Built for South African hospitality businesses

Purchasing, simplified.

Tradeflow helps restaurants, bars and cafés manage beverage and stock purchasing in minutes, not hours. Our AI-powered platform does the work for you, so you can focus on growing your business.

90%
Reduction in admin time
R8,500
Monthly cost savings
2,000+
Available SKUs
100%
Digital — no manual ordering
The platform

Everything in one place

Automated ordering, invoice management, and analytics — all in one place. Less admin, more transparency and control.

Ordering

Order from your suppliers in seconds

Fully automated order management — no more back-and-forth phone calls, WhatsApps, or emails
Integrates with your POS so stock, sales, and orders stay in sync for smarter, more accurate ordering
Track every order from placed to fulfilled and receipted into POS, with full visibility
Recent Activity
Purchase order submitted
Liquor City — R 66,806.44
2m ago
Purchase order submitted
FigOrNaartjie — R 71,629.44
1h ago
Invoice received
Liquor City — R 66,806.44
4d ago
Invoice received
FigOrNaartjie — R 71,629.44
2d ago
AI ordering agent

Your next order, prepared before you wake up

Our AI ordering agent learns your ordering patterns and sales trends, and prepares orders for you automatically
Connect your POS for deeper intelligence: predicts stock needs, adjusts for seasonality, and never lets you run out
One click to approve and send, and it gets smarter with every order
Liquor City (9 items)
AI prepared
CORONA EXTRA CERVEZA 355mL
Pack Size: 6
Qty:
24
@ ZAR 382
ZAR 9,168
HEINEKEN DUMP 330mL
Pack Size: 6
Qty:
15
@ ZAR 349
ZAR 5,235
Total: ZAR 77,049.44
Invoice management

Every invoice captured, matched and tracked

Invoices auto-captured and matched to their purchase order, zero manual entry
Instantly spot discrepancies between what you ordered and what you were charged
Full spend visibility in one dashboard, so month-end reconciliation takes minutes not days
Recent invoices
Liquor City Cape Town
INV-2024-0441 · 12 Mar
R66,806
FigOrNaartjie
INV-2024-0438 · 3 Mar
R71,629
FigOrNaartjie
INV-2024-0431 · 12 Mar
R71,629
Due today
0 outstanding invoices
Reporting & insights

Track your performance in real time

Key KPIs at a glance — see the full picture in real time, not just at month or year-end
Understand where your money is going — by supplier, category, and time period — so you can act on it
Surface waste, shrinkage, and pricing shifts before they compound into margin loss
Spending Trend
Last 7 months
R 90k R 60k R 30k R 0
SepOctNovDecJanFebMar
Cost variance
R 4,280 variance
Beverages · this month
Shrinkage rate
+12.4%
vs last month
Purpose built for hospitality

Built for both sides of the order

Buyers

Restaurants · Bars · Cafés · Venues
  • Workflows that match your day-to-day operations
  • Reduce an entire day of admin into just a few minutes
  • Reduce ordering errors
  • Easy to use and collaborative — no complex software

Suppliers

Distributors · Wholesalers · Producers
  • Receive structured digital orders, not WhatsApp messages
  • Share live catalogues and promotions directly with buyers
  • Gain visibility into buyer relationships and order trends
  • Reduce sales overhead and manage credit risk with ease
Who we work with

Trusted by venues and partners across South Africa

Liquor City Lumo Lounge & Living Spur Steakhouse Balcony Shissa and Chill Talking to Strangers Truth Coffee Si Cantina Pilot POS Xero Micros SA Liquor City Lumo Lounge & Living Spur Steakhouse Balcony Shissa and Chill Talking to Strangers Truth Coffee Si Cantina Pilot POS Xero Micros SA

Get in touch

Tell us about your business and we'll show you how Tradeflow can streamline your procurement and supplier operations.

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