Strategic Food Cost Management.

Analyze Sales Trends, Control Ingredient Costs, and Boost Menu Profitability with Back Office Food Cost Management.

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Drive data consistency and maximize efficiency across your organization.

We serve single-unit and multi-unit enterprises.

Operations Management Simplified.

Transform your menu into a revenue-generating machine with data-driven insights for rapid results with our user-friendly, intuitive food costing software.

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Easy Onboarding & Maintenance

Quickly onboard by uploading invoices to automate food cost calculations and integrate seamlessly into our system. Replace complex spreadsheets with real-time plate costs and streamlined menu pricing, ensuring simple ongoing management and maximum profitability.

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Food Cost Management, Fast-Tracked

Save 80% of the time you used to spend on invoice management and automate the entire lifecycle to quickly boost profits; snap a photo, upload, and watch as your items are instantly cataloged, empowering you to manage food costs like a pro.

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Unparalleled Versatility

Customizable, adaptable, and scalable – our food costing software integrates seamlessly with existing systems and adapts to various business models, standardizing key metrics and reporting across all levels of operations.

Multi-Unit Operations Management Simplified.

With centralized controls for data and recipe management, our multi-unit food costing software ensures uniformity and accuracy across all locations, enabling you to optimize profits and fuel growth!

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Swift Onboarding & Easy Maintenance

Streamline setup and management across multiple locations. Easily create master ingredient lists and recipes at the corporate level, ensuring consistent plate costs and menu pricing across all stores. Gain visibility with integrated corporate and store-level purchasing analytics, seamlessly consolidating product purchases from individual locations to the corporate level.

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Ingredients Organized Automatically

Reduce workload for corporate staff as our software cleans and groups ingredient names and organizes substitutable products from multiple suppliers automatically, and enjoy enhanced functionality with comprehensive reporting, precise recipe costing, and efficient inventory management.

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Store by Store Comparisons

Make informed decisions that drive profitability across your entire chain through store-by-store comparisons and real-time purchasing analytics. Manage corporate recipes, monitor store-level margins and data with drill-down reporting capabilities.

Food Cost Management Software for Single or Multi-Unit Operations

Say goodbye to scattered information and hello to streamlined operations with centralized recipe management and consolidated reporting capabilities.

Solutions that all our clients love

No matter your business size or complexity, our food cost software automates processes and creates operational efficiencies.

Automated COGS Reporting

View real-time food cost insights without manual calculations or data entry. Our automated COGS reporting ensures you have accurate, timely information for inventory, pricing, and menu decisions. With consistent reporting across locations, you can confidently compare data and make strategic decisions for optimized performance.

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Real-Time Recipe Costing

Easily create prep recipes and menu items while tracking weekly plate cost trends. With ingredient costs updated in real-time, and auto-mapped and categorized ingredients, your recipes become resilient to product substitutions. Our software cleans and normalizes your data so it’s simple to digest and easy to implement – managing your menu’s profitability has never been simpler!

Simplified Inventory Management

Uncover effortless inventory and order management with seamless mobile shelf-to-sheet tracking and precise COGS calculations. Easily compare actual versus theoretical usage, visualize menu item contributions, and streamline ordering with historical data insights.

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Easy Invoice Capture

Say goodbye to manual data entry! Simply snap a photo of your invoices, and our technology will digitize each line, instantly updating recipes, inventory, and reports. Automatically import line-item data from your vendors and securely store copies of your invoices for easy access!

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Protect your financial investments

  • Precise tracking and control of food costs protect your bottom line from unforeseen expenses.
  • Our software automatically maps and categorizes new ingredients when suppliers change, eliminating the need for manual updates and shielding you from the hassle of ingredient substitutions.
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Real-time growth

  • Maintain financial stability through automatically updated ingredient prices, preventing costly errors and waste.
  • Real-time reporting helps you understand your cost-to-sales ratio, allowing you to optimize menu pricing and boost profits.
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Everything you need at your fingertips

  • Say goodbye to complicated spreadsheets and manual data entry. Our intuitive software simplifies every aspect of food cost management, from recipe costing and inventory tracking to order management and invoice processing. 
  • With automated updates and seamless integrations, our software ensures easy onboarding and maintenance, allowing you to focus on running your restaurant.
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Consistency is key

  • Enable consistent performance across single or multi-unit operations with centralized controls and standardized reporting.
  • Our scalable solution adapts to various business models, supporting your growth while maintaining uniformity and accuracy across all locations.
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Food cost management features that our clients love

Recipe Costing

Master your menu and boost your bottom line with Back Office recipe costing.

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Inventory Management

Take control of your restaurant inventory to drive efficiency and maximize profits.

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Food Cost Reporting

Gain real-time insights into your COGS, ingredient price trends, and menu profitability.

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Embrace the future of digital invoice management and simplify bill pay by eliminating manual data entry.

Book a demo

Looking to master your food cost management? Our flexible food costing software is is tailored for both single and multi-unit operations, integrating advanced tools for tracking expenses, analyzing trends, and optimizing inventory. Find out how seamless management across recipe costing, reporting, and ordering can enhance profitability and streamline your operations. Book a demo today to learn more!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about our food cost management solution!

Yes! Our food costing software is designed to support both single and multi-unit operations. It provides comprehensive tools for managing food costs, optimizing menu pricing, and reducing waste, regardless of the size or number of your locations.

By analyzing purchase data and sales trends, our food cost software helps identify discrepancies and inefficiencies. This allows you to adjust orders and minimize waste by aligning inventory with actual consumption patterns.

Absolutely not! We pride ourselves on our speed to value; onboarding is quick and easy! Our reps will help you upload your invoices to start automating food cost calculations immediately.

Our food cost management solution integrates seamlessly with your current POS and accounting systems, ensuring that all data is synchronized and accurate. This integration allows for real-time updates and seamless management.

With each invoice that comes into Back Office, ingredient prices are updated automatically. This ensures that you can easily view which ingredients are increasing your plate costs and make adjustments to keep your menu items, like that burger, profitable and cost-effective.

We offer comprehensive support including tutorials, a knowledge base, and excellent customer service. Our team is available to help with any questions you may have.

By automating cost calculations, streamlining recipe costing, and minimizing waste, our software helps you optimize inventory management and pricing strategies, ultimately improving your restaurant's profitability.

Still have a question?

Reach out today and one of our local reps will contact you to discuss your goals.

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