When the Meal Meets the Metric: How Blyx Turns Access Into Savings

Reducing cost per meal doesn’t have to mean cutting flavour — it should mean cutting waste.

At Blyx, we believe the real savings come from better planning. And better planning starts with a better understanding of your guests. That’s where your Blyx infrastructure comes in.

You may have invested in access control to manage doors — but those same systems can return value in ways you might not expect. The key is to think differently about how to use them. That’s exactly what the team at Blyx is here for: helping you unlock savings you didn’t think were possible, while keeping guest experience front and centre.

How does access control help with food waste?

The Blyx App is more than just a digital key. Yes, it unlocks guest rooms — but it also provides access and information across the facility:

• Opening hours for services
• Contact numbers for assistance
• Wi-Fi passwords
• Social events and after-hours activities
• And of course, the all-important dinner menu

Because the App is already a guest’s primary tool, it becomes a natural channel for capturing the information that facilities need to reduce waste and lower cost per meal.

Knowing Who’s at Dinner

Forecasting is one of the biggest drivers of food waste. With Blyx, you don’t have to rely on guesswork.

• Access data: By checking which access points were used around mealtime, you can confirm who’s likely to attend dinner that night.
• Dining access points: Adding a soft access requirement — at the dining room door or plate dispenser — doesn’t block entry, but confirms exactly who attended, when, and how often.

This helps facilities plan meals based on real attendance, not just forecasts. It also helps reduce unauthorised diners blending in.

Catering for Real Dietary Needs

For small or remote facilities, it can be hard to cater for every dietary need. Guests, however, are usually happy to share this information upfront — because it improves their experience.

Through the Blyx App:

• Guests can set dietary requirements and preferences once during check-in.
• Their profile carries with them across sites, so they don’t need to repeat the process.
• Facilities always know what’s needed, making it easier to prepare the right meals without over-catering.

Smarter Guest Feedback

Paper surveys and QR codes rarely get filled out unless something has gone wrong. Blyx makes feedback natural, timely, and easy:

• If a guest uses the App in the dining area, they can be prompted with a one-tap rating for that night’s meal.
• Menus already loaded into the App can be rated dish by dish.
• Guests can rate upcoming menus in advance, giving kitchens insight into what’s popular and what to prepare more of.

Because feedback is tied to the guest experience in the moment, response rates improve. The result? Facilities know what’s working, what’s not, and where savings can be made without compromising satisfaction.

The Bigger Picture

The Blyx App gives guests a voice — and that voice drives better planning. Whether it’s attendance, preferences, or feedback, Blyx turns guest data into actionable insights.

The outcome is simple:

• Reduced waste
• Lower cost per meal
• Better guest satisfaction

With Blyx, you unlock more than access. You unlock the data that powers smarter decisions — and the savings that come with them.

👉 Talk to the Blyx team about how your infrastructure can deliver more than you ever expected.