How to Track Ingredient Price Changes and Protect Your Margins
Log each purchase, compare suppliers by price per gram, review on a schedule, and decide when to reprice, reformulate or change pack size.
Ingredient Price Tracking Across Your Suppliers
KitchenSync is recipe costing software that tracks ingredient prices from every supplier you buy from. Record each price as it appears on the receipt, and KitchenSync compares them by unit price and uses the lowest.
Record
Enter prices as the receipt shows them
Open an ingredient and add a price: the supplier, what you paid, and the quantity and unit of the package. KitchenSync turns each entry into a unit price, so a 50 lb sack from one supplier and a 5 lb bag from another can be compared directly. Record a price from as many suppliers as you use for that ingredient.
Suppliers
Add a supplier while you type
You do not need to set up suppliers first. Type a store's name in the Supplier field on a price, press Enter, and the supplier is created. Later you can add a description and the supplier's website, which gives you a link to their site when it is time to restock.
Best price
The lowest unit price is the one used
For each ingredient, KitchenSync picks the lowest unit price among the suppliers you have recorded. That price feeds recipe costing, so every recipe is costed from the best price you have on file. Prices are shown per the display unit you set for the account: gram, ounce, pound or kilogram.
Suppliers page
See what each supplier charges
The Suppliers page brings together every store you buy from and the prices you have recorded from each. It shows which ingredients each supplier has the best price on, so you can see where to buy the ingredients you use most and order them from that supplier together.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I track prices from more than one supplier for the same ingredient?
Yes. Record a price from every supplier you buy an ingredient from. KitchenSync converts each one to a unit price and uses the lowest.
What happens when a supplier changes a price?
Edit the price on the ingredient. If another supplier now has the lower unit price, KitchenSync uses that one, and every recipe that contains the ingredient is costed from the new price.
Is ingredient price tracking on the free plan?
Yes. Supplier prices, the best unit price and the Suppliers page are on every plan, including Free.
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