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Meat orders where the cut, the blend and the weight all matter.

Inside or outside skirt. English cut or flanken. 80/20 or 73/27. Built to match the cut a customer means, hold the lines that could go two ways, and keep per-pound items priced by the pound.

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Sample order 1 of 2 · chat · fictional restaurant · Meat distributors
WhatsApp SampleWed 9:58 PM
What the desk decides on this order
  • Usual order“Whatever you sent us last week” was outside skirt (SO-31064). Confirm, or switch to inside skirt.
  • Matched3 of 4 lines matched cleanly to the catalog.
SO-31121Thu, Oct 22 · AM route

Smoke & Salt BBQ

Needs review
Trey HollowayC-2249WhatsApp
  1. 60lb
    Ground beef 80/20
    BEF-GRD · 10 lb chub
    “60 lb 80/20”
    $324.00$5.40/lb
  2. 2cs
    Chicken thigh, boneless skinless
    CHK-THI · 40 lb case
    “2 cs thighs”
    $184.00$92.00/cs
  3. 30lb
    Pork belly, skin-off
    PRK-BEL · per lb
    “30 lb pork belly”
    $186.00$6.20/lb
  4. 40lb
    Beef outside skirt, choice
    BEF-SKT · per lb
    “forty pounds of skirt, whatever you sent us last week”
    Usual order “Whatever you sent us last week” was outside skirt (SO-31064). Confirm, or switch to inside skirt.
    $556.00$13.90/lb
4 lines · Est. total$1,250.00
Sample order 2 of 2 · voicemail · fictional restaurant · Meat distributors
Voicemail SampleWed 10:42 PM
Voicemail
Marcus BellEmber & Oak · (516) 555-0122
10:42 PM
Transcript · 0:38

Hey, Marcus at Ember and Oak. For Thursday: forty pounds of skirt, two cases of the boneless thighs, sixty pounds of ground beef, the eighty-twenty, and twenty pounds of short rib. Thanks.

What the desk decides on this order
  • Ambiguous“Skirt” could be outside or inside skirt. This account has bought outside skirt before.
  • Ambiguous“Short rib” could be English cut or flanken. This account usually takes English cut.
  • Matched2 of 4 lines matched cleanly to the catalog.
SO-31124Thu, Oct 22 · AM route

Ember & Oak

Needs review
Marcus BellC-2247Voicemail
  1. 40lb
    Beef outside skirt, choice
    BEF-SKT · per lb
    “forty pounds of skirt”
    Ambiguous “Skirt” could be outside or inside skirt. This account has bought outside skirt before.
    $556.00$13.90/lb
  2. 2cs
    Chicken thigh, boneless skinless
    CHK-THI · 40 lb case
    “two cases of the boneless thighs”
    $184.00$92.00/cs
  3. 60lb
    Ground beef 80/20
    BEF-GRD · 10 lb chub
    “sixty pounds of ground beef, the eighty-twenty”
    $324.00$5.40/lb
  4. 20lb
    Beef short rib, bone-in English cut
    BEF-SRB · per lb
    “twenty pounds of short rib”
    Ambiguous “Short rib” could be English cut or flanken. This account usually takes English cut.
    $232.00$11.60/lb
4 lines · Est. total$1,296.00
2 flags to resolve
Sample orders: the message on the left, the ticket a person approves on the right. Try the buttons.
The problem

What makes meat orders tricky

01

One word, two cuts

“Skirt” and “short rib” each cover two items with different prices and uses. Lines like these are held as ambiguous, with the account’s past choice suggested first, so a person confirms the cut in a second.

02

Blends and grades are separate items

80/20 and 73/27 ground beef, choice and prime, bone-in and boneless are all matched to their own item codes. If the blend or grade isn’t said, the line asks.

03

Ordered by the pound, sold by the pound

Per-pound items stay per pound on the ticket, at your per-pound price. Case items like 40 lb chicken thigh cases stay in cases, so the export matches how you invoice.

How it works

A voicemail order for Thursday

  1. 0110:42 PM

    The voicemail is left

    It’s 38 seconds, with four items and two cuts that could go either way.

  2. 0210:43 PM

    Transcribed and matched

    Ground beef is matched to the 80/20 blend. Skirt and short rib are held as ambiguous.

  3. 036:10 AM

    The desk confirms the cuts

    Outside skirt and English cut, the account’s usual, each confirmed with one click.

  4. 046:12 AM

    Approved

    Handed off to your system or exported as a CSV.

Reference

Meat terms it’s built to read

The words a kitchen uses for a cut don’t always match your item description. These are typical mappings, and when the ticket asks.

Customer saysReads asWhat to watch
skirtOutside or inside skirtHeld as ambiguous unless the account always buys one
arracheraBeef outside skirtSpanish name, same item
the eighty-twentyGround beef 80/20, 10 lb chubOther blends are separate items
LA galbi · flankenBeef short rib, flanken cutEnglish-cut short rib is a different item
boneless thighsChicken thigh, boneless skinless, 40 lb caseSold by the case, not the pound
a chubOne 10 lb chubConverted to pounds when sold by the pound
FAQ

Questions from meat distributors.

How does it handle cuts that could mean two things?

The line is flagged as ambiguous and lists both items. The cut the account bought before is suggested first, and a person confirms it before the order can be approved.

Does it handle catch-weight items?

Per-pound lines carry the ordered weight and your per-pound price. Final weights are still set where you weigh and invoice today. The ticket doesn’t pretend to know the weight in advance.

Can it read Spanish and Korean cut names?

Yes. Names like arrachera, LA galbi and 삼겹살 are matched to your catalog items, with the original phrase kept on the line.

Which systems can approved orders go to?

Approved orders are built to post to QuickBooks or be handed off as an import file or CSV for systems like Entrée, DDS and Sage.

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