Taking on 3 new clients this month. Central Florida

Your business
runs on hustle.
I automate
the rest.

I build modern websites, AI-powered automations, and marketing systems that take the admin work off hospitality operators. Food trucks, restaurants, bars, catering, and more. So you can focus on the food.

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Hey! I help hospitality operators save time and make more money. What's eating up most of your time right now?
Everything honestly
I hear you, most operators feel the same way. The good news: I can automate social media, bookkeeping, customer replies, and reviews all at once. Take the 2-min audit →
The Problem

You didn't get into this
to do paperwork.

The average independent operator works 80-100 hours a week. Half of that isn't cooking or serving. It's everything else.

Social Media Black Hole

You know you need to post your location daily and stay active. But after a 12-hour shift, Instagram is the last thing on your mind.

8-12 hrs/week wasted

Blind Spot Finances

Receipts in a shoebox. No idea what your real food cost is this month. Tax season is a nightmare every single year.

5 hrs/week manual logging

Missed Messages = Missed Money

Catering inquiries in your DMs, review replies overdue, customers asking "where are you today?" and you're elbows deep in prep.

5-8 hrs/week responding

Food Waste Guessing Game

Over-prep on slow days. Run out on busy ones. No forecasting, no data. Just gut feeling and crossed fingers.

5-7% of purchases wasted

Permit Chaos

13+ permits across different jurisdictions. Different rules in every city. Renewal deadlines you forget until it's too late.

$28K+ in initial permits

Burnout

You're the cook, cashier, marketer, bookkeeper, and manager. 80-hour weeks. No days off. This is the #1 reason independent operators burn out.

50-60% fail within 5 years

I build the systems that handle the admin so you don't have to. No contracts, cancel anytime, and you keep everything I build. If you don't see results in 60 days, you get a 100% refund. That's the whole deal.

AI-Powered Services

The 7 systems that run
your business while you work.

Every minute you spend on admin work is a minute you're not cooking, serving, or growing. I automate the stuff that's stealing your time.

01 AI Social Media Engine Your Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok stay active 7 days a week, even when you're grinding through a 14-hour Saturday. AI writes everything in your voice. You spend 10 minutes approving on Monday. Done. See it in action → Save 5-8 hrs/wk
02 AI Review Monitor & Responder Your 4.2 becomes a 4.6. Every review on Google, Yelp, and Facebook gets a thoughtful, personalized response within hours instead of weeks. Negatives get flagged for your approval. Your reputation grows while you sleep. Reputation on autopilot
03 AI Chatbot & Lead Capture That catering inquiry that came in at 2am? Captured. The customer asking "where are you today?" Answered instantly. Your AI assistant handles it all 24/7 and routes real leads straight to your phone. Never miss a lead
04 Smart Bookkeeping & Profit Tracking Know your actual profit after every single event, not 30 days later. Your POS auto-syncs, expenses auto-categorize, and you see real margins in real time. No more shoebox receipts. Powered by the PitStop app. Know your real numbers
05 AI Demand Forecasting Stop throwing away food and money. AI predicts exactly how much to prep based on weather, event size, and your sales history. Operators cut waste by 30-50%. That's thousands back in your pocket every year. Cut waste, boost margins
06 Website Design & SEO When someone Googles your food or your neighborhood, you show up. A modern, mobile-first site that makes you look as good as your food, because first impressions happen online now, not at the door. Get found online
07 AI Email & SMS Marketing Turn one-time customers into regulars. Automated "we're in your area" alerts, loyalty rewards, event announcements, and post-catering follow-ups keep them coming back without you lifting a finger. Repeat customers
Ricky Gutierrez, PitStop Ops founder
Selected Work

Everything here is live.
Open it and judge for yourself.

I build the software I sell. Below is what I've shipped, with links to the running sites. Every screenshot is the real thing.

