Create a New Product Recipe

 

Remember to build this Product in Optimum Control just as you would in your kitchen. This ensures that all the Ingredients are accounted for.

To Create a New Product Recipe:

1.     Click Products  (Main Menu Toolbar).

2.     Choose New.

NOTE: By default, the window is in NEW mode until you select an existing Product from the list on the left.

Field

Details

Description

The name of the Menu Product (Menu recipe) you are creating. This name should be different than any other names of Items , Preps  or Products . If a Product has the same name as an Item, add a symbol or word to one of them so you can distinguish between the two.
E.G. Sour Cream is an inventory Item, but is also a Side (Add-On) on the menu. A way around this is to give it the name Side Sour Cream or Sour Cream - Retail.

Sales Group

Select the Sales Group that this Product belongs to. See Adding Sales Groups.

3.     Barcode (Optional)

 If you use barcodes for your products, enter in the barcode number. This would be used if making barcoded sales labels.

POS ID# (Optional)

 Most all cash registers and POS systems use POS ID Numbers (PLU) numbers or menu ID numbers to identify menu products.  In some till tapes or cash register reports only the PLU number is listed.  Enter the number that corresponds to the POS or Cash register.  If you do not know the number, print out the sales file generated by the POS or polling software.

NOTE: If you are importing from a POS System, the POS ID numbers will be added automatically.

POS Description (Optional)

This field is a reference field for Optimum Control to identify if the POS System has changed its menu item. E.G.  In Optimum Control, you enter the Description as Meatloaf Dinner. On the POS System, the name is MTLOAF DNR. Enter the POS Description as MTLOAF DNR and Optimum Control will let you know if that button is ever changed.

Enter the POS description exactly as it is in the POS system.
 If you are importing from a POS System, the POS Description will be added automatically. The description you use in Optimum Control can be different, but the name from the POS system must be the same.  

Actual Product cost

The cost of the Menu product.  Note:  This will read 0.00 unless the ingredients are added to the Product.

Selling Price

Enter in the selling price. If you have not yet set a selling price, create the Product, enter a selling price in the Selling Price field OR type in the desired Cost Percentage or Gross Margin and Optimum Control will calculate the selling price for you.
You may track products that have no selling price such as water or No Tomato, if so, enter $0.00 as the selling price.

Gross Margin

= Selling Price - Total Cost

Cost Percentage

If you have chosen to set your food cost at a desired cost percentage, enter in the percentage and the program will calculate a selling price based on that percentage.
EG. The Total cost of an order of fries is 28.72 cents, if you set the cost percentage at 30%, Optimum calculates the Selling price at .95 cents. To achieve the 30% food cost, you must sell the product for .95 cents or higher.

Gross Profit % (GP%)

Displays the gross profit of the product based on the Cost Percentage. You can enter a desired Gross profit and the selling price will be calculated.
E.G. If a product has a 30% Cost Percentage, the Gross Profit will be 70%.

Tax Group

Add a tax group if a sales tax is applied to this product.  This will apply the tax amount to the adjusted case cost

 

 

Example: A manager changed Apple Pie to Meatloaf Dinner on the POS, when importing your Sales Mix, Optimum Control will compare the POS description to the sales file and make sure the description is the same. If it is not, you will receive the following message unlinked product and/or mismatched POS descriptions have been detected.

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For more information on Creating a New Product Recipe, watch this short video titled Creating Product Recipes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlmU3qrKha4