The Forecast Screen shows your revenue, covers, labor, and purchases forecasts as far as 35 days out and as detailed as down to the item level. The Forecast Screen is the second option in the left hand menu below the Live Screen.
The Forecasts Screen surfaces opportunities for you to optimize your labor and COGS decisions.
Navigating the Forecast Screen
Change the date range in the top left (default is one week starting today) to a single day, rolling week, or custom date range
Select one or multiple restaurant locations
View revenue, covers, labor, and purchase projects in aggregate, by category, or item-level for hourly, daily, weekly, and custom time frames alongside past actuals
Scroll down for detailed views of all metrics
Scroll all the way down to enter in Forecast overrides
Overriding 5-Out Forecasts
If you have a large event or upcoming closure, or another reason you know your sales performance will be different from 5-Out's, it is important to manually override the 5-Out forecast:
Understanding Category-Level Forecasts
The categories under the Forecast Summary (as all data in 5-Out is) are pulled from your Point of Sale. To combine or change categories, you can make changes in your Point of Sale, or contact our support team to can assist manually.
Item-Level Forecasts for Special Items
5-Out needs about five weeks of data in order to properly forecast. Due to this, limited time offerings will take a month or so to accurately forecast. In the absence of 5-Out forecasts, you can always export your item-level sales forecasts or historic actual sales refer to similar items to estimate future sales.