Respro Food Safety

What Respro Food Safety does

Respro Food Safety is a privately held, bootstrapped food safety consulting firm founded in 2008 by Dennis Keith and headquartered in Centerville, Utah. The company delivers food safety consulting, training, audits, and compliance support to restaurant and foodservice operators across the United States, with a particular focus on multi-unit brands, franchise chains, restaurant groups, quick-service restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores. Named customers include Apollo Burger (14 locations), Salt Lake Brewing Company (8 brewpub locations, a client since 2008), Mo'Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food, Savory, Level Crossing Brewery Company, and Onoh's Malasada, among others.

The core technology asset is the Respro Safety Audits mobile application, a mobile-first audit platform available on iOS and Android. The app supports custom checklists by zone, flexible scoring, photo evidence capture, corrective action assignment with owner and due date, offline operation with cloud sync, real-time emailed reports upon submission, and a performance analytics dashboard for benchmarking across locations. Pricing for the app is $20/month per location with a free trial. The mobile app is complemented by higher-value service offerings: Custom QA Programs (expert-designed quality assurance programs priced by scope and location count), Crisis & Compliance Support (regulatory interpretation and rapid incident response), Food Safety Operations & Training (on-site or remote staff training and SOP delivery), and Foodborne Illness Complaint Support (investigation, customer interviews, and brand reputation protection).

Respro operates a sales-led, direct-to-business go-to-market model with a parallel self-serve PLG layer through the app stores. The company markets through a content-driven funnel including the Food Safety Nation weekly newsletter, YouTube channel, blog, case studies, LinkedIn, Instagram, and a free ebook on building food safety QA programs. Revenue is generated through mobile app subscriptions, custom QA program fees, and professional services engagements. The company is owned and operated by its founder, with 1-10 employees and no disclosed external funding.

Name

Respro Food Safety

Legal name

Respro FSP, LLC

Website

https://resprofsp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Respro Food Safety is a privately held food safety consulting firm that delivers audits, training, crisis support, and a mobile audit app to restaurants, franchise chains, restaurant groups, grocery stores, and convenience stores nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Safety Consulting & Compliance Services

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory Consulting & Compliance Program Management (FDA/USDA/EFSA) (AFALADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recall Readiness, Crisis Management & Regulatory Liaison (AFALADAG), HACCP/Preventive Controls (HARPC) Plan Development & Validation (AFALADAB), Supplier Quality Assurance & Vendor Approval Programs (AFALALAB)

Keywords

• Food safety consulting
• Restaurant compliance audits
• Food safety training
• Mobile safety inspections
• HACCP compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Centerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Mobile App Subscription: Subscription-based pricing at $20/month per location for the Respro Safety Audits mobile app. Includes free trial period.
2. Custom QA Programs: Expert-designed custom quality assurance programs paired with the mobile app. Pricing based on scope and number of locations.
3. Food Safety Consulting Services: Ongoing consulting engagement including crisis & compliance support, food safety operations & training, and foodborne illness complaint protection services.
4. Crisis & Compliance Support: Expert guidance for food safety crises and regulatory challenges, including rapid incident response and brand crisis management.
5. Food Safety Operations & Training: Flexible staff training, on-site or remote, designed to build knowledge and confidence, along with SOP delivery across all locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Respro Food Safety provides food safety consulting, mobile-enabled health-department audits, and staff training to restaurant chains, grocery operators, convenience stores, and institutional caterers across the United States. Offerings include a subscription mobile audit app (Respro Safety Audits), custom QA programs tailored to brand standards, crisis and compliance support during outbreaks or regulatory action, and foodborne-illness complaint support. The firm operates nationally from its Centerville, Utah headquarters with a small team of food-safety specialists.

Product overview

Respro Food Safety offers a mobile-first software platform (Respro Safety Audits) paired with expert consulting services. The core product is the Respro Safety Audits mobile app for iOS and Android that enables real-time food safety audits, photo documentation, instant reporting, and analytics across multiple locations. This is complemented by Custom QA Programs providing expert-designed quality assurance audits tailored to each brand. The company also delivers consulting services including Crisis & Compliance Support, Food Safety Operations & Training, and Foodborne Illness Complaint Protection. The mobile app serves as the operational backbone while the consulting team provides human expertise for audits, training, and crisis response.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Respro Safety Audits Mobile App A subscription mobile application that enables foodservice operators to conduct health-department-style self-inspections on iOS or Android devices. Features include offline-capable audits, custom checklists, photo documentation, corrective-action workflows, and consolidated real-time reporting across one or many locations. Targeted at restaurants, chains, grocery, and convenience operators that need a mobile-first audit tool.
• Custom QA Programs Bespoke Quality Assurance programs designed to align with each client's brand-specific food-safety standards and operational workflows. Delivered to foodservice operators seeking standardized QA frameworks across their locations, including chain restaurants and multi-unit operators.
• Crisis & Compliance Support On-demand crisis response and regulatory compliance support for foodservice operators facing health-department enforcement, failed inspections, or food-safety incidents. Engagements are tailored to the operator's situation and regulatory jurisdiction, leveraging the founder's regulatory experience.
• Food Safety Operations & Training Food-safety operations support and staff training services for foodservice operators, covering inspection readiness, day-to-day food-handling practices, and ongoing education for managers and line staff. Aimed at restaurants, grocery, convenience, and institutional operators needing to elevate in-house food-safety capability.
• Foodborne Illness Complaint Support

Quantifiable outcome

• Apollo Burger achieved 64% improvement in internal food safety audit scores within 11 months, reaching a record 97% average audit score.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jolt: Restaurant operations platform that bundles digital checklists, food safety audits, and staff training for multi-unit foodservice brands. Directly comparable to Respro's mobile audit app and training service.
• SafetyCulture (iAuditor): Mobile-first inspection/audit platform with broad use in foodservice and food manufacturing. Competes for the same per-location inspection and corrective-action workflow that Respro's app addresses.
• MeazureUp (by MaintainX): Digital audit and checklist platform commonly used by restaurant groups for food safety and brand standard inspections. Direct overlap with Respro Safety Audits' core use case.
• SafetyChain: Food safety and quality management SaaS targeting food manufacturers and foodservice operators. Competes in food safety audit, corrective action, and analytics workflows adjacent to Respro's platform.
• FoodLogiQ (ServiceNow): Food safety, traceability, and supplier compliance platform now part of ServiceNow. Comparable in food safety audit, supplier QA, and compliance workflows to Respro's mobile audits and custom QA programs.

Emerging players

• Smart Food Safe: Food safety management software covering HACCP, audits, and compliance. Comparable to Respro's mobile audit + custom QA offering but more often deployed in mid-market food manufacturers.

Broad incumbents

• NSF International: Global food safety testing, certification, and consulting organization. Comparable consulting/testing services for foodservice and food manufacturers, but at much larger scale and broader scope than Respro.
• Ecolab: Diversified food safety, sanitation, and hygiene solutions provider for restaurants and food producers. Overlaps with Respro's audit, training, and compliance services as part of a much larger sanitation and chemicals portfolio.
• SGS: Global inspection, verification, testing, and certification company with a sizable food safety consulting and audit practice. Comparable on the consulting and audit side, but operates at multinational scale far beyond Respro.
• Stericycle / Enviri: Provides food safety solutions including recall management and brand protection services. Overlaps with Respro's Crisis & Compliance Support and Foodborne Illness Complaint Support offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ResproFoodSafety
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/respro-food-safety
• Instagraminstagram.com/resprofoodsafety
• Facebookfacebook.com/resprofoodsafetyprofessionals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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