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Brakes Restaurant Procurement Software Integration
The integration that Brakes has with Apicbase automatically synchronises their prices with your product range. This means that your calculations of food costs and margins are always up-to-date and kitchen teams can order directly from the Apicbase at the agreed terms.
Real-time Ingredient Prices
Your menu and recipe costings are always up to date.
Order Directly From Brakes
Purchase only what you need, when you need it and avoid wasting food.
Digitalise Inventory Management
Keep intake in line with sales, track stock events and speed up counts.
Calculate Your KPIs with
Real-Time F&B Vendor Prices
Automated Food Cost And Margin Analyses
Your recipe and menu calculations are populated with live ingredient prices.
Keep On Top Of Supply Chain
Your ingredient lists in Apicbase are synchronised automatically with Brakes.
Prevent Order Mistakes
You can set limits on order volumes and categories and monitor procurement per restaurant.
Optimise F&B Deliveries To Your Restaurants
A thorough purchasing process and accurate inventory management are essential for your restaurant group's results. However, purchasing errors can be deceptive. They start small and pile up quietly. Thanks to Apicbase's integration with Brakes, your restaurants' purchasing and inventory management can be monitored end-to-end.
Order Directly From Brakes
The F&B purchasing software your kitchen teams use is integrated directly into the Brakes sales portal. Your employees can only order items and volumes that correspond with the terms and prices you negotiated.
Manage Delivery Schedules Per Location
Every day of the week, or just Tuesday and Saturday? You can set specific delivery days and minimum order quantities per location according to your agreements with Brakes.
Fast Barcode Scanning
Apicbase instantly recognises the EAN or GTIN codes that Brakes provides. Use our barcode scanner app to speed up order intakes and stock counts for your kitchen teams.
Updated Product Range
The product range you purchase from Brakes is available in Apicbase. No transfers or exports are needed. Assortment changes are automatically synchronised.
Your Specific Prices
The ingredient prices you agreed with Brakes are automatically taken over and updated.
Automated Allergen Inputs
Allergen information and nutritional values are automatically added to your ingredients, recipes and menus in Apicbase, including a Nutriscore calculation. No manual action is required.
Who is Brakes
Brakes has been providing top-quality food and catering supplies to the food service industry for more than 60 years. The company was started by brothers Peter, William and Frank Brake from the back room of a pub, and since those early days Brakes has grown into the leading food service wholesaler in the UK.
The company now employs more than 6,500 people and has the most extensive range of own-brand products in food service. The entrepreneurial spirit of the Brake Brothers remains a lasting legacy for the business. The secret to their success was identifying what customers needed and the great and small things that will help them to succeed.
The business may be bigger and more diverse today with an increased focus on other categories such as fresh produce, but understanding what matters to customers is still as important today as it was when Frank Brake was personally delivering orders across London in those early days.
In 2016, Brakes became part of the Sysco family – giving Brakes access to new processes, products and technology that come from being part of the largest foodservice company in the world.
We can follow a product through its entire flow, from procurement to inventory and sale. It has given us an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the three, allowing HQ to quickly intervene when something is wrong.
Tosca Eggenhuizen
Product Owner F&B Systems
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