First Officer for Restaurants

Your Sysco Orders Are Earning Zero Bonus Points.

Restaurant owners spending $20K to $100K+ monthly on food, equipment, and delivery platforms leave $5,000 to $15,000 per year in unrealized points value. We fix that.

Your numbers

See What You're Leaving Behind

Adjust the sliders to match your monthly business spend. Each category shows which card earns the most and why.

Monthly spend calculator
$15,000
Typically codes as wholesale. 2x on the right catch-all card
$3,000
Misc retail coding. 2x on the right catch-all card
$4,000
May code as software. up to 4x on the right business card
$2,000
3x on the right business card or 4x on the right business card
$8,000
Most landlords don't take cards. 2x where cards are accepted
Total monthly spend$32,000
Without optimization
$0
~1x base points / year
With First Officer
$0
1.8 to 2.2x optimized / year
You're leaving $0 per year in unrealized value
The mistakes

What Restaurants Get Wrong

These aren't obvious. Nobody in the restaurants industry talks about points optimization. Here's what we see over and over.

01

Putting Sysco and US Foods orders on a debit card or the wrong credit card

Your single biggest monthly expense earns zero bonus points on most cards. Sysco typically codes as wholesale merchandise, which means your a basic rewards card earns just 1 point per dollar. The right catch-all business card earns 2 points per dollar on everything. that alone turns $15K/month in food spend into 30,000 extra points per month versus a debit card.

The math

$15K/month on the right card at 2x = 360,000 points/year. At 2 cents per point via transfer partners = $7,200 in travel value from food spend alone.

02

Running everything through one card instead of routing by category

The right category card earns 4x at restaurants where you eat, but only 1x on your equipment purchases, software subscriptions, and delivery platform fees. Different spend categories earn different multipliers on different cards. One card means you're getting 1x on 60%+ of your business spend.

The math

A 4-card stack turns the same $30K/month into 1.8 to 2.2x average versus 1x. That's an extra $4,000 to $7,000 per year.

03

Redeeming points for statement credits instead of transferring to travel partners

Statement credits give you roughly 1 cent per point. Transfer those same points to Hyatt and they're worth 2 to 4 cents each. Transfer to ANA during a 40% bonus window and you could fly business class to Tokyo for 55,000 points instead of paying $6,200 cash. The redemption method is where the real money is.

The math

100K Chase points as statement credit = $1,000. Same points transferred to Hyatt = $2,000 to $4,000 in hotel stays.

04

Ignoring signup bonuses on business cards

Business cards have separate application rules from personal cards with most issuers. A well-timed 12-month card application strategy can net $3,000 to $5,000 in signup bonuses alone, completely independent of your ongoing spend. Most restaurant owners don't even know business cards exist as a separate category.

The math

Two well-timed business card applications in year one = 170K+ bonus points worth $2,500 to $3,500 in travel value.

How it works

Your vendors. Our routing.

Every vendor sends a merchant category code (MCC) when you swipe. That code determines your multiplier. The same $5,000 payment earns 5,000 points on the wrong card or 20,000 on the right one. We match every vendor to its highest-earning card.

MCC
Vendor Code Analysis

We've mapped how your vendors code with card networks. Verified, not guessed.

CAP
Spending Cap Tracking

Every bonus category has annual caps. We shift routing before you hit a ceiling and drop to 1x.

CPP
Transfer Partner Math

Earning is half. We route redemptions to partners where points are worth 2x to 5x more than cash.

Your card stack, routing rules, and redemption strategy are built specifically for your vendors and spend. See what yours looks like.

Real math

What This Looks Like for a $30K/Month Restaurant

Same spend. Different strategy. Different outcome.

Annual breakdown

Monthly business spend$30,000
Annual spend$360,000
Points earned (unoptimized, ~1x)360,000 pts
Points earned (First Officer, ~2x avg)720,000 pts
Signup bonus points (year one)~250,000 pts
Total optimized points (year one)970,000 pts
Value at 1 cent/point (statement credit)$9,700
Value at 2 to 4 cents/point (travel partners)$19,400 to $38,800

Hypothetical example for illustration. Actual results vary based on your specific vendors, card products, and redemption choices. This is not financial advice.

How it works

Four Steps to Full Optimization

No apps to download. No spreadsheets. Just a conversation.

01

Message us

4 questions. Takes 2 minutes.

02

We map everything

Cards, balances, credits, programs.

03

Get your game plan

Card stack, routing rules, bonus calendar.

04

We watch. You win.

Proactive alerts, weekly digests, strategy.

Trusted across industries

The same routing intelligence, applied to 20+ verticals. Different vendors, different MCC codes, same rigorous math.

Restaurants. HVAC. Dental. Salons. Fitness. Landscaping. Veterinary. IT. Consulting. Cleaning. Property Management. Auto Repair. And yours.

20-Minute Spend Audit. Free.

Message us. We'll tell you exactly what your restaurant business is leaving on the table.

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