Product (Menu Recipe) Examples

 

Example of Hamburger Product Entry

On your menu you sell Hamburgers and Hamburger Combos. First you need to create the Hamburger in the product recipe window. To build the Hamburger Combo see example below.

Hamburger entry would be:

 

The Actual Product Cost is $1.01. If you sell the product for $3.75, the Cost Percentage is 27%

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Description - Hamburger

POS ID# - 9 – This is the number that corresponds to the POS system, linking this Optimum Control recipe with the POS.

POS Descrip – HMBRGR. This matches the POS description exactly. If someone were to change the POS system button or description E.G. they rename the hamburger button to apple crisp. Optimum Control will then pop up a message notifying the user of the change.

Sales Group – Main Dish. This is the group that it appears under on the menu.

Selling Price – The selling price of the hamburger on the menu.

Ingredients – Enter all the ingredients for a hamburger to obtain a Total cost for this recipe.

 Don’t forget about condiments, if you want the program to keep track of them. Some establishments, such as a take-out services may want to factor in the cost of napkins, packaging, straws etc. You are in total control of how you cost your menu.

 

Example of Menu Combo Meal Entry

 Products can be made up of Items, Preps and other Products. 

If you have combos on your menu, you could remake all the items in each of the recipes but it is easier to only include the 3 products. Because the hamburger is already created as a product, it is easy to create the Hamburger combo meal.

For the following example, you would add the Product - Hamburger, Prep - Fries-small and Item - Pop-10oz glass for the Selling Price of $6.25. All that was needed to create this recipe was to include 1 of each.

Hamburger Combo entry would be:

 

The Actual Product Cost is $1.4606. If you sell the product for $6.25, the Cost Percentage is 23.37%