Reduced Costs. Increased Accuracy. Greater Efficiency. 

COGS-Well is an inventory, recipe, and cost management software that helps restaurants and bars increase control, efficiency, and profit. What sets us apart is a very comprehensive feature set, paired with the industry’s most responsive and consultative support.

COGS-Well is a restaurant inventory, recipe, and cost management platform used by food and beverage operators across North America, including the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. It supports a wide range of operators, from chains and multi-unit groups to smaller independent restaurants and bars. COGS-Well is not local to a single area.

The core features in COGS-Well are invoice processing, inventory control, recipe management, POS integration, menu analytics, inventory usage & cost variance analysis, and integration with your accounting system.

What sets us apart is a very comprehensive feature set, paired with the industry’s most responsive and consultative support.

COGS-Well integrates with numerous Point of Sale (POS) and Accounting systems. COGS-Well can also interface with Restaurant Supplier Systems via EDI and we integrate with Ottimate, Factura, and Chouxbox AP Automation systems. To see a full list of these systems, please visit our Partners page. (https://www.cogs-well.com/partners)

COGS-Well has a very robust feature set with configuration options to meet your specific requirements. COGS-Well is designed to handle multiple concepts and user levels, and database maintenance across numerous locations. In addition to single-location reporting, COGS-Well provides numerous reports for multi-unit operators. Multi-unit teams especially appreciate the ability to manage transfers smoothly, share recipes, and track purchases, costs, and variances across locations.

Absolutely. COGS-Well is beneficial to restaurant operators who manage multiple locations across cities, states, and provinces, providing centralized controls and location-specific flexibility.

No, our subscriptions are month to month and you can cancel at any time. You will not be locked into a long-term commitment.

Yes, we use proprietary technology to audit invoices, add and configure new inventory items, and verify data, ensuring the inputs for our analytics are 100% accurate and saving you time. We eliminate the "garbage in, garbage out" problem common in other systems.

COGS-Well's advanced menu analytics identifies your most (and least) profitable items, allowing you to optimize your menu based on real-time cost fluctuations and popularity (Menu Engineering). Finally, COGS-Well automatically calculates Actual vs. Theoretical (AvT) usage, flagging discrepancies caused by waste, theft, or portioning errors before they impact your bottom line.

Yes. COGS-Well utilizes predictive analytics and demand forecasting to transform your historical data into actionable operational insights. By analyzing sales trends and historical usage, COGS-Well projects future demand to suggest precise quantities for ordering, transferring, production, and daily prep.

No. COGS-Well makes inventory setup and maintenance easy by doing the initial setup and the ongoing management of your inventory item database for you. These two time-saving and accuracy-increasing services are only available from COGS-Well. Additionally, once you create all your recipes within COGS-Well, you can easily scale these recipes, track waste, and use our modeling feature to achieve your sales targets.

Yes. COGS-Well supports commissary operations by allowing Recipe Items produced at a commissary to be transferred to restaurant locations as Inventory Items. Transfers can include labor costs and optional markups, with cost adjustments exported to your general ledger. COGS-Well also supports external transfers, enabling outside locations or entities to place orders with a commissary and the commissary to generate invoices, simplifying even the most complex workflows.

Yes. COGS-Well works well for both food and beverage operations, making it a strong fit for bars, lounges, taprooms, and restaurants with high beverage volume. Operators can order directly through the system, manage liquor, beer, and wine inventory, monitor usage, and keep tighter control over beverage costs.

Yes, COGS-Well is used by hospitality groups and multi-venue operations like hotels, resorts, private clubs, airports, arenas, and stadiums. Whether you operate multiple restaurants, bars, commissaries, or large venues like an airport or stadium, the platform makes it easy to manage inventory, recipes, transfers, and cost control across every outlet – all in one place.

COGS-Well is a great fit for quick service, fast-casual, casual dining, and fine dining restaurants and restaurant chains. COGS-Well customers include restaurants, commissaries, food service management companies, arenas, hotels, and clubs.

Yes, COGS-Well helps identify problems by highlighting variances between actual and theoretical inventory costs and usage. It pinpoints issues like waste, over-portioning, or theft, allowing you to take corrective action. Additionally, COGS-Well aids in evaluating and managing your menu item recipes and pricing.

Our software increases control and accuracy while freeing up your managers by eliminating manual processes like filing invoices and tracking inventory on spreadsheets. Many customers report improved efficiency, reduced food costs, and better insights into their menu profitability. On average, COGS-Well customers save 3-4 weeks in setup time (leading to a faster ROI), 1-2 hours weekly in invoice processing, and 3-5 hours monthly in accounting entries. They also benefit from a 3-5% decrease in Cost of Goods Sold. Please note that individual results will vary based on many factors, and we can not make any guarantees.