About Margn
Every line checked, so the money stays yours.
Margn started inside a New Zealand hospitality business, where supplier prices crept up a few cents at a time and nobody had the hours to catch it. So we built the thing that does: it reads every invoice, compares each line with what you paid before, what you agreed and what other venues pay, and shows you where to save.
- Founded
- 2026, in New Zealand
- Built for
- Cafés, restaurants, bakeries, roasteries and hospitality groups
- Works with
- Xero, MYOB, PDF invoices and CSV exports
- Data hosted
- Sydney, Australia
What we believe
The four ideas behind every decision in Margn.
- 1
Small amounts add up
Ten cents a kilo on flour or milk doesn't look like much on one docket. Across a year and a few sites it's a real number, and most of the time nobody notices.
- 2
Nobody has time to check
Owners and managers are on the floor, not reading every line of every invoice against last month's. A computer can do that part, every time, without getting bored.
- 3
Ask, don't accuse
Most overcharges are mistakes: an old price list, a wrong unit, a missed credit. Margn shows its working and writes a polite email, because you'll be ordering from them again on Monday.
- 4
Read-only, always
We check your bills. We never touch your accounting software, your payments or your bank. That's a line we won't cross.
Founded by James Lawson
James grew up around New Zealand hospitality and still works in it. Margn is built here, for the way NZ venues actually buy: GST-inclusive dockets, local suppliers, standing orders and several sites ordering the same things.
We're working closely with our first founding venues now. If you'd like to be one of them, we'd love to hear from you.