Link a Recipe to a menu Product

Overview

• Product costing requires an active Recipe link.
• A Product can have one active costing Recipe, and a Recipe can be actively linked to only one Product at a time.
• When linked from the Recipe editor, selecting a Product that currently has another Recipe moves that Product link to the selected Recipe when saved.
• The Product represents one unit of the Recipe's Output for Product-cost calculations, not the Recipe's whole batch.
• A Product-specific target food cost can only be set when the Product has a Recipe.

When to use this

• Link when the Recipe describes the cost of one sellable Product unit after accounting for the Recipe's output yield.

Step-by-step

1. Build and validate the Recipe.
2. Link it from the Recipe 'Used by' area or the Product Pricing and costing section.
3. Set an optional Product target food cost if this item needs a target different from Store/Business defaults.
4. Open Product Costs for the selected Store and verify the calculated cost/margin.

Common mistakes

• Do not link one Recipe to several Products expecting independent product costing; the current active relationship is one-to-one.
• Do not set a Product target food cost without a Recipe.
• Do not confuse Modifier pricing/cost with the Product Recipe link; the current Product cost view is driven by the linked Recipe.

Troubleshooting

• If linking says the Recipe is already linked, inspect its current Product relationship.
• If Product cost is missing after linking, fix the Recipe cost path first.