Recipes & automatic stock deduction

A recipe says which ingredients, and how much of each, go into one menu item. It is what lets Sofra turn a sale into stock movements and an estimated cost.

Create a recipe

1. 1

   Open Recipes

   Go to Inventory → Recipes and choose Create Recipe, or open Recipe from a menu item.

2. 2

   Pick the menu item

   The dish this recipe produces.

3. 3

   Set the yield

   How many portions the recipe makes (default 1). Quantities are divided by the yield per portion sold.

4. 4

   Add ingredients

   For each line choose the ingredient, quantity and unit.

5. 5

   Save

   The recipe appears on the Recipes page with its estimated cost.

How deduction works

• Stock is deducted when the kitchen marks the order Ready (or Ready for pickup), for every item that has an active recipe.
• For each ingredient, Sofra adds up quantity × (portions sold ÷ recipe yield) across the order.
• It records a Consume movement per ingredient with the order number as the reference, and reduces the stock level in the branch’s main warehouse.
• Items without a recipe are ignored, so you can adopt recipes gradually.

Recipe cost

The Recipes page shows the total cost of each recipe as the sum of quantity × the ingredient’s cost per unit from its stock item. Keep cost per unit up to date when prices change so the figure stays meaningful. Compare it to the menu item’s selling price and its cost price field to understand your margin.