The TABLEVA ecosystem
TABLEVA starts with a measurable problem: helping food businesses buy what they actually need, from suppliers who can fulfil safely, at the best overall value. Luma connects purchasing, stock, delivered prices and the decisions an operator makes — then separates possible savings from results supported by evidence.
As restaurants and suppliers join in each area, we aim to extend that same network into better local supplier access, less surplus and responsible redistribution. These are connected stages of one business, not a list of unrelated apps.
Core workflows exist in the product. Network coverage, pilot outcomes and the later redistribution stages are not proven at scale. Every step below explains its stage.
The purchasing decision comes first: what is already in stock, what do we need, and which supplier can deliver it safely and economically? Over time, the same evidence can also help keep usable surplus out of the bin.
Before you order, Luma checks the stock you already have, so you only buy what you'll use.
Eligible suppliers in one basket. Luma first checks they can fulfil safely, then ranks them on price/value, quality, delivery reliability and fulfilment. Paying for placement never changes who Luma recommends.
Groups and hotels move spare stock to a sister site that needs it, before anyone buys more.
Food you won't use in time goes to a restaurant nearby at a fair price, instead of the bin.
Safe food you can't sell goes to local charities. Donations are recorded separately and never counted as savings.
We're starting with independent restaurants and their suppliers in one area at a time, because a network only works when the people in it are close enough to trade.
Core buying workflows are designed for restaurants, cafés, takeaways, food trucks, caterers, pubs and hotel kitchens. Our initial proof and supplier-network rollout focus on independent restaurants; specialist vertical features follow their own tests.
Suppliers can set catalogues, prices, delivery areas and lead times in the product. Finding real demand and building dependable coverage in each launch area still requires participating suppliers and actual orders.
Share stock between your own sites before buying, compare the real delivered cost at every site, and see savings and waste across the group. You choose how open to be: private, private first, or open to the wider network.
A verified network for charities to receive safe surplus from businesses near them, matched to what they can store and use. Restaurants can already record donations to local charities.
Large kitchens come with public buying rules, food standards and strict safety checks. We'll open TABLEVA to them only when those rules are built in.
Software competitors already offer inventory, invoices, forecasting and ordering. Our thesis is the connection between those records, supplier feasibility, the decision itself and the result. The more reliably that loop works, the more useful TABLEVA can become to both sides.
Invoices, product names, packs, recipes and stock are checked and matched, with uncertain records reviewed by a person.
A low price does not count if the supplier misses the required delivery window. Delivery charges, minimum orders and pack sizes matter too.
An operator approves or declines the recommendation. Where evidence exists, we check what was ordered, delivered and genuinely saved.
Repeated ingredient demand and gaps in supplier coverage can guide recruitment of farms and wholesalers, while venues gain more viable choice.
We are not asking businesses or investors to believe an imagined saving. Pilot results must show what happened when operators used actual purchasing information.
Did a business act on a safe, better-value recommendation? Was the delivered result verified against its original baseline?
How long did setup take, which tasks got easier, and did the operator return to use TABLEVA beyond the first week?
Did the business sign a pilot, agree an actual price, or convert to a paid contract? Interest and signed commitments are tracked separately.
The public demo uses synthetic data, not live customer outcomes. No average saving or proven network effect is claimed here.
Once a supplier can safely fulfil the order, TABLEVA ranks it on price/value, quality, delivery reliability and fulfilment. Sponsored listings, if used, are clearly labelled and never alter that organic score.
Suppliers set a delivery time for each area. Distance can affect whether an urgent order is feasible, but once a supplier can arrive safely it competes on the same score as everyone else.
Prices are compared including delivery, pack sizes and minimum orders, so a cheap-looking deal can't hide extra costs.
Our aim: a food market where the best supplier wins, not the biggest budget, so fair prices reach restaurants and the people they feed.
That's how we want to help with the cost of food: by making the market fairer, not by promising prices we can't control.
When food is eaten instead of thrown away, the land, water, energy and transport that went into it aren't wasted either. Restaurants spend less, suppliers sell more of what they grow and make, and more good food reaches people who need it.
of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food that's lost or wasted.
UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024of food wasted worldwide comes from food service, including restaurants.
UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024
We keep money saved, food that didn't go to waste and food donated separate, and never add them together to look bigger. Before any charge, you'll see any savings TABLEVA has recorded, from your own records.
Proven from your own invoices: what you pay now against what you paid before for the same product.
Shown separately from money saved, and never added to it.
Always kept separate and never counted as savings.
Start now with a free 60-day pilot. Tell our team you run more than one site when you join, and we'll set your sites up with you. Group tools are coming next, and we'll invite you to try them as they're ready.
This page describes where TABLEVA is heading. Anything marked "Coming next" or "Later" isn't available yet, and we'll only switch it on when it's safe, legal and ready.