Ingredients
Categories, units and price history for every ingredient.
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Stock that counts itself with every sale
Link each menu item to a recipe and Zestia deducts the ingredients as orders are placed. Purchase orders, waste, stock takes and branch transfers keep the numbers honest, and low-stock alerts warn you before you run out.
Per sale automatic ingredient deduction2 recipe types: food and packaging6 waste reasons trackedPer branch low-stock thresholds
The basics
What is restaurant inventory management software?
Restaurant inventory software tracks the ingredients and supplies you buy, use and waste. Linked to recipes, it reduces stock automatically as dishes are sold, so you know what is on the shelf without counting every night.
Zestia ties recipes to every menu item, deducts ingredients and packaging per sale, and covers suppliers, purchase orders, waste logs, stock takes and transfers between branches.
Inventory & Recipe Management at a glance
- Recipes for food and packaging deduct stock automatically per sale
- Low-stock alerts with thresholds set per branch
- Suppliers and purchase orders from draft to received
- Waste logging with reasons, stock takes and adjustments
- Transfer stock between branches with send and receive
Know what’s on the shelf
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Recipes
Food and packaging recipes deduct stock on every sale.
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Low-stock alerts
Per-branch thresholds with alerts on the dashboard.
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Suppliers & POs
Create, send, receive or cancel purchase orders.
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Waste log
Record waste with a reason to see where money is lost.
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Stock take
Count stock and reconcile the system in one pass.
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Transfers
Move stock between branches with a clear send/receive trail.
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Import & export
Bring in ingredients from a spreadsheet and export when you need.
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Cost of goods
Ingredient costs feed into the Profit & Loss report.
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Recipes
Every plate, costed and counted
Build a recipe for each menu item from your ingredients and units, including the packaging used for takeaway. When an order is placed the ingredients are deducted once — even if the till retries the sync.
- Food and packaging recipes per menu item
- Custom units of measure
- Recipe overview and export
- See which menu items use each ingredient
- Stock movement history for every ingredient
Purchasing & control
From supplier to shelf to bin
Raise purchase orders to suppliers, send them, and receive stock against them. Log waste with a reason, run stock takes, make adjustments and move stock between branches — every change is recorded.
- Supplier directory and purchase orders
- Receive deliveries against a purchase order
- Waste reasons: expired, damaged, spoiled, overcooked, spilled
- Stock takes and manual adjustments
- Branch-to-branch transfers with send and receive
How it works
Up and running in 3 steps.
No installers to babysit and no special hardware — sign up, set up and start taking orders.
Start step 1- 1Step 1
Add or import ingredients
Create ingredients with units and categories, or import them from a spreadsheet.
- 2Step 2
Build recipes
Link each menu item to its ingredients and packaging.
- 3Step 3
Sell, receive, count
Stock drops with every sale, rises with every delivery, and stock takes keep it honest.
Why Inventory & Recipe Management
What changes when you switch to Zestia Inventory & Recipe Management.
No surprise stock-outs
Per-branch thresholds flag low ingredients before service, not during it.
See where money leaks
Waste logged with reasons shows what is spoiling, burning or being spilled.
Real food cost
Ingredient costs flow into cost of goods and your profit & loss report.
Try Inventory & Recipe Managementfree for 30 days.
No card required. No setup fee. Cancel anytime.
Yes. Once a menu item has a recipe, its ingredients are deducted when the order is placed. Deduction is idempotent, so a retried sync never deducts twice.
Yes. Recipes can be food or packaging, so boxes, cups and bags are deducted on takeaway and delivery orders too.
Yes. Stock is tracked per branch, low-stock thresholds can differ by branch, and you can transfer stock between branches.
Yes. Import ingredients from a spreadsheet and export your ingredient and recipe lists whenever you need them.
Works together
Pairs well with
Reports & Analytics
Sales, profit & loss, tax, staff and kitchen reports — for a single branch or every location side by side.
Part of Back of house
Point of Sale
Keyboard-first POS for Windows PCs and Android tablets. Dine-in, takeaway and delivery from one screen — and it keeps working offline.
Part of Front of house
Delivery & Dispatch
Assign riders, manage delivery zones and fees, and let customers follow their order with a live tracking link.
Part of Back of house