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Downloadable software for interconnecting sellers and their culinary products with buyers in the culinary industry; downloadable software for matching buyers and sellers of food, culinary products, and culinary supplies in the culinary industry for restaurant operations and catering services; downloadable software for generating and optimizing recipes; downloadable software for generating and optimizing menus; downloadable e-commerce software via which restaurants are able to perform electronic business transactions via a global payment network; downloadable software for buying, selling, and bartering food, culinary products, and culinary supplies in the culinary industry; downloadable software for optimizing sourcing and delivering of food, culinary products, and culinary supplies in the culinary industry; downloadable software for finding and sourcing ingredients, culinary products, and other culinary supplies for distribution to restaurants; downloadable software allowing for integration of automated food delivery services with existing restaurants and catering companies

Non-downloadable software for the culinary industry; non-downloadable software for matching resources in the culinary industry for restaurant operations and peripheral services; non-downloadable software for generating and optimizing recipes; non-downloadable software for generating and optimizing menus; non-downloadable software having electronic commerce applications in the culinary industry; non-downloadable software for facilitating acquisitions and exchanges of goods and services in the culinary industry; non-downloadable software for optimizing the supply chain in the culinary industry; non-downloadable software for finding and sourcing ingredients and other culinary materials through distribution to restaurants; non-downloadable software allowing for integration of automated food delivery services; software as a service (SaaS) featuring software for discovering, acquiring, exchanging, and distributing resources in the culinary industry, as needed for restaurant operations and peripheral services; platform as a service (PaaS) featuring software-implemented platforms for discovering, acquiring, exchanging, and distributing resources in the culinary industry, as needed for restaurant operations and peripheral services