Savings
Every order becomes a savings opportunity.
Typical operators save 8–15% on weekly stock spend once suppliers are properly compared. Estimate yours below.
Savings estimator
£2,000
£500£10,000
12%
5%20%
Estimated savings
Per week
£240
Per month
£960
Per year
£12,480
Compounds every week you use Supply Mantis
Where the savings hide
Savings by category (last 90 days).
Aggregated across our early access cohort. The categories that move most are also where operators save most.
Cheese & dairy
−8.2%Avg. saving
14%
on category spend
Chicken
+3.4%Avg. saving
12%
on category spend
Chips & sides
−4.1%Avg. saving
11%
on category spend
Pizza bases & flour
+1.2%Avg. saving
9%
on category spend
Tomato base & sauces
−6.1%Avg. saving
15%
on category spend
Packaging
−9.4%Avg. saving
18%
on category spend
Case studies
Real operators. Real savings.
Pizza takeaway
Rossi's Pizza
Manchester · 3 sites
Weekly
£2,400
Saved/wk
£280
Year 1
£14,560
"Switched packaging to Cater Choice, kept everything else. £280/wk saved in week one."
Indian takeaway
Spice Route
Leeds · 1 site
Weekly
£1,600
Saved/wk
£195
Year 1
£10,140
"Split-basket across Adams and Bookers. Cut chicken cost 8% without changing menu."
Asian street food
Bao Brothers
Sheffield · 2 sites
Weekly
£3,100
Saved/wk
£410
Year 1
£21,320
"Consolidated buying across sites. Alerts caught a 6% flour hike before invoice."
Before & after
A typical week, transformed.
Before
Ordering blind
- Owner texts one supplier — the usual one.
- No idea if the price has moved this week.
- Invoice arrives — nobody checks it line by line.
- Margin quietly slips 2–3% every quarter.
Weekly stock spend£2,400
Estimated overspend+£288
After Supply Mantis
Ordering with data
- Optimised basket generated in one click.
- Price alerts flag movement before order goes out.
- Invoice checked automatically vs. quoted price.
- Weekly saving compounds all year.
Weekly stock spend£2,112
Saved this week−£288
≈ £14,976 across a year
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