‘If you can’t make the margin you need, then don’t do the event’.
When you’re catering and selling an event, it’s essential that you pre-cost your menu accurately, and propose a selling price that MAKES MONEY FOR YOU.
It sounds simple, but, as you know, it isn’t. CostGuard catering and banquet software is the ideal tool for maximizing your profit potential.
Recommended for Caterers, the Choice Suite, consisting of:
How the Choice Suite can Benefit your Catering Business:
The key to your profitability is a selling price that achieves your profit target. You can only accomplish this WITH ACCURATE FOOD COSTS. CostGuard ALWAYS calculates recipes at your current costs, so you’re assured of accuracy.
Standardize recipes using unlimited ingredients and/or sub-recipes. Stylized entry of your recipe method that can include multi-media.
Instant “pre-cost” information updated automatically based on your most current food costs.
CostGuard has unlimited ‘nesting’ of recipes within recipes, so it’s very fast and easy to create and customize banquet and event menus. Menus can be converted (scaled) to the guest count with a single keystroke. You can print the menu for your clients without pricing.
Scale your menu to your guest count. Create consolidated production sheets with a single keystroke. The same items and quantities can be added automatically to the Shopping Cart for instant replenishment.
Options:
- Catering/Event Management
- Accounting
- CG-Cloud
- Sales to determine your menu’s performance (requires Prime Suite)