Thomas Primus
Order is no accident. Order is a system. How to get your business back under control – with digital processes, clear costing and AI.
Drawn from the practice of over 1,000 businesses in 10 countries.
Digitalization is a dry subject
11:30 pm. Clara is still at the restaurant – not at the stove, she left that hours ago, but buried in delivery notes and an inventory count that won’t add up. Her son is asleep. No bedtime story. Again. The day she misses his birthday, she decides: no more.
Every good kitchen knows the principle: before the first plate goes out, everything is in its place. Yet while precision rules at the stove, chaos reigns in the back office – invoices in boxes, costing in someone’s head, contracts in a binder. This book applies the oldest craft principle in hospitality to its biggest building site: digitalization.
01 – CONCRETE
No buzzwords, no tech romance. You follow restaurateur Clara Richter through a real transformation – with all the mistakes, costs and wins.
02 – MEASURABLE
From paper chaos to a system: ordering, recipes, inventory, controlling and staff planning – the five core processes, digitalized step by step.
03 – PROVEN
Written from over 13 years in foodservice technology and the practice of over 1,000 businesses across 10 European countries.
“Mise en Place is not just preparation.
It is an attitude.”
Results that convince
Food-cost reduction in Clara’s restaurant
Time won back per year through digitalization
Break-even in the model business (Clara’s case)
Follow Clara Richter from overwhelmed restaurant owner to confident digital entrepreneur – told as a novel, grounded like a handbook. Four parts lead step by step from analog chaos to a digital mise en place:
Free & interactive
How digital is your business really? 18 checks straight from the book – with an instant result, an industry benchmark and your personal digital napkin.
Questions first, result after – no sign-up needed to start.
Included with the book – at no extra cost
The book tells the story. The toolkit delivers the execution: every template, calculator and checklist from all 18 chapters – free for readers.
180 questions, instant evaluation, comparison with businesses of your type.
FreeRecipe costing, food-waste calculator, supplier database, software shortlist matrix and more.
FreeThe complete action plan from Chapter 18 – from stocktake through selection to rollout.
FreeFrequently asked
Anyone who runs or is responsible for a hospitality or hotel business – from a single restaurant through catering to large-scale foodservice. No technical background required.
A system for the five core processes – ordering, recipes, inventory, controlling and staff planning – digitalized step by step. Plus the 90-day roadmap from Chapter 18 and the complete digital toolkit.
As a print book, an e-book (Kindle, ePub, PDF) and an audiobook. The German edition launches in autumn 2026; the English edition follows.
Yes. Chapter 1 is free as a PDF, and you can already use the interactive digitalization check and toolkit today, at no cost.
Nothing. It’s free for readers – every template, calculator and checklist from all 18 chapters, just for an email address.
English edition coming soon
The German edition launches in autumn 2026; the English edition follows. Leave your email and be the first to know when it’s available. In the meantime you can already take the digitalization check in English.
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ISBN 978-9925-8336-0-3 (DE)
406 pages, softcover – incl. access to the digital toolkit
German edition: €24.90
English edition in preparation
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