Estimated recipe cost window

The Estimated recipe cost window provides an estimate of the total cost of ingredients in a recipe.

The window is opened by the Estimated recipe cost command in the Recipe panel context menu.

Estimated recipe cost window

The window contains a panel displaying the ingredients listed in the recipe, and a panel containing estimated recipe costs calculated for different store groups.

The output in the Estimated recipe cost window cannot be edited.

Recipe panel in the Stock item window

The Recipe panel is displayed when With recipe is selected in the Class field.

The Recipe panel contains a list of the ingredients that are included in the stock item recipe. The ingredients are also stock items from the Stock items directory.

Recipe panel

Panel fields:

Volume — volume of the stock item produced by the recipe.
Unit (stock item) — name of the stock item unit of measurement. The value is selected in the Select unit of measurement window. The value of this field defaults to that specified in the Unit (stock item) field in the Properties panel.
Recipe date — date of creation or last update.
Dish weights — optional field to display weights of the 'component' parts of a complete dish (meat, garnish, sauce, etc.) separated by a forward slash, e.g. 300/100/10. Useful for health food settings and special dietary requirements.

Data grid columns:

Stock item — name of ingredient stock item.
Unit (stock item) — unit of measurement for ingredient stock item.
Gross — gross volume of ingredient stock item.
Cold preparation wastage — percentage of gross volume lost in cold processing.
Nett — volume of ingredient stock item after cold processing.
Cooking wastage — percentage of nett volume lost in cooking.
Result — volume after cold processing and cooking.
Comment — short comment.
Type — type of ingredient stock item.
Class — class of ingredient stock item.
Recipe for — name of the stock item whose recipe the ingredient stock item is included in.
Stock item concurrence — stock item concurrence of ingredient stock item.
Index — order of inclusion of ingredient stock item in recipe.
Category — category of ingredient stock item.
Stock item group — stock item group of ingredient stock item.
Protein — protein content of ingredient stock item.
Fats — fat content of ingredient stock item.
Carbohydrates — carbohydrate content of ingredient stock item.
Nutritional values — calorific content of ingredient stock item in kcal.

Context menu commands:

Add (Ins) — add new ingredient stock item.
Edit (F2) — edit ingredient stock items.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Delete (Del) — delete ingredient stock item.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Properties — open stock item editor window for selected stock item(s).

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Stock movement — view operational report on movement of the selected stock items.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Stock item turnover — view operational report on stock turnover of the selected stock items.
Purchase price — view operational report on purchase prices of the selected stock items.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Estimated recipe cost — view Estimated recipe cost operational report.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Recalculate dish weights — recalculate the dish weights value based on ingredients in the recipe.

This command is only available in populated data grids.
Clipboard— contains commands for clipboard operations.
Print (Ctrl+P) — print out.
Additional functions — contains additional commands for working with data grids.

New ingredient stock items are added using the New recipe item and Recipe items windows. The Recipe item and Recipe items windows are used for editing.

The permanent delete confirmation prompt is used when deleting recipe ingredient stock items.