KitchenLog
As described:StopNarrowed:NarrowNo as described, and No as a UK care-home kitchen log. Go, small and conditional, for FSMA 204 with food-distribution trade access.
food distribution · ~$200 per distributor per month · last reviewed (next review by 29 Dec 2026) · 36 cited sources
FDA FSMA 204 traceability records for small US produce distributors on QuickBooks Online: lot codes captured at receiving, carried onto invoice lines, and exported as the FDA's 24-hour spreadsheet (deadline 20 Jul 2028). The name must change: "KitchenLogs" already exists
Odds of reaching each MRR level by month 24
| MRR by month 24 | ~15 hrs/week | Full-time |
|---|---|---|
| $1k | Reaching $1k MRR by month 24 at about 15 hours a week: ≈ 40 in 100 (40%, judgment estimate). | Reaching $1k MRR by month 24 at full-time: ≈ 55 in 100 (55%, judgment estimate). |
| $3k | Reaching $3k MRR by month 24 at about 15 hours a week: ≈ 24 in 100 (24%, judgment estimate). | Reaching $3k MRR by month 24 at full-time: ≈ 38 in 100 (38%, judgment estimate). |
| $5k | Reaching $5k MRR by month 24 at about 15 hours a week: ≈ 15 in 100 (15%, judgment estimate). | Reaching $5k MRR by month 24 at full-time: ≈ 27 in 100 (27%, judgment estimate). |
| $10k | Reaching $10k MRR by month 24 at about 15 hours a week: ≈ 7 in 100 (7%, judgment estimate). | Reaching $10k MRR by month 24 at full-time: ≈ 14 in 100 (14%, judgment estimate). |
| $20k | Reaching $20k MRR by month 24 at about 15 hours a week: ≈ 2.5 in 100 (2.5%, judgment estimate). | Reaching $20k MRR by month 24 at full-time: ≈ 6 in 100 (6%, judgment estimate). |
| $50k | Reaching $50k MRR by month 24 at about 15 hours a week: < 0.5 in 100 (<0.5%, judgment estimate). | Reaching $50k MRR by month 24 at full-time: ≈ 1 in 100 (1%, judgment estimate). |
For context: across 10,150 products listing verified revenue on TrustMRR, the median makes about $30 a month and about 5% make more than $8k (analysis, Sept 2026). The odds above assume the founder conditions below are met and the narrowed version is built, so they sit well above that all-comers rate. Why.
How many months at the plan’s pace
At $200/month per customer and 1.5% monthly churn, adding the customers the plan needs for its month-24 checkpoint. Change any of it in the what-if model.
| MRR | ~15 hrs/week | Full-time |
|---|---|---|
| $1k | 5 mo | 2 mo |
| $3k | 14 mo | 6 mo |
| $5k | 2 yr 1 mo | 9 mo |
| $10k | 5 yr 5 mo | 20 mo |
| $20k | not reached | 3 yr 10 mo |
| $50k | not reached | not reached |
This works only if you…
1. Access to the food-distribution trade. This is the main risk(missing it: odds × 0.5)
You, a co-founder or a paid advisor must have worked in operations or food safety at a produce or foodservice distributor, or be a food-safety consultant (for example a PCQI) with distributor clients. You must be able to put 10 distributors on the phone within 30 days. Without this, multiply every recommended figure by ~0.5.
2. Sell before building(missing it: odds × 0.7)
Get 5 distributors paying ~$1,000 for a "FSMA 204 readiness sprint" by 29 Nov 2026 (day 60): a traceability plan, and a sortable spreadsheet built by hand from their last 30 days of invoices.
3. US business hours(missing it: odds × 0.7)
At least 5 of your weekly hours must be live calls with US distributors during their day. Produce houses start early (often before 6am local), so early mornings matter.
4. Hours per week available(missing it: odds × 0.7)
, stated honestly up front. The two columns above are different plans, not one plan run faster.
Evidence ledger
12 research findings: 3 sourced, 4 inferred, 3 unproven, 2 not rated. Tags come from the analyst's own confidence label; how tags work.
- F1. The FSMA 204 compliance date is 20 July 2028, and Congress wrote it into lawSourced
- F2. What a distributor must keepSourced
- F3. FDA is still adding flexibilitiesSourced
- F4. Large buyers are already demanding the dataInferred
- F5. ReposiTrak is free for wholesalers and cheap for suppliersInferred
- F6. Produce ERPs and GrubMarket already cover much of the jobInferred
- F7. Small-business traceability tools start at $99 a monthUnproven
- F8. Market size: about 8,340 US fruit and vegetable wholesalersUnproven
Sources
36 cited sources
- FDA: FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records (fda.gov)
- Utah produce safety summary (producesafety.utah.gov)
- Datacor (datacor.com)
- FDA meeting page (fda.gov)
- Federal Register notice, 28 May 2026 (federalregister.gov)
- FDA discussion paper announcement (fda.gov)
- DWT recap (dwt.com)
- LabLynx (lablynx.com)
- Kroger Food Traceability Requirements (PDF) (edi.kroger.com)
- SPS Commerce on Walmart (spscommerce.com)
- Supply Chain Dive (supplychaindive.com)
- ReposiTrak Traceability Network (repositrak.com)
- Food Safety Magazine: 4,000 suppliers (food-safety.com)
- ReposiTrak press release (repositrak.com)
- Famous Software support: FSMA 204 general summary (support.famoussoftware.com)
- The Produce News (theproducenews.com)
- WholesaleWare FSMA (fresh.wholesaleware.com)
- GrubMarket acquires Procurant (finance.yahoo.com)
- SoftwareConnect roundup (softwareconnect.com)
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