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Cost & Inventory

“What does breakfast cost you per guest — and why did it go up?”

Seeing a cost variance at month end as a single total is too late to find the cause. If you cannot separate which item, which outlet, and whether it came from price or volume, you cannot act on it.

Expected outcome

What changes

  • Recipe-level portion cost — theoretical against actual consumption
  • Variance is split into its price and volume components
  • Inventory budget derives from standard consumption × planned volume × (last cost + inflation)
  • Threshold breaches on critical items raise alerts
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Price & Volume EffectCost Variance
Budget 2027
F&B Cost%28,6−1,2
Per Cover₺184+4,5%
Waste Rate%2,1−0,8
Monthly performanceActual Budget
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Traceable to sourceIllustrative view
01

Recipe and portion cost

Every menu item has a recipe, and every stock item in it has a last purchase price. When one price changes, the cost of every affected recipe updates. Multiply by covers and you have theoretical cost; the gap against actual consumption is your waste and shrinkage analysis.

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Deriving the inventory budget

You do not type the inventory budget. A standard consumption coefficient, planned volume (room nights, covers) and an inflation scenario applied to the last purchase price produce it together. Change the volume assumption and the inventory budget recalculates itself.

03

Variance analysis

Cost variance splits into two components: price effect and volume effect. You can tell a supplier increase apart from hosting more guests than expected. The two call for very different decisions.

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