Overview
The recipes tab is where you group/link your items together into saleable products on your menu, such as a sandwich, a value meal, or even a dental procedure. The idea is that every time a recipe is sold, it consumes a predictable amount of each item.
The costs of ingredients going into each recipe is tracked based on your orders for those items, and dynamically updates the costs (and therefore margin) of each recipe.
You can use this tool to monitor and understand your pricing and your margin for each thing you sell. This can also help you make decisions about switching suppliers, ingredients, promotions, etc.
Create a New Recipe
Click the at the top of the page. Add a recipe name (probably matching the customer facing product you sell) and if you like, include a description to give any context to people on your team.
To link an ingredient to your recipe click the at the bottom of the recipe, or the top right of the page. Select the supplier and find the correct ingredient. If it’s not there, it means it’s not one of your items, and you will need to Add a New Item.
The Yield tells us how much each recipe uses, so we can deduct the right amount of your inventory. We always store yield as a fraction of what units you order. For example, if you order something in jugs, then it’s what fraction of that jug. If you order it in 1.5kg bags, then it’s, what fraction of that bag. To calculate this we ask for how many recipes can be made with one item that you order.
To calculate the yield of, say, 23grams of flour from a 1.5kg bag that you order, you can use the yield calculator to see that 1,500g / 23g = 65.22. Or you can produce 65.22 recipes with one 1.5kg bag of flour.
Make sure to include the real amount, on average this recipe actually consumes. If this is a new recipe, make sure you do some tests and measure carefully. This will pay off and make your future orders more accurate and save you money in the long run.
Lastly, if you have a POS connected, link the recipe to the POS product using the link at the bottom of the recipe. This will make sure that your item inventory is kept up to date automatically when you sell.
Once your recipe is set up, the Target Margin slider uses the cost of your recipe to show you the recommended price for this item, and the profit that goes along with it. If your costs go up, or your price goes down, your profit will change dynamically also, along with the recommended price. We also show you the actual price (from your POS or your entered value), and the current margin.
You will also notice there is a sub tab at the top of the screen labeled Ingredients. This is where you can see which ingredients are linked to which recipes.
This is also where you can add an ingredient substitution. Click here for the full details about how substitutions work.