ChefYield Bar · Coming soon

Bar inventory for liquor, beer, wine and kegs.

ChefYield Bar is a paid add-on for bars and the bar side of restaurants. Count fast, see your pour cost and variance, and know what to order. It's coming soon to iPhone and Android, with a web dashboard for managers.

ChefYield Bar is coming soon and is not available to buy yet. Features below describe what we're building.

Separate bar logins, kept apart from the kitchen

• Bar manager: full access to the bar: items, counts, costs, pars, orders and reports.
• Bartender: counts only. Bartenders don't see costs.
• Bar viewer: read-only reports for owners or your accountant.
• Bar data is stored separately from kitchen data. Kitchen staff can't see the bar, and bar staff can't see food recipes or food costs. Only the owner sees both.
• Access is checked on our servers, not just hidden in the app.

A catalog built for the bar

• Spirits (vodka, gin, rum, tequila and mezcal, whiskey, liqueurs), wine by the glass and bottle, bottled and canned beer, draft kegs, and N/A and mixers.
• Standard sizes: 50 ml, 375 ml, 750 ml, 1 L and 1.75 L bottles; 1/6, 1/4 and 1/2 barrel kegs and 50 L kegs.
• Each item holds its barcode(s), cost, case pack, distributor, full and empty bottle weight, and pour size (defaults: 1.5 oz spirits, 5 oz wine, 16 oz draft).
• Storage areas like the well, back bar, cooler and storage room.
• Start from a library of common products with bottle weights, and add your own.

Count fast, even partial bottles

• Count each area in your shelf order, so the list follows how you walk the bar.
• Partial bottles by tenths with a quick slider, or by weight.
• Bluetooth scale support from day one: set a bottle on the scale and the weight goes straight into the count. We're starting with Etekcity scales, then A&D EJ-6100 with a Bluetooth adapter. You can always type grams by hand.
• Kegs by weight or by a quick full, ¾, ½, ¼ or empty estimate.
• Scan a barcode with your phone camera to jump to the item. Unknown barcodes prompt you to add the item.
• Counts work offline and sync when you're back online. Several people can count different areas at once.
• A manager reviews and locks each count, so the numbers can't change later.

Pour cost and variance

• Actual usage = starting count + deliveries − ending count.
• Expected usage = drinks sold × your drink specs, from your POS sales (with ChefYield's POS integration, coming soon) or a CSV upload.
• Variance shows the difference in ounces, dollars and percent, and flags anything past your threshold (5% by default).
• Pour cost % by category and overall, with targets you set.

Par levels and reorders

• Set a par for each item in each area, or use a suggested par based on your average weekly usage and delivery schedule.
• Reorder suggestions = par − on hand, rounded up to full cases and distributor minimums.

Distributor order drafts

• Suggestions are grouped by distributor into editable order drafts.
• Export as PDF or CSV, or send as an email draft. A manager reviews and sends each order.
• Automatic sending is available only for beverage orders of clients whose websites are managed by our sister company, Dream Team Consulting.

Reports

• Variance by item, category and period; pour cost trends; usage by period.
• Inventory value on hand, top losses, count history and audit log.
• Order history and what was received against what was ordered. Export to CSV or PDF.

Multiple locations

Each location keeps its own counts, pars and orders. Owners see all locations together. Each extra location is $59/month or $590/year.

Works with your kitchen plan

Add ChefYield Bar to any ChefYield plan, Free, Pro, Elite or Elite + POS, and the owner gets bar and kitchen costs side by side while the two teams stay separate. Run a bar without a kitchen? Choose bar-only.

Pricing Coming soon

Founding bars: the first 25 bars get 50% off their first 12 months with code BAR25. Limited to 25 bars.

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