Where hospitality spend slips through: join Hops and Lightyear
Supplier price changes, short deliveries and invoice mismatches: join Hops and Lightyear on 15 October for a practical Lunch & Learn, with a live demo and a look at how 180 The Strand uses both systems.
HOPS Team
Hospitality Operations
A supplier price creeps up between the order and the invoice. A delivery arrives short of what was on the purchase order. Finance is working from one number; the kitchen is working from another.
Margin rarely disappears in one fell swoop. It slips away through small differences that are easy to miss, particularly when purchasing spans several sites, kitchens and suppliers.
On Thursday 15 October 2026 at 12pm, Hops and our partner Lightyear, AI-powered AP automation, are hosting a 45-minute online Lunch & Learn on smarter spend control for hospitality.
Save your place at the Hops and Lightyear webinar.
From purchase order to invoice
The session will look at where spend slips through in multi-site and high-volume operations, and what changes when purchase orders are properly managed.
We’ll cover:
- Where supplier price changes and short deliveries can get missed.
- What changes once your purchase orders are properly managed.
- The real cost of purchasing and finance working from different numbers.
- A live demonstration of Hops and Lightyear working together.
- How 180 The Strand, a client of both Hops and Lightyear, uses the two systems together.
This is a chance to see the systems working together and ask questions about the purchasing and finance challenges your own team faces. There will be a Q&A at the end.
Who should join?
Multi-site operators and restaurant groups: if your team purchases across several kitchens and suppliers, the session will explore the price changes and delivery differences that are easy to overlook.
Finance and operations teams: if you spend time chasing mismatches between what was ordered, delivered and invoiced, these are the workflows we’ll be discussing.
Meet the speakers
- Nathan Moorhouse, Sales and Integration Lead at Hops.
- Kenny Galloway, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Lightyear.
Together, they’ll demonstrate Hops and Lightyear and discuss how the two work together for hospitality operators.
Join us over lunch
Thursday 15 October 2026 · 12pm · Online · 45 minutes
Bring your questions. If you can’t make it live, register anyway and we’ll send you the recording and slides afterwards.
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