Web Based Recipe and Menu Management System

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1 Web Based Recipe and Menu Management System

2 Introducing StarChef.NET StarChef.NET is a web-based recipe and menu management system that will benefit foodservice operations of any size. Flexibility and simplicity is the key to the success of StarChef.NET, allowing businesses to create anything from a simple database of recipes to a comprehensive food costing, nutritional analysis and menu management system. StarChef.NET is presented with an uncluttered, intuitive user interface, requiring little or no training for most day-to-day operations. Continual Development ensures new and enhanced functionality is always improving the already feature-rich capabilities of the existing system. Customer feedback is extremely important to us and ensures we are quick to respond to emerging trends within the foodservice industry. A complete web-based solution StarChef.NET is entirely web-based and can be accessed any-time from any Internet-enabled location. The entire service can be hosted by Starlogic at one of our secure data centres or internally on corporate web-servers. Implementation and maintenance costs are kept to a minimum as there is no need to install software components on client PCs. There are no upgrade costs to consider when new versions of StarChef.NET are released. All updates are performed centrally by Starlogic to pre-defined schedules and are immediately available to all users of the system. Centralised control and management If you operate a multi-site foodservice operation, chances are, you will want to share information and collaborate with other members of your organisation. StarChef.NET s multi-user environment allows you and your colleagues, real-time access to current information at all times in one flexible, scalable solution that can be deployed across your entire business. StarChef.NET allows you to control access to specific features and information by granting or denying access rights to sets of users. This feature makes it possible to centrally manage exactly what a group of users can see and do within the system. StarChef.NET includes a highly configurable approval process that enables you to centrally control the quality of data added to the system.

3 Recipe costing and menu analysis Food cost is usually the biggest single expense in most restaurants. A comprehensive and accurate recipe costing solution is therefore essential. StarChef.NET takes the guesswork out of recipe costing and menu analysis by providing real-time, accurate cost calculation of recipes, menus and menu cycles. Menu Engineering allows you to manage the profitability of your menu selections. The powerful menu management module offers extensive analytical tools and reports that show clearly how well constructed your menus are and allow you to reflect both actual and theoretical sales to give a target GP. Any changes made to your products or recipes will automatically trigger the recalculation of all affected recipe and menu costs thereby ensuring that data is upto-date and correct at all times. Nutritional analysis The StarChef.NET nutritional module provides you with the ability to specify nutrient values for your ingredients. The nutritional information can be manually entered or imported directly from the McCance and Widdowson and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data sources. Data published by McCance and Widdowson and the USDA is recognised by nutritionists worldwide as the de facto standard reference for nutritional information. EPoS Integration Starlogic has developed an extensible and flexible web-based component that makes it possible to link StarChef.NET to many third party EPoS systems with little or no additional development. StarChef.NET automatically calculates the nutritional value of your recipes using the information that has been defined for the recipe s ingredients. The nutritional module extends to StarChef.NET menu cycles, giving you the ability to perform complete nutritional analysis for your entire daily menu or weekly menu cycle. This powerful facility allows you to compare the nutritional composition of a menu against recognised dietary standards. The StarChef.NET nutritional module has been extended to allow users to record the presence of common intolerances within recipes and ingredients, such as nuts, shell fish, gluten, etc. The intolerance data can also be used to record whether a recipe is suitable for people with specific dietary requirements and special needs.

4 Menu Cycles StarChef.NET provides full and comprehensive support for the creation of menu cycles. Menu cycles can be any number of weeks in duration. Users can specify start and end dates for each menu cycle or choose to create a rolling cycle that continues indefinitely. Product and supplier information Purchasing managers will find the supplier and ingredient listings invaluable in managing the company s product list. Detailed reporting facilities will help to manage both cost improvements and list efficiency. Recipe Management StarChef.NET offers an extensive set of recipe management features that you can use to create an online database of comprehensive recipe information for your business. Aside from the powerful recipe costing and nutritional analysis capabilities, StarChef.NET allows users to record their recipe method, mise en place and HACCP steps. Any number of pictures can be linked to each recipe. Recipes can be scaled up or down by a specified number of servings. Each cycle can be divided into any number of daily meal periods. Each meal period can consist of any number of recipes that can be treated as distinct menu items or as part of a meal. Full menu cost and nutritional analysis can be performed against a given day or week within the cycle. Flexible and powerful reporting component StarChef.NET s powerful reporting engine offers an extensive set of management reports which can be viewed on screen, downloaded as PDF documents or output to a variety of export formats including Excel and CSV.

5 Key features at a glance StarChef.NET is web-based Easy access for authorised users from any Internet-enabled location. Sharing and collaboration Share and collaborate with colleagues in a real-time, multi-user environment. Centralised control and management User restrictions prevent unwanted changes to your company s data. Recipe costing Accurate ingredient by ingredient cost calculation of your recipes. Recipe standardisation Publish standardised recipes across your entire organisation. Menu analysis Analyse the profitability and validity of your menus using forecasted or actual sales values. Nutritional specification for ingredients Import nutritional values from recognised nutritional data sources. Nutritional analysis for recipes StarChef.NET automatically calculates nutritional values of recipes using data obtained from recipe ingredients. Menu cycles Create menu cycles any number of weeks in duration. View daily and weekly cost and nutritional analysis for menu cycles. Product and supplier management Extensive details of both suppliers and ingredients held for easy access and usage. Powerful and extensive reporting A broad range of preset reports and powerful search capabilities ensure information can be easily accessed and shared. Scalable and flexible Suitable for foodservice operations of any size. Whatever your requirements, StarChef.NET has a solution to suit your needs. Easy to use User-friendly, intuitive interface.