Ingredient Setup

Ingredient Setup

Ingredients allow users to build a recipe for food items that are sold. 

To set up ingredients, please follow the steps below – 

Setup Stock Units - 

In your back office, go to settings > stock units

1. Select the “+” button
2. Fill out all required fields (Conversion is the conversion rate for the selected unit)
3. Select Save
   

 

After creating a stock unit, the page will look like this:

 

Add new ingredients - 

Proceed to Catalog > Ingredients > “+” to add a new ingredient

 

 

Number	Function	Description
1	Select Category	Select or create a new category for tracking ingredients
2	Vendor	Select ingredient vendor
3	Ingredient name	Create an ingredient name
4	Ingredient code	Use default or create an ingredient code
5	SKU	Use default or create a new ingredient SKU
6	Buying stock unit	Select one of the stock units you created in the first step
7	Buying cost	Cost of the ingredient you have purchased
8	Stock quantity	Quantity of product on hand
9	Stock unit	Prefilled based on buying stock unit selected
10	Bin value	Ingredient bin value for storage
11	Min. reorder point	Minimum quantity on hand before alerted to reorder
12	Max. reorder point	Amount to build to when ordering
13	Display order	How you want the ingredients to be listed
14	Track inventory	Display names of products/items ordered
15	Is active	Enables usage of the ingredient

Once you have added an ingredient, you can add it to an item

Add ingredient(s) to an item

Proceed to Catalog > Item

1. Select an item
2. Select the recipe tab
3. Add ingredients 1 by 1 by selecting them from the drop-down list and entering – 
4. Quantity
5. Display order
6. Select Add 
   

**** “Reduce ingredient stock upon sale” will take ingredient product out of inventory each time an item is sold

Add ingredient(s) to a modifier - 

1. Proceed to Catalog > modifiers
2. Select a modifier set from the list
3. Select a modifier which was added to the modifier set
4. Select the recipe tab at top
5. Add ingredients 1 by 1 by selecting them from the drop-down list and entering – 
6. Quantity
7. Display order
8. Select Add
   

 

Ingredients can now be tracked via the Ingredient use report 

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The Low stock report will also display ingredients that need to be reordered

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