What this page is for
This page publishes a new version of a variant's recipe. The version in force is copied in for you to change, so you only edit the lines that differ; the version it replaces is closed at the instant the new one takes effect and is never altered, so every sale that happened under it still shows what it actually depleted.
Only people whose role can manage the catalogue see this page, and only while the item and the variant are active and the variant does not track its own stock.
Before you start
- The variant must exist (New variant), with Track stock off.
- Its ingredients, or the other items it is made from, must already be items in the catalogue.
Fields
Takes effect
When the new version starts. Leave it blank to publish straight away; a version can never take effect in the past.
Example: blank, to take effect now.
Declared overhead (%)
An optional note of overhead such as gas or labour, for your own reporting only; it never changes stock or the ledger.
Example: 5
Yield
How many portions one batch of this recipe makes. Most recipes make one.
Example: 1
Yield unit
The unit the yield is counted in.
Example: Each (ea)
Component
What the line draws from stock. Required on every line that is not a choice carried over from a combo.
Example: Beef (steak cut) — Per kg
Quantity
How much of the component one batch of the recipe uses.
Example: 0.5
Unit
The unit the quantity is counted in.
Example: Kilogram (kg)
Swaps with
Groups two or more lines so the till can offer one in place of another, such as "any side", without a modifier group. Lines sharing the same text swap with each other.
Example: side
Its own docket line
When on, this component gets its own line on the kitchen docket, which is right for a combo's own dishes. Leave it off for an ordinary ingredient, which is folded into the parent's line.
Example: on for the burger inside a combo; off for the bun inside a burger.
Optional
Lets the line be left out of the sale even though it is on the recipe.
Example: off for most ingredients; on for a garnish nobody must insist on.
How to…
How to publish a new version
- Open the variant's recipe and press Publish a new version (or Write the first recipe).
- Set Takes effect, Yield, Yield unit and Declared overhead (%) if you use one.
- Add, change or remove lines under Lines: choose each Component, Quantity and Unit, and tick Its own docket line or Optional where they apply.
- Press Publish version.
How to add or remove a line
Press Add line to add another component. Press the bin icon beside a line to remove it; at least one line must remain.
Worked examples
Restaurant and bar
The Acacia Grill & Bar publishes version 2 of Chicken burger's recipe after changing supplier: Takes effect blank (now), Yield 1, Yield unit Each (ea). She edits the bun line's Quantity, leaves the chicken fillet, lettuce and sauce lines as they were, and presses Publish version. Every burger sold from now on uses the new bun quantity; every burger already sold still shows the old one.
Salon or car wash
Sparkle Car Wash & Salon writes the first recipe for Full car wash — Saloon car: Yield 1, Yield unit Each (ea), one line of Component Car shampoo — 5 litre can, Quantity 50, Unit Millilitre (ml). Every wash sold now takes 50 ml of shampoo out of stock.
Butchery that also roasts meat
Mama Njeri's Butchery gives Nyama choma — Full kg a recipe of Component Beef (steak cut) — Per kg, Quantity 1, Unit Kilogram (kg), twice the half-kilo plate's quantity.