Inventory & Ingredient Management
Inventory and ingredient management software for food businesses.
Tab2Kit helps cafes, restaurants and food shops track stock at the ingredient level. Manage ingredients, wastage, expiry dates, batch/lot information and perishable stock alerts from a system connected to orders, recipes, suppliers and reports.
Instead of only knowing what you sold, Tab2Kit helps you understand what ingredients are being used, wasted, purchased and affecting your margin.
Inventory dashboard
Ingredient stock, expiry and wastage
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01Coffee beans
02Sourdough
03Milk
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Connected module
What it does
What Inventory & Ingredient Management does
Tab2Kit helps food businesses track the ingredients and stock items used in daily operations.
For restaurants and cafes, inventory is not only about counting finished products. It is about knowing how much milk, coffee, meat, seafood, vegetables, sauces, flour, packaging and other inputs are available, used, wasted or close to expiry.
Ingredient-level stock tracking
Stock movement visibility
Wastage tracking
Expiry date tracking
Batch/lot information
Perishable stock alerts
Recipe and BOM connection
Supplier and purchasing connection
Reporting connection
Tab2Kit is designed to help owners and managers keep better visibility over these stock movements.
Ingredient-level stock control
Track stock by ingredient, not only by menu item.
A food business does not only sell finished products. It buys ingredients, uses ingredients in recipes and loses margin when ingredients are wasted, expired or purchased at higher prices.
Tab2Kit supports ingredient-level inventory so owners can manage the stock inputs behind the menu.
By tracking ingredients properly, the business can better understand what is actually happening behind every sale.
Example stock inputs
Wastage, expiry and perishable alerts
Manage wastage, expiry dates and perishable stock risk.
Food stock loses value quickly when it expires, spoils or is wasted during preparation. For cafes, restaurants, bakeries and food shops, this can quietly reduce profit every day.
Tab2Kit helps manage perishable stock with better visibility.
Record wastage
Track expiry dates
Monitor perishable stock
Set alerts for stock risk
Review waste-related activity
Support better purchasing and preparation decisions
This helps owners and managers take action before stock problems become margin problems.
Batch and lot tracking
Track batch and lot information.
Some food businesses need to know where ingredients came from, when they arrived and which batch or lot they belong to. This can be useful for stock control, food safety processes, supplier review and internal traceability.
Tab2Kit supports batch/lot tracking so ingredient records can include more than simple quantity.
Perishable ingredients
Prepared food components
Bakery production inputs
Meat and seafood stock
Supplier deliveries
Expiry-sensitive items
Multi-location stock control
Batch and lot visibility helps make stock records more useful for real food operations.
Connected to recipes and BOM
Connect ingredients to recipes and menu items.
Inventory becomes more powerful when it connects to recipes.
Tab2Kit supports BOM and recipe costing, helping connect menu items to the ingredients and quantities used to make them. This means ingredient inventory can support food-cost calculation and menu-item analysis.
When ingredients connect to recipes, owners can better understand the cost behind each menu item.
A menu item may use
A main ingredient
Sauce or garnish
Packaging
Semi-prepared components
Measured quantities from multiple ingredients
Connected to suppliers and purchasing
Connect inventory with supplier purchasing.
Ingredient stock does not start in the kitchen. It starts with suppliers, purchase orders and changing input costs.
Tab2Kit helps connect inventory with supplier and purchasing workflows, so owners can better understand how purchasing affects stock and margin.
When supplier prices change, the impact should be visible in your ingredient costs and menu decisions.
Supplier records
Purchase orders
Supplier price comparison
Supplier debt tracking
Ingredient cost updates
Purchasing history
Stock received from supplier deliveries
Connected to reports and profit visibility
Turn stock data into better management information.
Inventory is not only about knowing what is on the shelf. It should help owners make better business decisions.
Tab2Kit connects stock information with reporting and profit visibility.
This helps owners understand how stock, purchasing and sales affect the financial health of the business.
Daily stock visibility
Monthly stock movement review
Wastage analysis
Menu-item analysis
Supplier purchasing review
Food-cost control
Profit and cash-flow style cost visibility
Why it matters
Why ingredient inventory matters
A basic POS may show that a menu item was sold. But it may not show whether the ingredients behind that item are still profitable, available or being wasted.
For food businesses, the margin is often hidden inside ingredient usage. Tab2Kit helps make that margin easier to see.
Related features
Related Tab2Kit features
Keep exploring how ingredient inventory connects to recipe cost, supplier purchasing, reports and ordering.
BOM & Recipe Costing
Connect menu items to ingredients, quantities and food-cost calculations.
Learn moreSupplier & Purchasing Management
Manage suppliers, purchase orders, supplier debt and supplier price comparison.
Learn moreReports & Profit Management
Use inventory data to support daily reports, menu-item analysis and cost-control visibility.
Learn morePOS & Order Management
Connect order activity to stock and reporting.
Learn moreMulti-Location Management
Manage stock visibility across more than one venue.
Learn moreFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Practical answers about ingredient inventory, wastage, expiry dates and connected stock workflows.
Does Tab2Kit track ingredient-level inventory?
Yes. Tab2Kit supports ingredient-level inventory so food businesses can track stock inputs behind menu items.
Can Tab2Kit track wastage?
Yes. Tab2Kit supports wastage tracking to help owners understand where stock is being lost.
Can Tab2Kit track expiry dates?
Yes. Tab2Kit supports expiry date tracking for perishable stock.
Does Tab2Kit support batch or lot tracking?
Yes. Tab2Kit supports batch/lot information for better stock visibility and traceability.
Can Tab2Kit alert me about perishable stock?
Yes. Tab2Kit supports perishable stock alerts to help businesses manage stock risk before it becomes a bigger problem.
Does inventory connect to recipes?
Yes. Inventory can connect with BOM and recipe costing so menu items can be linked to ingredients and quantities.
Does inventory connect to supplier purchasing?
Yes. Inventory can connect with supplier records, purchase orders, supplier price comparison and purchasing history.
Does inventory data support reports?
Yes. Inventory data can support stock reports, wastage analysis, menu-item analysis and profit/cost-control visibility.
Stock, recipes, suppliers and reports
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