- Visibility2
- Citations1
- Sentiment100
- Site quality87
- AI readiness21
AI assistants rarely name GoFoodservice, mentioning it in 1 of 60 answers, while sometimes naming WebstaurantStore, Restaurant Depot, and CKitchen in the same answer. Its overall score is 37 out of 100, ranking 696th of 2,047 and slightly above the typical company in its sector. The website passes 3 of 14 technical checks for AI tools.
We asked 15 unbranded questions about the retail market: none named GoFoodservice. AI assistants named it in 1 of 60 answers (1.7%). The typical retail company is named in 6.7% of answers. By how often it is named, GoFoodservice ranks 431 of 640 in its sector.
Named fewer than three times in total. Read this as a sign that AI assistants rarely bring this company up, not as an exact comparison with its rivals.
Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.
This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named
Five parts, each scored out of 100.
How often AI assistants name the company
How often AI uses the company's own website as a source
How positively AI describes the company
How well built the website's own pages are
How easily AI tools can read and use the website
Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.
640 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.
An answer that names the company
“Where can I find reliable commercial kitchen equipment suppliers with fast shipping in the US?”
When looking for reliable commercial kitchen equipment suppliers with fast shipping in the US, several companies stand out for their extensive inventory, customer service, and efficient delivery options.
Here are some top choices:
WebstaurantStore is a very popular option with over 420,000 products and offers fast shipping and wholesale pricing. They are known for having over 350,000 products in stock and offer same-day shipping on thousands of items. They are a popular choice for independent restaurants, food trucks, and catering companies due to their cost-effective options. …
The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.
How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals
Answers naming it, out of answers received
What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.
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- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Level 4: Agent-integrated. At least one of an MCP card, A2A card, skills index or API catalog is published.
- Web Bot Auth
- 4 of MCP Server Card, A2A Agent Card, Agent Skills, API Catalog
- 1 of OAuth discovery, OAuth Protected Resource, auth.md
Not by itself. GoFoodservice publishes a UCP profile that lets an AI agent search its catalogue. It does not include checkout. An agent would have to click through the checkout like a person.
- UCPPublished
- ACPNot present
- AP2Not present
- x402Not present
- MPPNot present
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- study: 92.0%robots.txtPassed
A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.
- study: 86.8%SitemapPassed
An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.
- study: 0.3%Link headersPassed
HTTP Link headers on the homepage that point agents at machine readable resources.
- study: 5.5%DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present
Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.
- study: 1.9%Markdown negotiationPassed
Requests sent with Accept: text/markdown receive a markdown version of the page.
- study: 25.1%llms.txtNot met
Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.
- study: 93.4%AI bot rulesPartly met
Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.
- study: 1.4%Content SignalsPassed
Content-Signal lines in robots.txt declaring search, AI input and AI training preferences.
- study: 0.2%Web Bot AuthNot present
Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.
- study: 0.3%API CatalogPassed
A linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog listing APIs, specs and docs.
- study: 11.8%OAuth discoveryNot met
Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.
- study: 10.3%OAuth Protected ResourceNot met
Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.
- study: 0.0%auth.mdNot met
Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.
- study: 0.2%MCP Server CardNot met
Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.
- study: 0.1%A2A Agent CardNot met
Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.
- study: 0.2%Agent SkillsNot met
Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.
- study: 33.7%WebMCPCould not check
Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.
- study: 0.1%ARD manifestNot met
Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.
Score 55 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.gofoodservice.com · 2,047 companies scanned
3 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.
These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.
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- Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
- Not metXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
- Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
- Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
- Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
- PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
- Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
- PassedAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
- Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
- Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
- Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
- Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
- Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.
- GPTBotpartly
- ClaudeBotpartly
- Anthropic-AIpartly
- Google-Extendedpartly
- Applebot-Extendedpartly
- Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
- FacebookBotpartly
- Bytespiderpartly
- CCBotpartly
- Diffbotpartly
- Omgilibotpartly
- OAI-SearchBotpartly
- Claude-SearchBotpartly
- PerplexityBotpartly
- Applebotpartly
- Amazonbotpartly
- YouBotpartly
- ChatGPT-Userpartly
- Claude-Userpartly
- Perplexity-Userpartly
- DuckAssistBotpartly
- MistralAI-Userpartly
Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.
How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers
In the study as US retailers: listed as a retailer in Wikidata, a public database, and among the websites Cloudflare Radar ranks as visited.
- What is the typical price range for industrial dishwashers through wholesale suppliers?
- What are some alternative ways to source affordable restaurant equipment aside from wholesale suppliers?
- Alternatives to sourcing restaurant supplies from national wholesale distributors?
- Best commercial kitchen supplies for catering businesses that travel to multiple events?
- Essential wholesale restaurant equipment for opening a fast-casual dining establishment in the US?
- Common issues when ordering restaurant equipment online and how to resolve them?
- Difference between used and new wholesale restaurant equipment for commercial kitchens?
- Are premium-grade cookware and utensils worth the extra cost for high-volume foodservice operations?
- What are the best wholesale restaurant supply stores in the US for small businesses?
- How do commercial kitchen supply warehouses compare to restaurant supply catalogs for large equipment orders?
- How do prices for wholesale restaurant supplies compare between online and brick-and-mortar stores in the US?
- Options for local commercial kitchen supply stores if nationwide shipping is too slow?
- Where can I find reliable commercial kitchen equipment suppliers with fast shipping in the US?
- Is buying restaurant supplies in bulk more cost-effective for new restaurant owners?
- What should I do if a commercial refrigerator purchased from a wholesale supplier arrives damaged?
Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.