Food cost
Bookkeeping and accounting for restaurants and restaurant groups
Porter gives restaurants and restaurant groups a finance team plus software that records sales, sales tax and payroll, chases missing receipts by text, and sends a weekly profit report with a food-cost view. Each location can keep its own books and roll into one group view.
Who this is for
- 01Independent restaurants and food shops.
- 02Owners running several locations, each with its own books.
- 03Operators who bought a restaurant and want numbers they can manage from every week.
The challenges
- 01Sales, sales tax and payroll typed in by hand.
- 02Card receipts that go missing.
- 03Profit and food cost known only at month end, or later.
What Porter does
- Records sales, sales tax and payroll.
- Collects receipts by text, so the team does not have to chase paper.
- Sends a weekly profit report with a food-cost view.
- Closes the books every month.
- Pays bills and oversees payroll.
Multiple locations
Each location keeps its own books. Porter rolls them into consolidated group reports and removes activity between your companies, so you see each location and the whole group. See multi-entity accounting.
An anonymous example
Porter checked a restaurant's books to the penny in two days, chases receipts by text, and sends a weekly profit report with a food-cost view. (Anonymous customer story, as published on the homepage.)
Common questions
01Does Porter work with restaurants?
Yes. Porter records sales, sales tax and payroll, chases receipts by text, and sends a weekly profit report with a food-cost view.
02Can Porter handle a restaurant group with several locations?
Yes. Each location can keep its own books, and Porter rolls them into one group view with activity between your companies removed.
03How fast can Porter catch up behind restaurant books?
Porter's cleanup work takes less than 2 weeks from the day we have access to your books and documents.
04Does Porter work with QuickBooks Online?
Yes. Connect your QuickBooks Online account and have Porter work alongside it, or move your books into Porter.
05Does Porter track food cost?
Yes. Porter sends a weekly profit report that includes a food-cost view.
Tell us about your business and what you want handled.
The Porter team will recommend a plan and a scope.