COGS-Well

What COGS-Well is

COGS-Well is web-based inventory, recipe, and cost management software for restaurants, bars, and other food and beverage operators. It handles invoice scanning, mobile inventory counts, suggested ordering, purchase orders, waste tracking, and transfers between restaurants. Teams can cost prep and menu recipes, manage recipe versions, and model prices against target costs or profits. The platform compares theoretical and actual inventory usage and cost to identify variances. Its Menu Engineering feature ranks items by popularity and profitability to identify Stars and Dogs. Multi-location tools cover multiple concepts, user levels, shared recipes, purchases, costs, transfers, and variance reports. Commissary transfers can convert recipes into inventory at destination locations, with accounting adjustments exported to a general ledger. Integrations span POS, suppliers, accounting, accounts payable automation, and data analytics systems. Foundation costs $199 a month per restaurant or business location; Comprehensive costs $298 a month per location. COGS-Well says it builds customer inventory databases and provides unlimited live online training and training videos.

Who it suits

COGS-Well suits food and beverage operators, from independent restaurants and bars to chains, hospitality groups, commissaries, and multi-venue businesses. Its multi-location tools are relevant to operations managing shared recipes, transfers, and costs across sites.

Limits

There is no free plan. Foundation is $199 a month per restaurant or business location; Comprehensive is $298.00 USD monthly per location, and POS Financials is a $49.00 USD monthly optional add-on per location.

Getting started

1. Open the COGS-Well website
2. Choose Foundation or Comprehensive per restaurant or business location
3. Add POS Financials if daily POS reporting and ledger exports are needed
4. Provide inventory information so COGS-Well can build the inventory database
5. Connect available POS, supplier, accounting, AP automation, or analytics systems
6. Use the live online training or training videos

Verdict

COGS-Well combines inventory control, recipe costing, variance analysis, and menu analytics for food and beverage operations. Compare the per-location plans against the features needed across your sites.