EZchef
ezchef.com
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- EZchef is a Windows-based Microsoft Excel program for restaurant and bar inventory management, menu costing, and menu analysis.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Support
- Technical support by phone or email is free.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Maker
- The site identifies John Nessel as EZchef creator and president of Restaurant Resource Group, Inc., which he created in 1999.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Backup feature
- A backup feature creates a date- and time-stamped copy of the EZchef file in the same directory as the program file.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Concurrent access
- A file can run on a server, but only one user can access it at a time.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Cost calculations
- It calculates portion cost, cost of goods sold, and gross margin based on each menu item's selling price.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Demo
- The free demo is a fully functional copy preloaded with inventory, menu items, sub-recipes, and menu engineering data, accessible for 15 days after it is sent.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Distributor imports
- Distributor versions can import current inventory items and prices from supported distributors' order guide files.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Inventory
- It supports inventory counts by category or location, inventory valuation, and printed vendor order guides.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Menu analysis
- It uses POS sales mix data to graph menu items by gross profit dollars and cost of goods sold percentage, and supports what-if analysis.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Menu costing
- It includes 100 menu costing templates in each of 10 user-defined categories and 400 sub-recipe templates.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Multi-location licensing
- Each restaurant requires its own EZchef license, with additional licenses discounted according to the number of restaurants.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Other vendors
- Inventory from other vendors can be imported via an Excel transfer template, with prices updated manually afterward.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Platform requirement
- EZchef requires Windows and the Windows version of Microsoft Excel; it is incompatible with Mac Excel and Excel Online because it uses macros.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Purchases limitation
- EZchef does not track food and beverage purchases; it maintains inventory listings for counts, order guides, and menu costing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
- Supported distributors
- The site lists Sysco, US Foods, Gordon Foodservice, Ben E. Keith, Shamrock, Performance Foodservice, Cheney Brothers, Flanagan Foodservice, and other US and Canadian distributors as supported.Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
Plans and prices
Standard $289, paid once One time Accommodates all food and beverage vendors Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
Distributor-specific version $359, paid once One time Imports order guides from a selected supported distributor; also accommodates other vendors Read 9 Oct 2026 · ezchef.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Restaurant Inventory Management Software#3 of 268.2
- Restaurant Recipe Costing Software#7 of 288.1
- Restaurant Menu Engineering Software#10 of 398.1
