REPEAT(ABLE) RESULTS.

5 STEP METHOD™

Our 5 Step Method™ is the secret sauce to helping food operations win. This proven
approach makes it easy to repeat your profitable results, again and again, over the long term.

BUY

Complete purchase
to pay system

COST

Real-time, accurate
menu costing

COUNT

Streamlined
stocktaking

LINK

Integration with
POS and accounts

REPORT

Advance real-time
reporting

1. BUY

Using Costimator, you can build a sustainable panty list, place orders,
receive deliveries, match PO line items to invoice line items and forward
approved invoices to accounts for payment. In one, easy-to-use
centralised system for the whole team.

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OPTIMISE YOUR
PANTRY LIST

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DISTRIBUTOR
SELECTION

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FARM, FACTORY AND
IMPORTER SPECIALS

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COMPLETE
PURCHASE-TO-PAY
SYSTEM

2. COST

Turn your pantry list products into perfectly costed recipes
and sub-recipes. Transform your theoretical costs into real life actual costs
and profit reports. You can even add methods, tips and photos to create
recipe cards for your whole team to use.

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MENU SKELETON

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RECIPE COST

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SUB-RECIPE COST

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CHECK, MEASURE
AND IMPROVE

3. COUNT

Knowing your stock counts is vital for accurate food costs, reducing
waste and importantly, boosting your profits. Our custom food
stocktake system is easy to set up, fast to use and easy for accountants
to audit. You’ll have the power to count products and sub-recipes
quickly, in real-time, and using multiple tablet devices at the same time.

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SET STORAGE
LOCATIONS

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SET PRODUCTS
PER LOCATION

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APPROVE INVOICES
FOR LATEST PRICING

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COUNT ON TABLET,
PER STORAGE
LOCATION

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RESULTS SHARED
WITH TEAM AND
ACCOUNTS

4. LINK

Integrating your Point of Sale system and accounting software with
Costimator is easy. Showing you all the numbers in one place. Best of
all, your team won’t have to manually upload data for operational
analysis, saving them time.

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LINK YOUR POS

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MENU SKELETON
SET-UP

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DAILY POS FEED BY
ITEM

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LINK ACCOUNTS LIKE
XERO, MYOB,
NETSUITE

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ADVANCED
REPORTING

5. REPORT​

Costimator lets your whole team access and track (with the permissions
you set) key numbers, graphs and mini reports. There’s also a
dashboard with a range of detailed reports to get the full picture too.
You can also create custom reports for your business.

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PERMISSION BASED
VIEWS

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FOOD OPERATIONS
KPI REPORTS

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SUPPLY CHAIN
REPORTS

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MENU SALES AND
COSTING REPORTS

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FINANCE REPORTS