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Alex MorganOwner
Operations

Inventory & Costs

Know what you have, what it costs, what you're wasting, and which menu items are actually making money.

Inventory Value$12,48684 tracked ingredients
Low Stock73 below critical level
Food Cost29.8%1.2% under target
Waste This Month$6842.7% of food purchases

Food Cost Trend

Your actual food cost compared with your 31% target.

Last 8 weeks
35%32%29%26%
31% target
Jul 19Jul 26Aug 2Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30Sep 6
Actual food cost29.8% current

Needs Attention

Stock and cost issues worth looking at.

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Costs follow the menu.

When an ingredient price changes, COSMIC recalculates every recipe using it so you can see the margin impact immediately.

Low Stock

Ingredients at or below their reorder point.

AvocadoProduce · Fresh Coast Produce6 / 24 eaCritical
Atlantic SalmonSeafood · Coastal Seafood Co.9 / 24 lbLow
Smoked GoudaDairy · Harbor Foods4.3 / 10 lbLow
Truffle OilPantry · Specialty Market1.4 / 3 LLow

Menu Profitability

Items with the biggest cost pressure right now.

1Truffle BurgerCost $6.86 · Price $19.5035.2%Food costHigh
2Spicy Tuna BowlCost $5.78 · Price $18.0032.1%Food costWatch
3Coconut CurryCost $4.82 · Price $17.0028.4%Food costGood
4House CalamariCost $4.16 · Price $16.0026.0%Food costGood

Ingredients

Track stock, par levels, units, current cost and the vendor supplying each ingredient.

IngredientOn HandParUnit CostValueVendorStatus
No ingredients foundTry another search or stock filter.

Recipes & Costs

Build ingredient-level recipes and see food cost, contribution margin and price pressure on every menu item.

31%Target food cost3Items over target$12.64Avg contribution margin42 / 46Menu items costed
Menu ItemRecipe CostMenu PriceFood CostMarginStatus

Stock Counts

Run full or section-based counts, compare expected versus actual inventory, and track variance over time.

Last Full CountSep 4Completed by Maria
Last Variance-$2862.2% below expected
Average Count42 minDown 8 min this month

Today's Spot Count

Walk-In Cooler · started 4:15 PM by Alex

In Progress
12 of 18ingredients counted67%
Atlantic SalmonExpected 10.2 lblb-1.2
Ahi TunaExpected 20.4 lblb+0.6
Ground BeefExpected 39.1 lblb-1.1
Chicken BreastExpected 28.0 lblb
Smoked GoudaExpected 4.7 lblb

Count Sections

Set up faster counts by storage area.

Recent Counts

Completed inventory sessions.

Full InventorySep 4 · Maria-$286
Walk-In CoolerAug 31 · Alex-$74
BarAug 29 · Jordan+$18

Waste

Track spoilage, mistakes, over-prep and other loss so food cost has an explanation, not just a number.

This Month$6842.7% of purchases
Top CategoryProduce$194 wasted
vs. Last Month-8.4%$63 less waste
IngredientQtyCostReasonLogged ByDate
AvocadoProduce8 ea$9.44SpoilageMariaSep 6
Jasmine RicePantry4.5 lb$5.85Over-prepJordanSep 6
Atlantic SalmonSeafood1.2 lb$16.56MistakeChrisSep 5
Mixed GreensProduce3 bags$14.70SpoilageAlexSep 4
House SaucePrep2 qt$11.20Over-prepMariaSep 4
No waste entries foundTry another search or reason filter.

Price History

See which ingredients are getting more expensive and which menu items those changes affect.

Atlantic Salmon

Coastal Seafood Co. · price per lb

Current$13.8030 Days Ago$11.70Change+18.0%
Aug 7Aug 14Aug 21Aug 28Sep 6

Menu Impact

Menu items most affected by recent ingredient price changes.

Blackened SalmonRecipe cost +$1.2635.7%Over target
Truffle BurgerRecipe cost +$0.5435.2%Over target
Spicy Tuna BowlRecipe cost +$0.1832.1%Watch

Settings

Set inventory behavior, food-cost targets, count frequency and cost alerts.

Food Cost Targets

COSMIC uses these targets to flag menu items that need attention.

Inventory Tracking

Choose how stock and counts behave.

Deduct ingredients from completed ordersUse recipe quantities to calculate theoretical inventory.
Include waste in theoretical inventorySubtract logged waste from expected stock.
Low-stock Action Center alertsNotify managers when ingredients cross their reorder point.
COSMIC DemoDemo interaction.