Parsley

What Parsley is

Parsley is cloud-based kitchen management and ERP software for food-industry operations. It combines recipe management with production planning, inventory, purchasing and label creation. Teams can edit, scale and cost recipes, with nutrition facts and allergens calculated automatically. Prep lists and production plans use scaled quantities for cooking and preparation. Inventory tools cover locations or GL, par lists, purchasing and order receiving. A label editor can draw on recipe and production details such as ingredients, nutrition facts, prices and expiration dates, and supports barcodes and QR codes. Parsley offers an Open API, webhooks, standard integrations and a data uploader for connections with suppliers, POS, accounting and other systems. Its API can provide menu item details and accept sales data for cost, ingredient-usage variance and revenue accounting. The Chef plan is $129 / month; Chef Plus is $189 / month and Business is $379 / month. Enterprise includes multi-location support, while separate location accounts can share recipes and cost information. Parsley serves restaurants, universities, prepared-meal services, grocers, caterers and corporate hospitality. It is available on Android, iOS and web. The company says it is SOC 2 Type II certified and encrypts data in transit and at rest, with backups and DDoS mitigation. Free 24/7 support options include an introductory screen-share call, videos, email and phone; the support page instructs users to launch Parsley in Google Chrome.

Who it suits

Parsley suits food-service and food-industry teams that need recipe costing, scaling, production planning, purchasing or inventory tools. Its listed customers include restaurants, universities, prepared-meal services, grocers, caterers and corporate hospitality, with Enterprise offering multi-location support.

Limits

There is no free plan. Chef costs $129 / month and lists recipe tools, menu editing and web, mobile and tablet apps; nutrition details are added in Chef Plus at $189 / month, while prep lists, production plans, purchasing, inventory and Open API access are listed in Business at $379 / month.

Getting started

1. Visit https://www.parsleysoftware.com/.
2. Choose a plan; Chef starts at $129 / month, with Chef Plus at $189 / month and Business at $379 / month.
3. Use Parsley on Android, iOS or web.
4. For browser use, launch Parsley in Google Chrome.
5. Contact Parsley for an Enterprise quote if you need its multi-location plan.

Verdict

Choose Parsley if your food operation needs recipe management alongside production, inventory or purchasing tools. Chef starts at $129 / month, while access to production planning, inventory and Open API features requires the $379 / month Business plan. Operations needing multi-location support can look at Enterprise, which is priced by quote.