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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

Our cloud-based platform is easy to use and automates your cost management. This will increase your bottom line income. Your complete solution to controlling your costs. Our software is designed to scale and grow with your needs. You can start with menu and recipe costing, then move up to inventory, purchasing and receiving, meal planning, and so on. The only off-the-shelf back office suite that has its own restaurant point for sale is Recipe Costing Software. Start with food costing and build recipes. Sub recipes can be created, and a cost breakdown for all menu items can be done. The recipe section shows the total recipe cost, including labor, materials, and items. Operators can see the total food cost for each menu item and the sub-recipes that contribute to the final plate cost.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Square POS No 

Integrations

Square POS Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

$25.00 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 Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
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) Yes 
Online Support Yes 

Types of Training

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

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
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

Kitchen Porter Tech

Founded

2012

Country

United States

Website

www.recipe-costing.com

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

Food Service Management

Costing Yes 
For Cafeterias Yes 
For Healthcare Facilities Yes 
Free / Reduced Meals No 
Inventory Management Yes 
Menu Planning Yes 
Nutritional Analysis Yes 
Online Payments / Funding No 
Point of Sale (POS) Yes 
Purchasing Yes 
Recipe Management Yes 
Schools Yes 
Tray Tracking Yes 

Recipe Costing

Analytics/Reporting Yes 
Demand Planning No 
Inventory Management Yes 
Menu Management Yes 
Nutrition/Allergen Management No 
Online Ordering Yes 
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 

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