Yellow Dog is an inventory management platform for restaurants and hospitality operators. Marty is the cash recovery layer that sits alongside it — finding the specific dollars leaking from inventory, labor, and vendor relationships every day.
Yellow Dog is a solid inventory management platform built for the hospitality industry. It handles inventory tracking, purchasing, receiving, par-level management, vendor management, and waste tracking.
The receiving and variance tools are particularly strong — helping operators identify short shipments, pricing discrepancies, and waste patterns across locations.
Yellow Dog shows you inventory variance. It doesn't tell you that the variance at Location 4 is worth exactly $1,760 recoverable this week, that $384 is coming from a vendor overbilling you can dispute today, and $510 is a labor overage from Saturday's dinner.
Variance is a number. Recovery is a specific dollar amount attached to a specific cause and a specific action. Yellow Dog gives you the first. Marty delivers the second.
Inventory management plus daily cash recovery is what actually moves the P&L.
| Feature | Yellow Dog | Marty |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory Tracking | ✓ Core strength | ✗ Not our focus |
| Purchase Order Management | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Receiving | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Vendor Management | ✓ Yes | ✗ Not our focus |
| Cash Recovery Guarantee | ✗ None | ✓ 8x or pay nothing |
| Morning Deposit (6 AM) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes — exact dollars |
| Portioning Drift Detection | ✗ Variance reports only | ✓ Detects drift + $ impact |
| Vendor Price Overbilling | ✗ Reports variance, not recovery | ✓ Identifies + recovers overbilling |
| Labor Leak Detection | ✗ No | ✓ Full labor leak detection |
Location 4 — Northgate: $1,760 recoverable
Yellow Dog shows what came in. Marty finds what leaks out — and delivers the recovery before it compounds.
Yellow Dog manages what comes in. Marty recovers what leaks out. Yellow Dog tracks inventory from receiving through usage, Marty audits what that inventory actually cost and adds labor and fraud recovery on top.
The combination closes the loop: Yellow Dog ensures receiving is tracked correctly. Marty ensures the dollars are recovered when vendors overbill, portions drift, or labor runs over.
Free 48-hour analysis on 3-5 of your locations. Works with Toast, Square, Clover, Aloha, and every other major POS.
90-minute setup. No contract. No risk.
Marty integrates with Toast, Square, Clover, QuickBooks, R365, and Xero. Read-only connection. Average payback: 3.2 days.