Costing is available to:
Plans: All Paid Subscriptions
Team Members: Account Owner, Editors, and Managers
Adding purchase costs directly to your ingredients in meez is easy.
Updating the cost of the ingredient will ensure the cost is updated in every recipe that uses that ingredient by any unit of measure.
Invoice processing is available for our Premium or Enterprise subscriptions. To learn more about invoice processing see this article.
Step 1:
Go to the Cost Tab of your Recipe
Make sure you're in EDIT mode
Step 2:
Add the purchase cost and purchase unit of measure to the ingredient
Click on the edit pencil to the right of the ingredient under cost.
Enter the cost and the purchase unit. Ex. $20 per lb, or each or by the case!
Not finding your purchase unit of measure in the drop down? Create a custom unit based on how you buy the item. see below how - simply define the new unit from the modal
Note: If a new purchase unit is created incorrectly, there is currently no user-facing option to delete or edit it. Please reach out to our support team through the in-app chat or at support@getmeez.com, and provide the purchase unit of measure that needs to be corrected. Our team will be happy to make the update for you.
You can also add costs by going to the Ingredient's detail page
From a recipe, ensure you're in View Mode (press DONE if in EDIT mode), then click on the ingredient to access its detail page.
Ensure you are in editing mode. Similar to the recipe page, add your cost and purchase UoM or create a custom unit based on how you buy the item. Note that purchase units of measure (UOMs) are not auto-converted in meez and must be entered manually.
You can also get to the ingredient's detail page from the search box and the home table page.
Mapping an ingredient to a purchase item
If you have imported your costs by spreadsheet, or your invoices or integration have sent purchase items to your account, you can map an ingredient to a purchase item right from the recipe. The cost and purchase unit will fill in for you, so you don't need to type them in.
Who can do this?
Editors can manually add and update costs on an ingredient. To see the Item Mapping search bar and map ingredients to purchase items, you need Manager or Account Owner access.
Mapping from a recipe works when you have:
Imported your ingredient costs by spreadsheet (all paid subscriptions), or
Purchase items coming in through invoice processing or an integration (Premium and Enterprise), and those items are showing in your New Purchase Item table
For a quick walkthrough, click here.
How to map from a recipe
Go to the Cost tab of your recipe and make sure you are in EDIT mode.
Click the edit pencil to the right of the ingredient under cost.
In the cost modal, find the Item Mapping search bar.
Type the name of the purchase item, or its item ID number.
Select the purchase item from the drop down. The purchase cost and purchase unit will fill in automatically.
Click the blue Update button.
Your ingredient is now mapped and costed!
The Item Mapping search bar is empty or shows no results
If nothing comes up when you search, one of these is usually the reason:
Your purchase items haven't been imported yet. The search only shows items in your New Purchase Item table. If you recently uploaded a spreadsheet or sent invoices, allow time for the import to finish. Invoices typically take up to 48 hours to appear.
The purchase item has already been mapped or resolved. Items leave the New Purchase Item table once they are defined and mapped, so they no longer appear in the search.
Your role doesn't have access to mapping. Editors can manually update costs, but only Managers and Account Owners can see the Item Mapping search and map purchase items. If you are an Editor, ask a Manager or Account Owner to map the item.
The recipe is owned by a different concept or location than the one your costs were imported to. Costs are set by location. Open the recipe, click Edit, go to the Prep Method tab, and check the Owner field. See Can I change the ownership of a recipe? for help.
Mapped the wrong purchase item?
There is currently no user-facing option to unmap a purchase item from an ingredient. Reach out through the in-app chat or at support@getmeez.com with the ingredient name and the purchase item that was attached by mistake, and our team will unmap them for you.
You can also upload purchase costs via a .csv upload & via automated purchase integrations learn more about that here.