Buffet Wizard

Optimum Control has a powerful Buffet Wizard that will calculate the cost per customer for every buffet, beverage cart, Food truck.  There are so many ways you can use this window effectively

 

To Create a new Buffet

1.  Click Buffet  from the Main Menu Toolbar

2.  The Buffet Calendar/Pick window appears allowing you to open any saved Buffet by double clicking

3.  To create a new buffet, Click New

Core Information

Field

Details

Date

Enter the date for the buffet

Name/Description

Enter a Name/Description for the buffet. For example, Sunday Brunch, Patio Beverage Cart

Sales Group

Choose a sales group for the event, for example Buffet Sales

Guests

Indicate the guests and number of guests at the event

 

The buffet window is about how much you prepped or added to the buffet to begin with, how much you perhaps added to the buffet and what you ended with and whether it was wasted or returned to inventory.

 

4.  Choose the Items, preps or products that you want to add to the buffet.

5.  Indicate the amount you started with to begin the buffet

TIP: you can enter the amount totally prepped for the buffet rather than worrying about what you added to the buffet.

6.  Choose the units of measure

7.  Add any stock you added to the Buffet

8.  Enter the ending amounts

9.  Decide whether the stock left will be wasted, add the wasted stock to the waste column

 

Buffet Calculations

Calculation

Details

Total Cost

The total Cost of the buffet

Total Guests Served

The number of guests served

Cost per Guest

The Total Cost divided by the number of guests

Total Price

Total Amount charged for the buffet

Average Guest price

Total price divided by the number of guests

Cost Percentage

Cost percentage of the event