Inventory Item Conversion Examples

     Bacon is purchased by the pound, but you would like to use it by the slice in your recipes. Open the Item Bacon, click Conversions and add the number of slices per pound. Slice is now available in Prep and Product ingredient windows for this Item.

     Butter is entered by weight but you want to enter the weight of 1 cup to enable you to use by volume measurements in any recipes. Now you will be able to use by any weight or volume measure.

     Tomatoes (entered to use by weight) but you want to use by the slice in recipes as well. Enter a conversion of 1 pound = 200 slices (or your operations equivalent). Recipes will have the choice of using the Tomatoes by the weight units or by the slice.

     All spices should be entered by weight and then add a conversion into the number of grams per teaspoon. Then the spice can be used by the ounce (weight), pound, teaspoon, tablespoon, gram, cup, etc.