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Description

CostGuard is a food costing software that enables the immediate costing and recalibration of recipes and menus. By offering suggestions for selling prices aligned with global and category benchmarks, it ensures that your ideal recipe and menu costs are finely tuned. The software’s menu engineering reports effectively highlight both “winners and losers,” enhancing your ability to boost sales and maximize profits. Additionally, CostGuard assesses shrinkage, or loss, across major food categories, smaller subsets, and even specific items. With 'Alert' reports that present usage and shrinkage data organized by dollar values, every dollar saved contributes directly to your profits. By consolidating all the overwhelming data you encounter daily, including those hidden figures, CostGuard provides you with straightforward, actionable insights that drive your business forward and help in making informed decisions. Ultimately, this software streamlines your financial management in the food industry, ensuring you remain competitive and efficient.

Description

Optimum Control provides a comprehensive set of user-friendly inventory management solutions specifically designed for Windows desktop systems, enabling restaurant owners to efficiently handle their stock and invoices. By simply inputting your inventory and invoices, our software takes care of the rest. It seamlessly integrates with your current point-of-sale system, accounting software, and supplier records, offering a selection of over 70 customizable reports to help identify areas where financial improvements can be made. Eliminate expensive mistakes in your operations with focused reporting and insightful data. Our software is crafted to complement your current workflows, reduce labor costs, and boost employee engagement thanks to its intuitive design. No matter if you're working in the kitchen, managing the back office, or overseeing operations from headquarters, crucial data is always readily accessible. You will no longer be in the dark about your recipe costs, which are automatically adjusted with every new invoice that is entered. This innovative approach ensures that your financial management remains accurate and up-to-date.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Cluster POS No 
Notch No 

Integrations

Cluster POS Yes 
Notch Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

$99 per month
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App No 
Windows Yes 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars Yes 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

CostGuard Software

Founded

1981

Country

United States

Website

www.costguard.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

TracRite Software

Website

www.tracrite.net

Product Features

Recipe Costing

Analytics/Reporting Yes 
Demand Planning No 
Inventory Management Yes 
Menu Management Yes 
Nutrition/Allergen Management No 
Online Ordering No 
Point of Sale Yes 
Recipe Management Yes 

Restaurant Management

Billing & Invoicing Yes 
Built-in Accounting Yes 
Employee Management Yes 
Food Costing Yes 
Inventory Management Yes 
Kitchen Management Yes 
Menu Management Yes 
Payroll Management No 
Point of Sale (POS) No 
Reporting/Analytics Yes 
Reservations Management No 
Sales Tracking Yes 
Table Management No 
Wait List Management No 
Waitstaff Management No 

Product Features

Recipe Costing

Analytics/Reporting Yes 
Demand Planning No 
Inventory Management Yes 
Menu Management Yes 
Nutrition/Allergen Management Yes 
Online Ordering Yes 
Point of Sale No 
Recipe Management Yes 

Restaurant Management

Billing & Invoicing Yes 
Built-in Accounting Yes 
Employee Management Yes 
Food Costing Yes 
Inventory Management Yes 
Kitchen Management Yes 
Menu Management No 
Payroll Management Yes 
Point of Sale (POS) Yes 
Reporting/Analytics Yes 
Reservations Management No 
Sales Tracking No 
Table Management No 
Wait List Management No 
Waitstaff Management No 

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