Built in South Africa · for retail stores & restaurants

KUCO.
KNOW WHERE YOUR
MONEY GOES.

Built for South African retail stores, restaurants and cafés. Track every rand of stock, run accurate payroll, and see exactly which products or menu items are actually making you money, all from one system. Stop firefighting, start running the business.

No card required · 30-day free trial · Cancel anytime

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✱ EARLY ACCESS

KUCO is built with South African retail and food business owners, not designed in a boardroom. We're onboarding stores and restaurants across the country right now.

South African owned & built
POPIA-minded, encrypted by default
30-day free trial, no card required

✱ SOUND FAMILIAR?

EVERY OWNER SAYS SOME VERSION OF THIS.

My till says one thing. My shelves say another.

We're busy every night, but I can't tell you if we're actually making money.

I don't know which products, or menu items, are actually worth selling.

Payroll takes me a full afternoon, every single week.

I can't be in every branch, so I don't really know what's happening in them.

Stock, staff and sales all live in different apps that don't talk to each other.

KUCO is built to answer exactly these, not to sell you more software.

✱ HOW A RETAIL STORE OR RESTAURANT ACTUALLY RUNS

RUN YOUR BUSINESS
THE WAY IT ACTUALLY WORKS.

Not a pile of software modules. Four things every retail or food business owner needs to get right, all connected, all in one system.

ZNV·01

SEE YOUR NUMBERS, NOT YOUR GUESSES

One dashboard for revenue, stock and staff. Know how your store or restaurant is doing today, not when the books close at month end.

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ZNV·02

STOP CHASING STAFF FOR HOURS AND LEAVE FORMS

Recruit, roster, track hours and run payroll without WhatsApp chaos or a lost timesheet.

ZNV·03

KNOW WHAT'S ON THE SHELF AND IN THE KITCHEN

Track stock, purchasing and ingredient depletion across every branch, and move product where it's actually needed.

ZNV·04

RUN EVERY BRANCH THE SAME WAY, WITHOUT BEING THERE

Keep pricing, products and permissions consistent across every store or outlet, and know exactly where your money goes.

✱ FOR RETAIL STORES

BUILT FOR HOW A SHOP FLOOR ACTUALLY RUNS.

Whether you run one store or a chain of them, KUCO handles the everyday reality of retail: counting stock, stopping shrinkage, keeping every branch consistent, and knowing what's actually selling.

Stock counts that take minutes

Count what's on the shelf in short, frequent checks instead of a once-a-year weekend shutdown.

Catch the gap before it grows

See where the till and the shelf stop matching, and tag every adjustment with a reason.

Move stock to where it's selling

Transfer inventory between branches with a full audit trail on both ends.

Reorder before the shelf is empty

Set a minimum per item and get flagged the moment it's time to reorder.

Every branch, same setup

Same prices, same products, same processes, in every store you run.

See what's worth the shelf space

Know which products are actually profitable, not just which ones sell.

✱ FOR RESTAURANTS, CAFÉS & FOOD BUSINESSES

BUILT FOR HOW A KITCHEN ACTUALLY RUNS.

From the till to the kitchen to the supplier delivery, KUCO tracks ingredient stock, menu profitability and shift-heavy staffing the way a restaurant or café actually operates.

Recipes that deplete stock automatically

Sell a plate, and the ingredients it uses come off stock the same moment, no separate count.

See what's binned, not just what's sold

Track waste and spoilage instead of watching margin disappear with no explanation.

Know which dishes make you money

Cost every recipe against what it sells for, so you know what's actually worth being on the menu.

Order perishables before you run out

Purchase orders and supplier tracking built for stock that can't sit in a warehouse.

Roster split shifts without a spreadsheet

Build lunch and dinner shifts, approve real hours worked, and feed it straight into payroll.

Every outlet, same menu and numbers

Run one recipe list and one set of prices across every branch, not a slightly different version each time.

✱ WHY OWNERS SWITCH

SPREADSHEETS AND WHATSAPP GOT YOU HERE. THEY WON'T GET YOU FURTHER.

