Cómo puede perjudicar a su restaurante calcular manualmente los costes de los alimentos

If you’re of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” school of thought, you might still be calculating food cost manually. While that may have worked for you in the past, there are some significant drawbacks to this method over using food cost software.

Humans Make Errors

You probably don’t do the math for fun in your spare time. But as the restaurant owner or manager, calculating food cost is your responsibility. But what happens if you miscalculate by even a percent? You may think you’re making more profit for a menu item than you actually are, and then you won’t be able to unravel why your business isn’t making enough profit overall.

El inventario es un paso aparte (pero no tiene por qué serlo)

Manually calculating food cost happens entirely outside of the inventory process (which you’re probably also doing manually). But leading inventory management software lets you do it all in one place, which is useful, since the price you pay to order ingredients will impact your food cost, and may fluctuate.

Las fluctuaciones estacionales son más difíciles de calcular

Speaking of fluctuations: certain ingredients cost more or less during certain seasons. If you’ve manually calculated your BLT sandwich that comes with avocado in the middle of avocado season, you’ll have to recalculate that food cost again when they’re out of season and significantly higher.

When ingredients rise in price, it’s a good idea to compensate for that fact by either finding a similar and comparably priced replacement ingredient or charging more for it.

Lleva mucho tiempo

The time you spend calculating food cost manually is the time you’re not spending on other aspects of running your restaurant. With so many responsibilities in running a restaurant, inventory management software enables you to focus on what matters.

No recibe alertas de costes en tiempo real

Si no se da cuenta de que un proveedor le cobra ahora un 5% más por un ingrediente, no sabrá cómo actualizar el coste de la comida. El software de cálculo de recetas le proporciona alertas de costes en tiempo real, de modo que si el precio de un ingrediente aumenta, usted lo sabe inmediatamente y su software puede recalcular lo que cuesta ahora ese plato.

No sabrá automáticamente qué elementos del menú no son rentables

Beyond calculating the cost for each dish on your menu, you also need to be aware of which items on your menu are Dogs, or unprofitable and unpopular. Digging manually into past sales can be a time-consuming endeavor. But restaurant management software can give you an alert for unprofitable menu items so you can remove them from your menu and focus on Stars, the most popular and profitable items.

Cortar por lo sano puede costar caro

You might be tempted, when manually calculating food costs, to skip seemingly insignificant ingredients like a sprinkle of salt or a dash of oil. That, unfortunately, throws off your recipe cost calculation and will end up costing you. A dash of salt might be worth less than a penny, but over a year, that cost can add up. When your team has best practices in place like digitally standardized recipes and waste events to log missing ingredients, you can visibility and control of your entire operations.

La magia del software de costes alimentarios

En resumen: calcular manualmente los costes de los alimentos lleva mucho tiempo y puede costarle a su restaurante más de lo que cree. Pero con un software de gestión de restaurantes que combine el cálculo del coste de los alimentos, la gestión del inventario y las compras y pedidos -todos ellos dependientes unos de otros- podrás tener una visión más precisa de lo que cuesta elaborar cada plato, incluida la mano de obra y los gastos generales, y asegurarte de que cobras lo suficiente para cubrir los gastos más un margen de beneficio.

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