Comments on: How to estimate your recipe cost http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/ The latest news on Shop'NCook, cooking and grocery shopping. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mathilde http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3485 Mathilde Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:19:16 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3485 Brenda, You don't need to be connected to internet to use your recipes. They are all stored locally. You can of course add your own recipes with the ingredient supplied, or add custom ingredients too. I am not sure about FSANZ standards. In order to have enough accuracy in the nutritional analysis, you need to make sure of a few things. I recommend you to read my recent post on <a href="http://www.shopncook.com/blog/food-labeling-software/" rel="nofollow">the compliance of nutritional analysis for food labeling</a>. It is however based on USDA requirements, the US standard. Brenda,
You don’t need to be connected to internet to use your recipes. They are all stored locally. You can of course add your own recipes with the ingredient supplied, or add custom ingredients too.
I am not sure about FSANZ standards. In order to have enough accuracy in the nutritional analysis, you need to make sure of a few things. I recommend you to read my recent post on the compliance of nutritional analysis for food labeling. It is however based on USDA requirements, the US standard.

]]> By: Brenda Mitchell http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3470 Brenda Mitchell Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:09:50 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3470 I run a small catering company in Australia. I live in an area where the internet connection is not always great. Do I always need to be connected in order to work with my recipes? Also, I am assuming that I can make up my own recipes using the ingredient list supplied, would the nutrition information correlate to FSANZ standards? I run a small catering company in Australia. I live in an area where the internet connection is not always great. Do I always need to be connected in order to work with my recipes? Also, I am assuming that I can make up my own recipes using the ingredient list supplied, would the nutrition information correlate to FSANZ standards?

]]> By: Mathilde http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3469 Mathilde Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:52:38 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3469 Jill, You should first export the data to plain text, in usual recipe format, if possible with only one ingredient listed by line, like they are printed in cookbooks. For example: 1 chopped onion is OK for Shop'NCook, but it has trouble understanding unusual format like: onion 1, chopped Separate then your recipes by a line of 5 or more hyphens, like that: ------------ This indicates to Shop'NCook that a new recipe starts. Copy then all your recipes to the clipboard, click on the clip button in Shop'NCook, and wait the software has analyzed all your recipes. Also, it may be better to import the data in smaller chunks of 1000 recipes for example. Jill,

You should first export the data to plain text, in usual recipe format, if possible with only one ingredient listed by line, like they are printed in cookbooks. For example:
1 chopped onion
is OK for Shop’NCook, but it has trouble understanding unusual format like:
onion 1, chopped
Separate then your recipes by a line of 5 or more hyphens, like that:
————
This indicates to Shop’NCook that a new recipe starts.
Copy then all your recipes to the clipboard, click on the clip button in Shop’NCook, and wait the software has analyzed all your recipes. Also, it may be better to import the data in smaller chunks of 1000 recipes for example.

]]> By: Jill Mayo http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3465 Jill Mayo Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:35:21 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3465 I am a professional Pastry Chef. I am using a Mac computer and have just down loaded the demo. The software is great. Here is my question... I have a database of over 9000 recipes in filemaker pro. Can I bring in my recipes to Shop'NCook? I am able to save/export in several formats but don't know exactly what to do. Thanks, JM I am a professional Pastry Chef. I am using a Mac computer and have just down loaded the demo. The software is great. Here is my question… I have a database of over 9000 recipes in filemaker pro. Can I bring in my recipes to Shop’NCook? I am able to save/export in several formats but don’t know exactly what to do.
Thanks,
JM

]]> By: Mathilde http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3186 Mathilde Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:47:52 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3186 Hugues, Thank you! :) It is not possible at the time being to set the price of the dish and compute the profit margin, but I will see if I can add this feature to the next release. Hugues,

Thank you! :)

It is not possible at the time being to set the price of the dish and compute the profit margin, but I will see if I can add this feature to the next release.

]]> By: van der Straten http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3185 van der Straten Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:37:35 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-3185 Hi Mathilde, Your software is amazing. Congratulations for it. When I have my price per portion for each recipe, the soft gives me the price to which I could sell the dish according to the percentage of profit margin that is settled by default or that I can settle in each recipe. Good but could I work the other way round and determin the price to wich I want to sell the dish and then the soft would give me the percentage of profit margin I get for it? Thank you very much Hugues Hi Mathilde,

Your software is amazing. Congratulations for it.

When I have my price per portion for each recipe, the soft gives me the price to which I could sell the dish according to the percentage of profit margin that is settled by default or that I can settle in each recipe. Good but could I work the other way round and determin the price to wich I want to sell the dish and then the soft would give me the percentage of profit margin I get for it?

Thank you very much

Hugues

]]> By: Mathilde http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2428 Mathilde Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:24:40 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2428 Chef O, If you set a global margin in the Preferences and not in the recipes themselves, you can switch between a wholesale price and a retail price for all your recipes just by changing the value in the preferences. Thank you for the suggestion. I will consider allowing two margins in a future release. Chef O,

If you set a global margin in the Preferences and not in the recipes themselves, you can switch between a wholesale price and a retail price for all your recipes just by changing the value in the preferences.

Thank you for the suggestion. I will consider allowing two margins in a future release.

]]> By: Chef O http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2426 Chef O Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:01:13 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2426 I'm just opening a bakery and am working with our software trial to see if it will meet my needs. Is there any way to show 2 price margins? I'd like to be able to have a wholesale and a retail price listed for each recipe without having to go in and edit back and forth. If not is this something that is being considered to add in the next version? Thanks, O I’m just opening a bakery and am working with our software trial to see if it will meet my needs. Is there any way to show 2 price margins? I’d like to be able to have a wholesale and a retail price listed for each recipe without having to go in and edit back and forth. If not is this something that is being considered to add in the next version? Thanks, O

]]> By: Mathilde http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2268 Mathilde Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:07:14 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2268 Michelle, The latest version allows to select the currency (including British pounds sterling). You can access this version currently on the beta testing site at http://www.shopncook.com/beta/ . Michelle,

The latest version allows to select the currency (including British pounds sterling). You can access this version currently on the beta testing site at http://www.shopncook.com/beta/ .

]]> By: Michelle White http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2265 Michelle White Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:12:21 +0000 http://www.shopncook.com/blog/how-to-estimate-your-recipe-cost/#comment-2265 I am looking at a costing package for a client. Does your package allow calculations to be made in British pounds sterling? I am looking at a costing package for a client. Does your package allow calculations to be made in British pounds sterling?

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