Food Costs

An effective strategy for managing food stock control and calculating gross profit (GP) is to use a single purchase line item that reflects the total recipe cost. Record deliveries against this single item, then calculate the final overall stock value.

Initial Setup

• Create a Supplier for the Purchase Line

  Zonal recommends creating naming the supplier Food Cost

• Ensure a Unit is created for Item or Each

• Create an appropriate section within the Product Structure for a 'Food Cost' Subcategory under the food division

Purchase Line Setup

• Create a New Purchase Line with the following settings

  • Retail Name - Food Cost

  • Subcategory - as required for your organisation

  • Supplier - Food Cost

  • Unit - Item / Each

  • Cost - £1.00

  

Recipe Setup

Follow these steps to mange the recipe:

1. Find the required recipe from the product list using search or product type filters

2. Click Portions tab

3. Click Insert

4. From the Add Portion Ingredient list using search or product type filters find the Food Cost purchase line, once selected click OK

5. Complete the Ingredient Details mapping

   • Unit Type - preselected to  portion

   • Unit - select Item / Each

   • Quantity - enter the cost of the recipe

   

6. Click OK

   The recipe will now have the added ingredient and be set at the overall dish cost