How Per-Product Reports Can Change Your Business Decisions
Total reports are useful. But per-product breakdowns often reveal surprising insights — bestsellers aren't always the most profitable.
Total Revenue Isn't Enough
Knowing today's total revenue is step one. But the more important question: which products contributed most? And — more crucially — which products look like they're selling well but have razor-thin margins?
Bestseller ≠ Most Profitable
The highest-volume product isn't necessarily the most profitable one. It's possible your bestseller has food cost that's too high — meaning every unit sold has a very small margin. Without a per-product breakdown, this stays invisible.
What You Can Do with This Data
Options include: adjusting prices on products with problematic food cost, optimizing recipes (substituting non-critical ingredients), highlighting high-margin products on the menu and in cashier recommendations, or evaluating products that are consistently low-volume and low-margin.
Export for Deeper Analysis
Sales data can be exported to spreadsheets. Need to send to your accountant, or want to do custom analysis — your data, your format.