Connected Inventory Management for More Profitable Restaurants
From recipe costing and inventory counts to projected usage and purchasing trends, Forte gives your team visibility to limit waste and protect food margins every day.
INVENTORY VISIBILITY
Know What's on Your Shelves Before It Impacts Your Margins
Inventory shouldn't be a guessing game. Forte gives operators mobile optimized-tools and real-time visibility into on-hand quantities, usage trends, and item movement across every location. Whether you're performing weekly counts or tracking high-value ingredients, you'll always know what you have, what you're using, and where attention is needed.
- Count inventory by location or storage area with shelf-to-sheet mobile entry or data integrations with your current tools.
- Track on-hand quantities and identify unexpected variances before they become costly problems.
- Monitor inventory across multiple restaurants from a single platform.
- Give operators and finance teams a shared view of inventory performance across the organization.
FOOD COST CONTROL
Turn Vendor Invoices into Accurate Food Costs
Food costs change constantly. Forte captures item-level pricing from vendor EDI feeds or AP invoice automation systems, automatically updating ingredient costs so recipes and reports reflect current purchasing prices.
- Track historical purchase prices to identify cost increases and purchasing trends.
- Standardize ingredients across vendors while maintaining supplier-specific pricing and pack sizes.
- Compare ingedirent and recipe costs across locations to protect margins without sacrificing sales.
- Keep recipe costs current as invoice prices change.
RECIPE MANAGEMENTBuild Recipes That Connect Every Ingredient to Every Dollar
Recipes are more than preparation instructions. They're the foundation of accurate food costing. Forte connects recipes directly to your inventory and purchasing data, automatically calculating plate costs, menu margins, and ingredient usage as prices change.
- Create standardized recipes with configurable yields, portions, and preparation instructions.
- Automatically calculate recipe and menu item costs using current inventory pricing per location.
- Understand food cost percentages and gross margins before menu changes are made.
- Quickly identify high-cost ingredients and opportunities to improve profitability.
