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From ingredient to product: step-by-step examples for typical bakery and pastry shop products.
6 articles
From ingredient to product - how BakePilot calculates cost and profit
Five steps you take for every product: ingredient, recipe, reading the costs, product, variant. Where exactly you see food cost and how much you earn.
In this article: Three stages, always in the same order · Step 1: an ingredient with a price and package weight · Step 2: the recipe and the question “what does the batch yield” · Step 3: read the cost and price on the recipe card · Step 4: the product on your menu · Step 5: the variant, meaning what the customer actually orders · Where you see food cost and how much you earn
Doughnut, eclair, individual dessert - a product sold by the piece
A full example with 40 doughnuts: a recipe in “Pieces” mode, a product not sold by weight, a “1 pc” variant and a “box of 6” variant. With numbers.
In this article: When this scenario applies · A recipe in “Pieces” mode · What the recipe card shows · The product and the “1 pc” variant · A box of 6 as a second variant · Pitfalls
Cookies, spit cake, bread - a product sold by weight
A recipe in “Kilograms” mode, a product with sale by weight ticked and a “1 kg” variant. Where to see the cost and price per kilogram.
In this article: When this scenario applies · A recipe in “Kilograms” mode · What the recipe card shows · A product sold by weight and the “1 kg” variant · Pitfalls
Cheesecake, apple pie, brownies - sheet cakes and slices
The default recipe mode: a tray, half a tray, a quarter and a price per slice. Profit on each fraction and the B2B discount simulator.
In this article: When this scenario applies · A recipe in “Trays” mode · Tray pricing: the 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and whole tiles · B2B simulator - how much you earn with a discount · Variants for orders
Celebration cake - sizes as variants or a custom order configurator
Two paths: a catalog of sizes (18, 22, 26 cm diameter and a cake priced per serving) through variants, or the cake configurator, where the customer builds a cake from options. When to use which.
In this article: Two paths that exclude each other · Path A: the cake recipe · Path A: turn on “Divisible product” and price suggestions · Path A: size variants · Path A: large cakes priced per serving · Path A: what you see on the product card · Path B: the cake configurator · Path B: what the order looks like
Advanced variants - several recipes, boxes, portions, B2B, allergens
What else variants can do: sponge plus cream in one variant, boxes of 6 and 12, price per portion, price suggestions, B2B price, ingredients and allergens from the recipe onto the label.
In this article: Why variants at all · A variant with several recipes · A sub-recipe in the recipe or recipes in the variant · Boxes and multipacks · “Price per portion” mode and price suggestions · B2B price and the discount simulator · Ingredients and allergens from the recipe onto the label · Checklist before your first sale