipe and menu data, and push instant updates to every aircraft or ship.
Managing Diverse Diets & Class-Specific Menus
Tag recipes by dietary needs, allergens, and passenger class for accurate planning.
Complex Procurement & Stock Replenishment
Automate shopping lists and integrate with FoodOps to streamline resupply.
Time-Consuming Manual Costing
Link ingredient prices from FoodOps to recipes for accurate, real-time costing.
Wasted Ingredients & Overstocking
Track ingredient usage in real-time and adjust purchasing automatically.
How CalcMenu & FoodOps Work Together
CalcMenu | Recipe Management
Create standardized recipes, menus, and meal cycles for all classes and dietary needs.
FoodOps | Inventory Management
Track stock levels onboard and onshore, adjusting in real time based on recipe usage.
Procurement Automation
Generate purchase orders based on ingredient usage and minimum stock levels.
Production Scheduling
Align kitchen production with menu cycles and passenger counts.
Trusted by Global Travel & Hospital Brands
Leading airlines, cruise operators, and inflight catering companies use CalcMenu and FoodOps to deliver precision, consistency, and operational efficiency, no matter the route, destination, or menu complexity.
Whether you’re serving a luxury tasting menu at 35,000 feet or coordinating hundreds of daily meals on a transoceanic voyage, we help you deliver a seamless, high-quality dining experience from kitchen to cabin.