A single store run by its owner can survive on a spreadsheet and a chat group. The cracks show up quietly, in lost stock, an underpaid shift, an invoice that never got sent, long before an owner notices the pattern.

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SIGNS IT'S TIME TO SWITCH

  • You've caught a stock or till error in the last month that took real effort to trace
  • More than one person needs to update the same spreadsheet or WhatsApp group
  • You're running more than one store or branch, or planning to
  • A meaningful part of your week goes into reconciling numbers between different sheets
  • You can't answer "are we actually making money right now" without stopping to calculate it

✱ SWITCHING TAKES AN AFTERNOON, NOT A MONTH

UP AND RUNNING IN MINUTES

No consultants. No complex setup. Sign up, add your store, start managing.

01

CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT

Sign up, name your store or restaurant, and choose your business type. Your chart of accounts is set up automatically.

02

ADD PRODUCTS & TEAM

Import your catalogue or menu, add inventory, invite staff and configure your store, all via bulk Excel import.

03

SELL & MANAGE

Quote, order, track expenses, run shifts. Everything syncs across all your stores or branches in real time.

✱ SEE THE RESULT

YOUR BUSINESS, ON ONE SCREEN

Revenue trends, low-stock alerts, open invoices and staff on shift, all on one screen. Faster decisions, numbers you can actually trust.

  • Live KPI cards
  • Revenue by month
  • Expense breakdown
  • Low-stock warnings
  • Order activity
  • Staff on shift
www.kuco.co.za/dashboard

Today's Revenue

R 12,450

+8.2%

Open Invoices

14

R 48,200

Below Min Stock

3

Reorder now

Staff On Shift

8

2 ending soon

MONTHLY REVENUE

✱ SECURITY

YOUR DATA, LOCKED DOWN TIGHT

Row-level security on every table. Multi-tenant architecture keeps each business completely isolated. POPIA-minded by design.

Row-Level Security

Every table secured. Data isolated per store.

Multi-Tenant

Each business sees only its own data.

Session Guard

Auto-logout on idle, token refresh built-in.

Role-Based Access

Owner, manager, cashier. Each sees their lane.

✱ PRICING

SIMPLE, IN RANDS.

One plan. Stock, staff, payroll, invoicing and reporting, all included. No tiers, no locked features, no per-user fees. Add branches at a flat monthly rate. 30-day free trial.

PROFESSIONAL

R349/month

+R99 PER EXTRA STORE

  • Unlimited products & inventory
  • Quotes & invoicing
  • Sales orders, purchase orders & suppliers
  • Staff, shifts & timesheets
  • Full payroll with PAYE, UIF & SDL
  • Bank CSV export & reconciliation
  • Multi-store operations & stock transfers
  • Real-time dashboard & KPIs
  • Expense tracking & reports
  • Unlimited users per store
  • Bulk import via Excel
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Multiple locations? Every extra store is a flat R99 a month. Cancel anytime from billing.

✱ QUESTIONS OWNERS ASK

STILL DECIDING? START HERE.

Is KUCO built for my type of business?

KUCO is built specifically for South African retail stores and restaurants, cafés and food businesses, from a single spaza shop to a multi-branch restaurant group. If you sell products or plates, it's built for you.

I run more than one branch. Can I manage them all in one place?

Yes. Every store or outlet lives under one account, with its own stock and staff, and you can compare performance and transfer stock between branches from a single screen.

How long does it take to get set up?

Most businesses are live within a day. Sign up, add your store, bulk-import your products or menu via Excel, and start selling.

Do I need a credit card to start the trial?

No. The 30-day free trial doesn't require a card, and you can cancel anytime from billing.

Is my business data safe?

Yes. Every table is protected by row-level security, your data is isolated from every other business on KUCO, and everything is encrypted in transit and at rest.

What if I only need part of it, like inventory or payroll?

Every module is included in the one subscription, but you only use what's relevant to your business. Most owners start with one or two and add the rest as they need them.

READY TO STOP GUESSING?

Join South African retail stores and restaurants running their whole business from one system. Start your 30-day free trial today, no card required.