Cash
6 weeks
Will I run short?
Cash, six weeks ahead
One mark a day for every account, against the cushion you set. Trouble shows in color before it shows at the bank.
Know before you're short.
Grouse is a cash flow app for independent restaurants. It reads your bank accounts and shows every bill, payroll and deposit for the next six weeks, so you see which account runs short, and when.
Cash, six weeks ahead
Operating account ··4471 · sample data
This wkWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6
- Sales tax leaves, $3,412in 2 days
- Hourly payroll clears, $9,612in 4 days
- Property tax leaves, $3,500in 13 days
- Account goes short by $750in 15 days
15 days
of warning
before the account runs short
before the account runs short
Animated picture: a restaurant seen from the front with its wall removed. Servers carry plates to tables, cooks work the line, the owner walks the floor with a tablet and a delivery arrives. Green tags show money coming in, such as a table paying or a card deposit. Red tags show money going out, such as the food order, payroll, linens, power and sales tax.
Break-even, per day Money in, money out Regular bills, found for you Bills, this week Cash, six weeks aheadWhy we are building it
159
restaurant owners and operators whose posts about money we read before drawing a single screen.
10 to 1
described a bank account that runs low after strong sales, against those who said it was not a problem.
9 to 1
had been caught by a regular bill that came in missing, doubled, early or higher than usual.
From our own review of public owner posts, October 2024 to October 2026.
The problem
Busy is not the same as paid. Your bank balance only knows about today.
Payroll leaves on Friday. The food order clears on Thursday. Sales tax is due on the 20th, and the grease trap bill turns up every ninety days whether you remember it or not. None of that is in the number your bank shows you this morning.
What changes
One look on Monday. No surprise on Thursday.
Grouse does one job. It shows what your bank accounts will look like before the money moves.
See short weeks early
Every account, six weeks ahead, one mark a day. The dip shows up while there is still time to move money.
Plan bills on Monday
What is in the bank, what you are paying, what is left after. Decide the week, then get back to the floor.
No bookkeeping to do
Grouse is not accounting software. No debits, no credits, no invoices to key in. Money in and money out.
How it works
Three steps. Then it keeps itself current.
You connect your accounts once. After that Grouse keeps your six-week cash flow forecast current from the bank feed and asks you only when it needs a yes.
01Connect
Connect your bank accounts.
Link your operating, payroll and card accounts through a read-only bank connection. Grouse can see balances and transactions. It cannot move money.
You get: every account in one list, updated from the bank.
Banks
3 accounts · sample data
- Operating ··4471$20,466
- Payroll ··4488$3,150
- Card ··9012−$6,412
02Confirm
Say yes to your regular bills.
Grouse reads your bank history and finds the bills that repeat: rent, the food order, linens, the grease trap every ninety days. You confirm each one once.
You get: upcoming bills in the forecast before the invoice arrives.
Found in your bank history
Confirm once · sample data
- Linen service · every week≈$610
- Grease trap · every 90 days≈$2,000
- Hood cleaning · every 6 months≈$650
03Plan
Open it on Monday. Decide the week.
See what is in the bank, what leaves this week and what is left after. If an account will run short, Grouse shows the day, the cause and what to move.
You get: six weeks ahead for every account, and a short to-do list.
To do
Most urgent first · sample data
- Operating goes short in 15 daysUrgent
- Card account dips under its cushionSoon
- Confirm estimate: linensWhen you can
Get the founding priceFounding spots go in the order owners sign up.
The founding promise
Your price stays your price. For as long as you stay.
The first 100 restaurant owners pay $27 a month instead of $47. If the price goes up later, yours does not move.
- Founding price$27 a month
- Regular price at launch
$47 - Founding spots100
- Card needed todayNone
What you see
Four screens. Each one answers one question.
These are the screens we are building now, shown here with sample numbers.
Bills
$2,605
What can I pay this week?
Bills, this week
What is in the bank, what you are paying and what is left after. Tick the bills to pay now and hold the rest.
To do
5 items
What needs me?
A short to-do list
Only what needs a decision, most urgent first: an account going short, an estimate to confirm, a new vendor to name.
Break-even
$3,450
Am I covering my costs?
Break-even, per day
One sentence: the sales you need each day to cover your costs, and how last week compared.
Sample figures. Grouse is in development and screens may change before launch.
[Founder note, to confirm: Grouse is built by an owner who runs restaurants himself and wanted to know on Monday what Thursday would look like. Replace this with two sentences in your own words and a photo, or remove the panel.]
[Name] · Founder
Founding offer
Get in first. Keep the price for good.
We plan to open Grouse to restaurants in the second half of December 2026. Sign up now and you hold a founding spot at $27 a month instead of $47.
- Founding spots go in the order owners sign up.
- Beta testers get Grouse first and tell us what to fix.
- One email when your spot opens. No card until then.
You are on the founding list.
Your $27 spot is held for . We will email you once, when it opens.
Preview only: this form is not connected to Kit yet, so nothing was saved.
Questions
Straight answers. Before you sign up.
When can I use Grouse?
Grouse is being built now. We plan to open to founding restaurants in the second half of December 2026, and beta testers get in earlier. Sign up and we will email you once, when your spot is ready.
Can Grouse move or spend my money?
No. The bank connection is read-only. Grouse can see balances and transactions and nothing else. When it suggests moving money between accounts, you make the move yourself at your bank.
Do I need QuickBooks or an accountant to use it?
No. Grouse works from your bank feed, so there are no invoices to key in and no books to keep. It does not replace your accountant or your tax filing. It answers a different question: what will the bank look like next week.
What does it cost?
$47 a month at launch. The first 100 owners who sign up here pay $27 a month for as long as they stay subscribed. You do not need a card to sign up.
I run more than one location. Does it work for me?
Yes. Each business and each bank account gets its own line, and you can see them together. [Confirm how many businesses and accounts the $27 plan covers.]
What does a beta tester do?
You connect your accounts, use Grouse for a few weeks and tell us what is wrong or missing. In return you get in first and keep a founding spot.
Which banks does it work with?
[Most US banks and credit unions. Confirm once the bank-data provider is final.] Grouse is for US businesses only for now.
Find out on Monday. Not from the bank on Thursday.
Hold a founding spot now and see your next six weeks the day Grouse opens.
- $27 a month for the first 100
- No card needed today