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You can manage complex structures, such as a central kitchen or a purchasing center, which produce or centralize products for restaurants. This setup relies on the use of site groups and requires a clear understanding of the concepts of product and supplier item.
Use Cases
The central kitchen sells processed products (recipes) to restaurants.
The central kitchen sells unprocessed products to restaurants (purchase/resale).
In both cases, the configuration takes place in two main steps:
Configure the central kitchen as a normal site: creation of its suppliers, products, and recipes.
Configure the restaurants: create the products on the restaurant side and set up a special supplier linked to the central kitchen.
Case 1: The central kitchen sells recipes to restaurants
The central kitchen acts as a supplier for the restaurants, which purchase ready-made products without knowing the details of their recipe.
Step 1: Set up the central kitchen
Create the central kitchen's suppliers
If the supplier is common with the restaurants, configure it at the brand level (recommended).
Avoid using site groups on suppliers, unless confidentiality is essential.
Create the products and their supplier items
Products and items common with the restaurants must be at the brand level.
Products and items specific to the central kitchen must be in the central kitchen's site group to ensure their isolation.
Create the central kitchen's recipes
All recipes must be associated with the central kitchen's site group.
If you sell recipes with packaging by piece (e.g., cakes cut into slices), ensure that the packaging is consistent between the central kitchen and the restaurant side.
For example, a cake sold in 8 slices must be configured on the central kitchen side as 8 pieces for 1 cake so that restaurants can also sell by the slice (1 piece) and by the cake (8 pieces).
Step 2: Set up the restaurants
Contact support to create a special supplier linked to the central kitchen.
This supplier will represent the central kitchen in the system.Create products on the restaurant side
Configure these products with the restaurant site group.
These products represent the recipes sold by the central kitchen.
Create items for these products
When creating an item for the central kitchen supplier, a special field "Central Kitchen Product/Recipe" appears. Select the corresponding recipe from the central kitchen, which must have the central kitchen site group.
Case 2: The central kitchen sells raw products to restaurants (purchase/resale)
In this case, the central kitchen buys products from suppliers and resells them as is to the restaurants.
Create central kitchen suppliers
If the supplier is common with the restaurants, configure it at the brand level (recommended).
Avoid using site groups on suppliers unless confidentiality is essential.
Contact support to create a special supplier linked to the central kitchen.
Create products and their associated supplier items
Products: Configure them at the brand level, as they are common to the central kitchen and the restaurants.
Items:
The item purchased by the central kitchen must be associated with the central kitchen site group (to be available only to the central kitchen).
The item purchased by the restaurants from the central kitchen must be associated with the restaurant site group (to be available only to the restaurants).
Summary of Best Practices
Understand site groups: They allow defining the visibility and management of products, recipes, and items between different sites.
Check data consistency: Ensure that products, recipes, and items are correctly associated with the appropriate site groups.