The Why Cook? private chef site on desktop and mobile: a flambe dish hero with the headline You Bring the Adventure, We Bring the Food.
Client work • Live on their domain
Why Cook?
Private chef collective • Cumberland Gap, TN
A real engagement, start to finish. I built the site, digitized their hand-drawn whisk logo into clean vector art, wrote and rewrote the copy through several rounds with the chefs, then set up DNS and SSL on the domain they already owned. Booking flow, crew profiles, and a members-only dinner club section. Still live and still theirs.
Custom buildLogo vectorizationDNS + SSLBooking flow
Open the site
PitStop shown on desktop and mobile: a permit launch sequence for Austin with per-step fees and human-checked dates.
Product • In production
PitStop
The operations record for mobile food vendors
The app I built from scratch. Permit guides for all 50 states with every fee sourced and dated, real gigs near you, and profit math that tells you which events are worth rebooking. Free tier, live billing, running today.
Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLStripe
Open the app
1,800+
Members and counting
PublicAnyone can verify
FounderI run and moderate it
Community
Central Florida Food Truck Connection
The operator community I built and run
A public group where event organizers, breweries, neighborhoods, and trucks connect for bookings and collaborations. Operators have sold trailers and filled vendor calls through it. This is where I hear what the job is actually like, every week, before I build anything.
Central FLFounded by meFree to join
See the group
The Heavy's rebuild on desktop and mobile: a dark gold layout with a close-up food hero and a Call to Order button.
Concept rebuild
Heavy's Restaurant & Take Out
Soul food • St. Petersburg, FL
A full rebuild of an outdated restaurant site, put together in under two hours using only the content they already had public. Tabbed menu, click-to-call ordering, catering section, embedded map, mobile-first throughout.
ResponsiveSEO structureClick-to-call
See the before & after
The St. Pete Taco Lady site on desktop and mobile, showing the menu and catering sections.
Concept rebuild
St. Pete Taco Lady
Mobile taco truck • Tampa Bay, FL
A truck site built around the two things mobile customers actually need: where you are today and what you're serving. Full menu with pricing, catering inquiry path, and social handoff for daily locations.
ResponsiveMenu systemCatering CTA
View the build
The Smoke In The City barbecue site on desktop and mobile, with the menu and ordering path up front.
Concept rebuild
Smoke In The City
Barbecue • Florida
Barbecue site with the menu and ordering path front and center. Built to show what a modern operator site looks like next to the template builders most trucks end up on.
ResponsiveMenu systemSEO structure
View the build

Straight about what each of these is. Why Cook? was a real client engagement I took on pro bono, and the site runs on their own domain today. PitStop and the community are mine. The three rebuilds are concept work I did on my own initiative from each business's public content, not paid jobs, and those businesses are not clients. They are real, still operating, and worth eating at.

Before & After

Same restaurant.
Two very different websites.

I rebuilt a real operator's site from the content they already had public. Same food, same menu, same phone number. Both versions below are live right now, and you can open either one.

Before
heavysfoodtruck.com
The original Heavy's Restaurant website: a full-width truck photo under a yellow logo badge, with the menu and ordering buried below.
Hero is a stock truck photo, not the food
No menu, no prices above the fold
Catering is a nav item, not a pitch
Reviews live off-site where nobody sees them
After
heavys-food-truck.vercel.app
The rebuilt Heavy's site: a dark gold layout with a close-up food hero, a Call to Order button, dish cards with star ratings, and a stat row.
The food is the hero, shot close and warm
Call to Order sits in the nav on every screen
Signature dishes surfaced with their ratings
31 years, 61 reviews, 100+ catering dishes, up front
H
Heavy's Restaurant & Take Out
Soul food • St. Petersburg, FL • Built in under 2 hours
See the original Open my rebuild

Both screenshots are real and untouched. The rebuild was concept work I did on my own initiative from their public content, not a paid job, and Heavy's is not a client. Their original site is still their live site.

My Proprietary Platform

Built on PitStop,
the app I created
for operators like you.

PitStop isn't a third-party tool I resell. I built it. It's the operations brain that powers everything I do, and every client gets it included.

While other consultants guess at your numbers, I built the system that tracks them. That's why my automations are smarter, my forecasts are sharper, and my clients know their real profit after every single event.

Real Profit Tracking Know your actual profit after every event, not just revenue. Log food cost, labor, fees, and see margins instantly.
Weather + Demand Forecasting Built-in 5-day forecasts tied to your sales data. Know what to prep before you start cooking.
POS Integration Connects to Square, Toast, and Clover. Your sales data flows in automatically.
Permit & Budget Tracking Never miss a renewal. Track every expense. See month-over-month spending trends.
AI Weekly Profit Briefing An AI-generated summary of your week: what worked, what didn't, and what to do next.
Location Intelligence Compare every spot you've ever parked. Find your most profitable locations and events.
PitStop Dashboard
This Week's Revenue
$4,280
Real Profit
$1,712
Profit Margin
40%
Events Logged
6
Weekly Revenue
MTWTFSS
Top Events This Week
Taste of Orlando
Saturday • Downtown
+$620
Brewery Thursday
Thursday • Ivanhoe Village
+$385
Corporate Lunch
Wednesday • Lake Nona
+$310
🤖
AI Brief: Your Saturday events avg 2.3x more profit than weekdays. Consider adding a second Saturday location. Rain forecast Tuesday, prep 30% less.
★ Free Forever Plan
🔒 Included with Ops
⚡ Square • Toast • Clover
18-25
Hours a week the
admin work eats
$19K
What 15 hrs/week
is worth at $25/hr
60
Days to
full ROI
10+
Services that
agencies don't offer
How It Works

Four steps to freedom.

I handle the setup. You keep doing what you do best. Cooking.

Free Audit

I analyze your current website, social media, and operations. You get a custom report showing exactly where you're losing time and money.

30 minutes

Build

I build your automations and website. You keep running your truck with no disruption to your operations.

1-2 weeks

Launch

Everything goes live. I train you on the simple approval flows. Your first automation starts saving time on day one.

