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TotalCtrl: Smarter inventory management for restaurants
- Published 28 November 2022; updated 23 March 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Marked available in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania; listed under Technology / Hospitality and restaurant technology.
- TotalCtrl Restaurant is a digital inventory platform for food-service businesses. Features include quick stock counts, real-time stock views for purchasing, expiry-date tracking, inventory CO₂ calculations and reduction tips, reporting for accounting/internal control, self-service onboarding and optional onboarding support. It is sold by monthly subscription without a binding contract.
- The company says the software can save up to 90% of time spent on inventory counts, reduce costs through better stock levels, cut food waste and environmental impact, and improve reporting accuracy. These are vendor-stated outcomes without methods or case metrics in the article.
- Target users include restaurants and other hospitality/food-service institutions, including after-school programmes and nursing homes. The article cites over 15 million restaurants worldwide, a roughly USD 3.25 trillion restaurant market and a USD 550 billion European serviceable market estimate for restaurant inventory management; these broad estimates are article-era and not independently explained.
- Linked to SDGs 2 (Zero hunger), 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure), 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) and 12 (Responsible consumption and production).
- Contact: Charlotte Aschim, CEO, charlotte@totalctrl.no. Company: TOTALCTRL AS, Trondheimsveien 24C, 0560 Oslo, Norway; totalctrl.com. A phone-number reveal control is present.