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BridgeLocal home screen showing today's sales of $226.72, quick actions and alerts
Salmon bowl margin
57% → 43%
after one extra scoop
Translated reply
您的餐大约 10 分钟后好。
Su pedido estará listo en 10 min.
$240.00 paid
Catering · scan-to-pay
1.4M
minority-owned employer firms in the U.S.
22.3%
of people age 5+ speak a language other than English at home
23.6%
of U.S. entrepreneurs are immigrants
5+
disconnected tools the typical owner stitches together today

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts; American Immigration Council (2025).

The problem

Good businesses are forced to solve five problems at once.

The owner isn't missing ambition. They're missing one affordable layer that speaks their language and fits how they actually work.

01
Language
Vendor terms, forms and customer messages in a second language.
02
Discovery
Reviews, Google profile and social posts are hard to keep up with.
03
Payments
A patchwork of apps, unclear fees and slow settlement.
04
Cash flow
Uneven revenue, surprise bills and expensive working capital.
05
Operations
Pricing, menus and margins tracked in the owner's head.
The product

One app. Every essential job. In your language.

Translate screen: an English sentence translated into Spanish with a speak button
UNDERSTAND

Talk across the counter

Type in your language and the customer hears theirs. A full-screen card shows the translation in big text, and 25 counter phrases work with no signal at all.

Two-way conversation Spoken output Explain a lease or invoice One-tap menu translation
KNOW YOUR NUMBERS

Every extra scoop has a price

See what each menu item really earns. Test one more portion before you give it away, find the price for the margin you want, and check whether a discount will pay for itself.

57% → 43%
margin after one extra scoop of salmon
+35%
more sales a 15% discount needs to break even
Menu item editor with the extra scoop calculator showing margin dropping from 57% to 43%
BE FOUND

Low-cost marketing

A weekly plan built from your own sales: deals on slow days, posts for seven channels, and campaigns that show profit after cost.

Marketing screen with rating, campaign return and this week's content plan
REPUTATION

Reviews and outreach

One inbox for Google, Yelp and Facebook reviews. Reply in the reviewer's language, and win back regulars with texts in theirs, only with their consent.

Reviews screen showing a 3.8 average rating, star breakdown and response rate
GET PAID · STAY LIQUID

Payments and cash flow

Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay through a QR code, a 30-day cash forecast, and fair financing options with no hidden fees.

Payment request screen with a $240 QR code for card or phone payment
How it works

From “I need customers” to measurable growth in 30 days.

  1. 1
    Sign up in your language
    English, 中文 or Español from the first screen. Load your menu, hours and location.
  2. 2
    Pick your goals
    More weekday traffic, better reviews, online payments or clearer cash flow.
  3. 3
    Follow your 30-day plan
    Ten guided steps: translate the menu, send your first payment link, reply to reviews.
  4. 4
    See what changed
    Plain-language insights: what sold, what cost too much, and what to test next.
Why we built it
“Every extra scoop changed gross margin. I watched a hard-working restaurant become ‘Permanently closed.’ BridgeLocal is our answer to what the next owner needs.”
Annie Wu & Julia Wu, founders · built after a summer working at a family-run poke restaurant in Austin, Texas
3 staff
speaking Mandarin, Indonesian and Spanish
0 tools
in the owner's own language
1 question
what would give the next owner room to succeed?
Pricing

Simple plans that pay for themselves.

Planned pricing. Austin pilot businesses get early access free.

Core
$39/month
  • Translate and counter phrases
  • Menu margins and the extra-scoop calculator
  • Review inbox and replies
Join the pilot
Growth
MOST POPULAR
$89/month
  • Everything in Core
  • Weekly marketing plan and posts
  • Customer outreach in 3 languages
  • Campaign tracking
Join the pilot
Pro
$149/month
  • Everything in Growth
  • Cash-flow forecast and financing readiness
  • Multiple locations
  • Priority human support
Join the pilot

Card payments: standard Stripe processing plus a 0.45% BridgeLocal platform fee. Financing is offered only through licensed partners such as Kiva, SBA lenders and CDFIs; BridgeLocal does not lend.

For partners

Reach the owners you serve, in their language.

We work with organizations that already have owners' trust.

Community lenders (CDFIs)
Better signals from real operating data, shared only with permission.
Chambers and nonprofits
A practical member benefit for immigrant-owned businesses.
Payment and POS partners
Lower acquisition cost and stronger retention.
Restaurant associations
Shared playbooks and local proof points.
Austin pilot · now enrolling

Join the first 25–50 businesses.

Restaurants and food businesses get free early access and setup help in English, Chinese or Spanish.