🍽️ Online Food Monitoring System (C Project) 📌 Project Overview

The Online Food Monitoring System is a menu-driven C application that simulates an online food ordering and inventory management system. It supports Admin and Customer roles using file handling for data persistence.

This project is designed for DS / C programming practicals and mini-projects.

🎯 Features 👨‍💼 Admin Module

Secure admin login

Add new food items

View inventory

Update / restock item quantity

Delete food items

View pending and completed orders

Automatically update inventory after order completion

View customer feedback

👤 Customer Module

View available food items

Place orders

Automatic bill calculation

Order stored as Pending

Submit feedback after ordering

🗂️ File Structure File Name Description items.txt Stores food item inventory pending.txt Stores pending customer orders completed.txt Stores completed orders feedback.txt Stores customer feedback 🧱 Data Structures Used struct ITEMS struct ITEMS { int id; char fruit_name[50]; float rate; int quantity; };

struct CUSTOMER struct CUSTOMER { int customer_id; char name[50]; int item_id; int quantity; };

🔐 Admin Login Password: admin123

⚠️ Password is hardcoded for simplicity (academic purpose).

🛠️ Technologies Used

Language: C

Concepts:

Structures

File Handling

Functions

Menu-Driven Programming

Conditional Logic

▶️ How to Run Compile gcc online_food_monitoring.c -o food

Execute ./food

📝 Sample Flow

Admin adds food items

Customer places an order

Order saved as Pending

Admin completes the order

Inventory is updated automatically

Customer feedback is stored

📌 Limitations

No database (file-based storage only)

No password encryption

Single-user access

No GUI (console-based)

🚀 Future Enhancements

Login system for customers

Stock availability check during order placement

Price offers and discounts

GUI using C graphics or external frameworks

Database integration

👨‍💻 Author

Piyush Rawat