Day 1 value

Optimize

I monitor, tweak, and improve every month. New automations added quarterly. Your systems get smarter over time.

Ongoing
Pricing

Pick the plan that
matches your hustle.

No contracts. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime. Every plan pays for itself within 60 days, guaranteed.

Hiring a part-time marketer: $2,000-$3,000/mo • Social media agency: $1,500-$5,000/mo • Bookkeeping service: $500-$1,500/mo
PitStop does all of it. Starting at $300/mo.
Quick Win
Your biggest time-killer, automated
$997 one-time
+ $300/mo retainer
  • AI social media engine OR review responder
  • 30 days of AI-generated content
  • Multi-platform scheduling
  • PitStop Starter app included
  • Setup + training included
  • 30-day optimization window
Saves 5-8 hrs/week • ROI in 5 weeks
Full Stack
Every AI system, fully managed
$5,000 one-time
+ $1,200/mo retainer
  • Everything in Operations, plus:
  • Smart bookkeeping & real-time P&L
  • AI demand forecasting
  • AI email & SMS marketing
  • Catering lead gen system
  • PitStop Pro + custom dashboards
  • Weekly optimization calls
  • Priority support
Saves 20+ hrs/week • ROI in 7 weeks
Foundation
Digital presence + your first automation
$1,200 one-time
+ $400/mo retainer
  • Template website with local SEO
  • Google Business optimization
  • AI social media engine OR review responder
  • Setup + training included
  • 30-day optimization window
Saves 5-8 hrs/week
Command Center
Full operations overhaul, all systems
$6,000 one-time
+ $1,500/mo retainer
  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Custom website with blog strategy
  • Delivery platform optimization
  • Smart bookkeeping & real-time P&L
  • AI email & SMS marketing
  • Upsell strategy playbook
  • Weekly optimization calls
  • Priority support
  • Unlimited new AI workflows
Saves 20+ hrs/week
The 60-Day ROI Guarantee
If your automations don't save you at least 10 hours per week within 60 days, I'll refund your entire setup fee. No questions asked. No fine print. No hoops to jump through.
I'm betting on my own systems, because they work.
Who's Behind This
Ricky Gutierrez
Ricky Gutierrez
Founder
Ran Moyete Kitchen
Built PitStop
Run a 1,800+ operator community
Central Florida

I got into food and beverage the summer before senior year of high school and never left. Line cook, server, bartender, manager. Every role, every shift, every type of kitchen. I love watching someone take the first bite and forget about their day for a second. That's what kept me in this industry.

Then I launched Moyete Kitchen, my own food truck. And that's when I realized the truth that every operator eventually figures out: the food is the easy part. It's everything else that buries you. I was pulling 100+ hour weeks. Posting on Instagram at midnight, chasing invoices at 5am, doing my own bookkeeping between lunch and dinner rush. I didn't get into hospitality to become a social media manager. But that's exactly what happened.

So I built the tools I needed. Not theory. Not something I read about. Real solutions, born from real 3am frustration on a real truck. That became PitStop. The AI systems that handle your social media, reviews, customer messages, and bookkeeping so you never have to choose between running your business and growing it.

I work with every client personally. There's no account manager, no junior handing your project off. You get me, and I'm still in this industry every week, so I know exactly what your Saturday looks like when I'm building something for you.

FAQ

Questions? Answers.

No. I build everything and train you on the simple stuff. Your daily involvement is 10-15 minutes of approving posts and glancing at a dashboard. If you can use a smartphone, you can use my systems. I handle all the technical work.
That's what the monthly retainer covers. I monitor your automations daily and fix issues proactively, usually before you even notice. If something does go sideways, reach out and I'll fix it, typically within hours, not days.
Run the math yourself. The Operations package targets 12-15 hours a week. At $25/hour that's $15,600-$19,500/year in time value. The package costs $2,500 setup plus $7,200/year in retainer, so if it hits the target you're net positive $8,000-$12,000 in year one, before counting revenue from consistent posting, caught leads, and better reviews. Full Stack adds demand forecasting aimed at your food waste on top of that. Those are the numbers the packages are built to go after, and the 60-day guarantee is there in case they don't land.
I train the AI on your brand voice, your menu, your style. It learns how you talk to customers. You always get final approval before anything goes live. Over time, it sounds more and more like you wrote it yourself.
No contracts, no lock-in. Cancel the retainer anytime. You keep your website and any automations I've built. I'll hand over everything cleanly. I'd rather earn the next month than trap you into it.
A typical agency builds you a website and charges for SEO. I do that AND deploy AI systems that automate your social media, review responses, customer communications, bookkeeping, email marketing, and demand forecasting. Plus, I built PitStop, my own app that tracks your real profit per event. No other agency has a proprietary platform for independent food operators. I don't just consult. I build the AI tools and run them for you.
Ricky Gutierrez
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seven jobs at once?

Take the free 2-minute audit. You'll see exactly where your time is going, what it's costing you, and how to get it back. If you want help after that, I'll build the plan myself.

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