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Food Cost Control

Track Food Costs with Precision Across Every Site

Apicbase gives you real-time visibility into food costs, waste, and inventory across all your locations. By turning complex data into actionable insights, it helps your team reduce waste, protect margins, and streamline multi-site operations with ease.
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Master Inventory Management to Protect Your Margins

Accurate, Real-Time Inventory Tracking

Apicbase keeps you in control of your inventory. It tracks stock levels in real-time, sending alerts for low supplies and potential cost risks. Automated variance reports flag discrepancies between theoretical and actual stock, helping you reduce waste and address issues like theft before they escalate.

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Smart Forecasting to Prevent Over- and Under-Ordering

Prevent over-ordering and under-stocking to cut food waste and keep every customer happy. Apicbase uses historical data to forecast demand, ensuring every location gets precisely what it needs. No more guesswork—just smarter, more efficient planning.

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Tools Your Staff Loves to Use

Real-time alerts, waste tracking, and demand forecasting simplify your staff’s daily tasks so they can focus on delivering exceptional meals and service.

Combat Rising Food Costs

Automatic Updates on Ingredient Prices

Food prices are unpredictable, but reacting to changes late can ruin your margins. Apicbase monitors supplier prices and instantly updates your recipe costs, giving you the insights you need to adjust recipes, menus, pricing or re-negotiate with vendors. Stay ahead of price hikes and protect your profitability.

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Recipe Costing and Menu Engineering

Apicbase calculates the exact cost per dish, down to the gram, and identifies your most and least profitable items. Use this data to engineer your menu, balance profitability with customer appeal, and make adjustments based on real cost trends.

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Operational Visibility for Your Head Office

Give your head office team real-time insights into food costs and operations across every location. Instead of scrambling to fix issues after they arise, they can take control early.
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Reduce Waste and Streamline Vendor Management

Comprehensive Waste Tracking

Every bit of waste is money thrown away. Apicbase tracks where waste occurs, whether it’s from over-prepping, spoilage, or inefficiencies, so you can take corrective action. Refine kitchen practices, set optimal portion sizes, and boost sustainability while keeping your costs low.

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Vendor Management and Price Transparency

Hidden cost increases and pricing errors can quietly drain your profits. Apicbase automates receiving reports and flags discrepancies in orders or invoices, helping you catch mistakes before they’re lost in admin.

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Actionable Dashboards and Cost Analysis

Data without insight is just noise. Apicbase transforms your food cost data into actionable dashboards that highlight inefficiencies and opportunities for savings. Track your CoGS daily, analyse variances between actual and theoretical costs, and build a data-driven culture that maximises efficiency.

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Ready to Take Control of Your Food Costs?