2023
EveryBite
From Static Menus to Real-Time Ingredient Intelligence - at 7,000 Locations
Our roleBackend infrastructure, AI implementation, data engineering, product development
150,000monthly active users in 100 days
7,000+restaurant locations
50+chain restaurants
100days from zero to 150K MAU
EveryBite's SmartMenu™ turns restaurant menus into real-time, filterable ingredient experiences - letting diners with allergies and dietary restrictions find safe dishes instantly. LambdaWorks built the AI classification engine, OCR menu parsing, the data pipeline, and the Olo integration that runs it at scale. The platform reached 150,000 monthly active users within 100 days of launch and now serves consumers across 7,000+ restaurant locations and 50+ chains.
The problem diners with allergies face every day
Ordering by guessworkMenus don't show ingredient lists. Servers often don't know. Asterisks at the bottom don't help someone with a severe allergy make a confident decision.
Restaurants losing customersRestaurants were losing those customers entirely - not because they didn't have suitable dishes, but because the information wasn't surfaced.
What we built
Ingredient classification AI - Trained to parse recipes and menu items, identify allergens, and flag dietary suitability across categories: vegan, keto, paleo, gluten-free, and individual allergens.
Real-time personalization engine - Diners filter menus by their restrictions and see only dishes that match.
Olo integration - EveryBite connects directly into the Olo ecosystem, making SmartMenu available across Olo's network.
Scale
7,000+ restaurant locations active on the platform. 150,000 monthly active users within 100 days of launch. 1M+ consumers served across the platform. 50+ restaurant chains, including national brands. Olo integration connecting EveryBite into a major restaurant ordering ecosystem. April 2024 launch → production scale in under one year.
Data pipeline at scale
Architecture handling thousands of concurrent menu requests, keeping ingredient data synchronized across digital and in-store ordering for 7,000+ locations.
Menu intelligence is a data problem before it's an AI problem. Ingredient data exists - in recipes, in supplier specs, in POS systems - but it's inconsistent, unstructured, and stored in formats that don't connect. LambdaWorks built the pipeline that ingests that data, the AI that classifies it accurately, and the infrastructure that serves it in real time at restaurant scale.
Why it works
Menu intelligence is a data problem before it's an AI problem. Ingredient data exists - in recipes, in supplier specs, in POS systems - but it's inconsistent, unstructured, and stored in formats that don't connect. LambdaWorks built the pipeline that ingests that data, the AI that classifies it accurately, and the infrastructure that serves it in real time at restaurant scale.