
About company
Cost Genie Software LLC was created out of industry necessity. CEO Kenny Arone found that many restaurants in the 1990s were not taking inventory or monitoring food costs. Kenny set out to provide solution to the problem. He partnered with Mark Kerr and developed Cost Genie. Originally, Cost Genie started as an inventory program and has since transitioned into a full-service product with multiple modules and features. While the software was designed specifically for the independent restaurant owner/operator, several large well-known eateries, franchises, hotels and casinos have used Cost Genie to lower their food costs, including Black Angus, Red Lion Hotels, Farmer Boys and more. Cost Genie’s impressive functionality and client results captured the attention of publisher Pearson Prentice Hall, which bundled Cost Genie 3.5 Menu Costing Program (Student Version) with its culinary student textbooks.