Intelligent Document Engine for Fast Food Restaurants

Intelligent Document Engine for Fast Food Restaurants

Automate fast food documents like invoices, supplier contracts, store checklists, and compliance forms. Extract data, validate rules, and flag issues automatically - reducing admin load across stores and head office.

Document Processing Document Verification Financial Healthcare QSR Restaurants Retail South Africa

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Seller

Melio AI

Published

Feb. 4, 2026, 2:05 p.m.

Last updated

Feb. 18, 2026, 9:13 a.m.

Description

Fast food operations generate a constant stream of documents: supplier invoices, store audits, hygiene checklists, franchise agreements, delivery notes, and compliance reports. Manually reviewing and capturing these documents is slow, error-prone, and hard to scale as store numbers grow.

Our Intelligent Document Engine is used to automatically ingest, read, validate, and structure fast food–specific documents. It extracts key fields, checks them against predefined business rules, and flags exceptions for review - so teams only touch what actually needs attention.

This solution can handle 1000s of pages per month, freeing your team from repetitive tasks and reducing the risk of errors. With easy system integration through API access and a user-friendly interface, managing your document verification process becomes simple and efficient, no technical expertise required.

Whether you’re verifying documents for compliance or internal purposes, this service scales with your needs.

This solution is ideal for fast food groups, franchise networks, and QSR head offices looking to reduce admin effort, improve compliance visibility, and scale operations without growing back-office teams.

Features

API-first design

Can integrate seamlessly with point of sale solutions, supplier, and HR systems and more.

Scalable document handling

Process hundreds of documents in minutes.

Fast and Accurate Verification

Automate checks in under a minute with precision.

Customizable blueprints

Use defaults or design schemas for any document type

Smart Document Processing

Automatically identifies and processes fast food document types

Product information

  1. Define new document types specific to your business or use existing ones
  2. Upload or ingest documents (PDF, excel, CSV and more)
  3. AI processes the document type (store sales, delivery sales, inventory, GRVs, bank statements etc.)
  4. Key fields are extracted using AI configured for each QSR document formats
  5. Optionally validate documents against provided business and compliance data
  6. Export structured data to reporting, ERP, finance, or ops systems

This solution is ideal for QSR businesses looking to automate their time-consuming document processes, improving operational efficiency and reporting while reducing administrative burdens.

Use Case: Supplier Invoice Processing

Industry: Fast Food & QSR

Description: Automatically extract invoice totals, VAT, supplier IDs, and line items from food suppliers and logistics partners.

Benefit: Faster invoice turnaround, fewer payment errors, and improved cost control.


Use Case: Store Compliance & Hygiene Audits

Industry: Fast Food & QSR

Description: Process daily and weekly store checklists, hygiene inspections, and audit forms at scale.

Benefit: Real-time compliance visibility and reduced manual review effort.


Use Case: Franchise & Store Documentation

Industry: Fast Food Franchising

Description: Organise and validate franchise agreements, store licenses, and renewal documents.

Benefit: Reduced risk of missing expiries and better document governance.


Use Case: Delivery Notes & Proof of Delivery

Industry: Fast Food Supply Chain

Description: Extract delivery quantities, dates, and discrepancies from PODs.

Benefit: Faster dispute resolution and tighter supplier reconciliation.

Invoices, checklists, audits, contracts, delivery notes, and store compliance documents. We're able to process documents from franchise systems like Aura, MrD, UberEats and more.

Yes. It’s designed for multi-store and franchise environments.

Yes. Validation rules can differ by store, supplier, or country.

Both. Use the API for system integration or a lightweight portal for teams.

Most QSR setups are live within days, not months.

The AI solution is designed with your data security and privacy in mind. We ensure that all documents processed through our system adhere to the highest standards of data protection, maintaining compliance with regulations like GDPR and POPIA.


Here’s how we safeguard your information:

  • Data Encryption: All data, both in transit and at rest, is encrypted using industry-standard protocols, ensuring that sensitive information remains secure.
  • Access Control: Only authorized personnel and systems can access your data, with strict access control measures in place to prevent unauthorized use.
  • Compliance with Privacy Regulations: We comply with global and local data privacy regulations, including GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act), ensuring that your data is handled with care and transparency.
  • Data Anonymization: Our APIs do not inherently anonymize personal or sensitive data. However, anonymization can be provided on request, on a case-by-case basis, to reduce exposure and support privacy requirements, while maintaining the integrity of the verification process.
  • Secure Document Storage: Verified documents can be securely stored, with retention policies aligned with your compliance needs. You retain full control over document storage and access.
  • Audit Trail: Our system maintains a full audit trail of all document verification activities, providing transparency and accountability for every transaction.


We prioritize the confidentiality and security of your business data, ensuring that our verification processes not only improve efficiency but also strengthen trust in how your information is managed.

Our AI solution follows Highwind’s standard Service Level Agreement (SLA), ensuring clear expectations for support and service quality.

For a comprehensive outline of support levels, response times, and resolution standards, please download the full SLA document.

Starter


$50.00

per month

Up to 1000 units, then $0.05 per unit.

This includes:

  • 1000 units included in this bundle
  • $0.05 per additional credit out of bundle
  • Instant access to ready-made schemas, plus new ones as they’re released
  • Upload your own schemas tailored to your business documents or needs
  • Extensive coverage for all common business documents
  • Basic email support
  • Privacy & security: All processing happens in a secure, encrypted environment
  • API Access
  • Access to our lightweight app for testing before integration

Standard


$300.00

per month

Up to 7500 units, then $0.05 per unit.

This includes:

  • 7500 units included in this bundle
  • $0.05 per additional credit out of bundle
  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • Priority support with faster response times

Advanced


$750.00

per month

Up to 25000 units, then $0.05 per unit.

This includes:

  • 25000 units included in this bundle
  • $0.05 per additional credit out of bundle
  • Everything in Standard, plus:
  • High-volume optimisation — tuned processing for large workloads
  • Dedicated account manager for onboarding, optimisation, and issue resolution
  • Custom SLA for uptime and support responsiveness
  • (Coming Soon) Advanced analytics dashboards for trend tracking and process optimisation