About Shrink Software

Shrink Software builds workflow-first tools for fresh-food and fresh-produce manufacturers. Our flagship platform, Shrink Manager™, helps operators digitize production, shrink logging, QA, labeling, delivery verification, compliance records, and financial workflows — all in one mobile-friendly system designed specifically for mid-market food producers.

 

Shrink Manager is already deployed across an 11-location ready-to-eat (RTE) food manufacturing operation and continues to evolve through real-world feedback from multi-site production teams.

 

Our mission is simple:
Give food operators a right-sized, affordable platform that unifies production, compliance, and financials — without the weight or cost of a full ERP.

 

Where We’re Going

Modern food operations need something between paper logs and a major ERP system. Shrink Manager fills that gap with a practical, workflow-driven foundation that expands as operators grow.

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Our long-term roadmap includes:

• multi-location analytics

• predictive insights for at-risk SKUs

• expanded traceability and compliance reporting

• POS and ordering integrations

• improved workflow builders

• delivery & routing enhancements

• production forecasting tools

• deeper financial automation

 

Everything we build is shaped by real users, real kitchens, and real compliance demands.

Built Inside a Real Food Operation

Shrink Manager wasn’t designed in a software lab — it was born inside a rapidly growing food manufacturer supplying grocery retail partners across the Midwest. As production expanded across multiple kitchens and dozens of retail locations, several challenges became impossible to ignore:

• paper logs were slowing everything down

• FSMA record review was overwhelming

• shrink was difficult to track accurately

• work orders didn’t tie cleanly to invoicing

• existing ERPs were expensive, rigid, or overbuilt for real front-line needs

 

So we built a focused system that matched the actual flow of a production kitchen and delivery operation — not a theoretical workflow imagined by ERP vendors.

 

That live deployment remains the foundation for every new feature we build.

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Built in a Living Kitchen, Not a Lab

Most software tools begin as theoretical models. Shrink Manager grew out of the day-to-day realities of an active RTE food manufacturer — shaped by:

• rapid production cycles

• short shelf-life inventory

• multilingual workforces

• rising compliance pressure

• tens of thousands of daily production and delivery events

 

This is why Shrink Manager feels natural to front-line teams: it was designed in the same environments where it’s now used.

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Why It Matters

Food manufacturers don’t need a heavier ERP — they need a system that helps them run smarter today while giving them a path to scale tomorrow.
 

That is the platform Shrink Software is building.

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Commercially Deployed, Actively Evolving

Shrink Manager is not a concept or prototype — it is actively used in daily production environments. Today, the platform is:

• deployed across 11 production sites

• generating recurring subscription revenue

• integrated with QuickBooks for automated invoicing

• tied directly to real production orders

• used daily by production teams, supervisors, QA, and delivery personnel

• managing digital logs for shrink, production checks, delivery verification, and compliance

 

At the same time, Shrink Manager is still early in its commercialization cycle and continues to evolve through real-world partner feedback. As we onboard additional pilot partners, we refine modules, workflows, dashboards, and integrations to support a broader range of fresh-food operations.

 

Shrink Manager is reliable enough for daily commercial use — yet flexible enough to grow with operators who need more.

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Designed for Today’s Food Safety Requirements

Small and mid-sized food manufacturers face the same regulatory expectations as large enterprises — without the tools or staff to manage them efficiently.

 

Under FSMA’s Preventive Controls Rule (21 CFR 117), operators must maintain and review:

• production logs

• monitoring & temperature records

• corrective actions

• verification steps

• shrink / disposal logs

• delivery documentation

 

All must be complete, reviewable, and audit-ready.

 

Retail chains and third-party auditors (AIB, NSF, SQF, BRC) increasingly expect digital traceability and standardized documentation from their suppliers.

 

Shrink Manager was built specifically to meet these escalating requirements, providing a centralized digital record system that matches real production workflows — not theoretical compliance checklists.

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Beyond Operations: Connecting Financials

One of the biggest operational gaps in small and mid-sized food companies is the disconnect between production activity and billing.

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Shrink Manager closes that gap by unifying operational workflows with financial output:

• Work orders and production batches feed directly into invoicing

• Invoices are automatically generated and synced with QuickBooks

• Administrative labor is reduced

• Manual billing errors are eliminated

• Revenue capture becomes more accurate and more timely

 

For operators, this means production, compliance, and financials finally operate on a single, consistent system.

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Pilot Partners

Shrink Manager is ideal for food manufacturers, commissary kitchens, and multi-unit brands who want early access to the platform and a direct voice in shaping the next phase of development.

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Pilot partner benefits include:

• tailored onboarding and configuration

• workflow mapping based on real production processes

• direct access to engineering and product leadership

• early access to new features and modules

• discounted early-partner pricing

• opportunity to guide integrations, labeling tools, and analytics

 

Pilot partners help ensure the platform evolves from real kitchen operations — not theoretical models.

Investors

Shrink Manager is preparing for a Pre-Seed round to expand engineering resources, accelerate development of multi-location analytics, and support integrations with ordering, POS, and financial systems.

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We welcome conversations with investors focused on:

• food technology and digitization

• compliance and traceability

• supply-chain and production workflow automation

• operational analytics

• SaaS companies transforming traditional industries

 

Investors have the opportunity to partner early with a commercially deployed platform entering a large, underserved market.

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Our Philosophy

We believe modern food-operations software should be:

• practical and straightforward

• affordable for small and mid-sized producers

• grounded in real workflows, not theoretical ERP structures

• built with operators, not imposed on them

• aligned with compliance and traceability requirements

• flexible enough to evolve with each stage of growth

 

Shrink Manager is built on these principles — and on the lived experience of operating a rapidly expanding, multi-site food production business.