Premier Kitchen Operating System

Run the whole kitchen from one file.

The Premier Kitchen Operating System puts your ordering, recipe costs, menu, labor, prep and food safety logs in one workbook where the tabs talk to each other. Raise a pack price on the order guide and the recipe side flags the ingredient cost that's now out of date. Log a failed temperature and it shows on the dashboard next to this week's food cost.

It's the four restaurant workbooks in this shop joined into one, with a Kitchen Command Center page on top.

What's inside

• Ordering. An order guide for 150 items that builds the order from par minus on hand. Reorder alerts, a printable purchase order for each vendor, and a vendor directory that tells you if the order meets the minimum.
• Cost control. An invoice price tracker that flags price creep. A waste log that ranks your ten most expensive waste items. A 52-week P&L that shows food cost, labor and prime cost against your targets.
• Menu. Ingredient costs with yield, recipe cards, and menu engineering for up to 80 items. Every item comes out a Star, Plowhorse, Puzzle or Dog, with what to do about it.
• Labor and prep. A weekly schedule for 30 people with overtime and labor % against forecast sales. A prep list that writes itself from day-of-week pars. Opening and closing duties by station.
• Food safety. Temperature, cooling and receiving logs that mark pass or fail on their own. A 36-point self-inspection, a certificate expiry tracker, a corrective action log, and a HACCP plan draft to rewrite for your menu.
• Kitchen Command Center. This order, the year to date, the menu, the labor week and a food safety readiness grade, all on one page.

Who it's for

Independent restaurants, cafes, food trucks and ghost kitchens that want real numbers without paying monthly for software.

A note on food safety

Temperature limits follow the FDA Food Code (2022) and you can edit every one. Your state or county may be stricter, so check your local code. This is a record-keeping tool. It doesn't replace a certified food protection manager and it doesn't guarantee an inspection result.

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