Release notes eng
v.2.6.
Home Page
We’re excited to introduce the first version of the new home screen! Here, you’ll find quick links to the features you use most, restaurant reminders, data quality warnings (for super admins), and an activity feed showing all actions taken in the app by the restaurants you have access to.
Inventory - Other Articles
It’s now easier to find articles that exist in your project but aren’t currently shown in your inventory. At the bottom of your inventory page, you’ll find a section called “Other articles and recipes.” From this list, you can quickly add items to your inventory. If the article still doesn’t appear, you can still use the “Add missing article” option when searching.
Inventory - Include Delivery
When entering an inventory, the question “Will you include today’s delivery in your count?” will now only appear if a delivery is expected that day. You must actively select “Yes” or “No” for each supplier, helping to reduce the risk of accidental selections.
Inventory - Hide articles
You can now actively hide articles in your inventory if they’re no longer in use at your restaurant. To do this, go to the article information section and click the eye icon to remove the article from view. If you purchase the article again in the future, it will automatically reappear in your inventory.
Supplier Article Assortment view
We’ve improved the assortment overview in the supplier articles admin tool to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. When you open the page, you’ll now see all supplier articles from all suppliers in one place. Use the filter to narrow the list by supplier.
v.2.5.
How to - videos added to academy
Instructional videos have been uploaded to the Academy, with more coming soon.
These videos are designed to be short and easily accessible, helping new staff quickly get started with using Appetite
Filter Updates
Filters are now grouped in a new slide-out filter panel, available across Inventory, Purchasing, Recipes, and Items. More filter options have also been added.
For example, purchase lists can now be used as filters in Store.
Super admins can manage this permission under Recipe & Items > Purchase Lists.
Edit display unit & add supplier units
Super admins can now edit unit display name for supplier articles, and also add new units, making it easier for staff to perform inventory counts. This can be managed via Recipe & Items > Supplier Articles.
Show/Hide Items in performance & inventory
Super admins can now choose to enable or disable items in the performance and inventory from the items page.
Other fixes
Date Picker Fix in Performance - Users reported issues when selecting dates in the Performance section This has now been resolved.
v.2.4.
Recipe Performance
We are excited to introduce the first version of Recipe Performance! You can find Recipe performance by navigating to Performance and then selecting Recipe.
With Recipe Performance, you can:
- Track recipe costs, sales volume, and popularity
- Analyze how a recipe performs across different restaurants
- Gain insights into ingredient usage and consumption
Additionally, from Item Performance, you can now:
- See which recipes include a specific item
- View the recipe item quantity
- Understand how much of each item is consumed per recipe
This new feature provides deeper insights into menu performance, helping you optimize costs and improve efficiency!
Add Missing Articles to Inventory
If an article is missing from your inventory, you can now add it manually in just a few steps.
How to add a missing article:
- Search for the article in the inventory.
- If no match is found, click “Add Article”.
- Fill in the required fields, such as name, category, and supplier details.
- Click “Add”, and the article will be added to your inventory.
- You can now enter the counted quantity to ensure accurate stock tracking.
This feature helps you keep your inventory up to date, ensuring all essential items are accounted for.
Add External Purchases
You can now manually add external purchases to keep your records complete and accurate.
How to add an external purchase:
- Go to Purchasing.
- Click “Add Manual Purchase”.
- Start adding articles to the order by searching for them and select them from the list or entering their details manually.
- Review and confirm the purchase to ensure your records are up to date.
This feature helps you maintain better control over expenses and track non-standard purchases more effectively.
Edit Supplier Article Display Name
To improve clarity and consistency in restaurants inventory and purchasing, Superadmins can now edit the display names of supplier articles.
How to edit an article’s display name:
- Navigate to Recipe & Items > Supplier Articles.
- Click on the article you want to rename.
- Enter the new display name and save your changes.
This feature ensures that article names are clear, standardized, and easily recognizable across the system.
v.2.3
General Performance 🚀
General Performance is a new dashboard page that provides an overview of the restaurant’s performance. This view displays key metrics such as sales, purchases, and total ingredient costs between full inventory cycles.
In this view, you also find the Performance Score, an item-performance indicator that helps you determine whether the ingredient cost is accurate.
Additionally, you can create filter tags to analyze ingredient costs for specific cost groups and see what percentage of total sales is attributed to categories such as alcohol, food, or consumables.
Inventory Recipes
Recipes can now be included in inventory. Go to the recipe view to specify whether a recipe should be inventoried and which cost group it should be assigned to in the inventory report.
For a recipe to be visible in a restaurant’s inventory, go to Inventory > Settings and select which recipes each restaurant should be able to inventory.
Smoother Collaboration in Inventory
We’ve made it even easier to collaborate during inventory. When multiple users are logged in simultaneously, you can now see which item each person is currently working on.
Send Orders to One Supplier at a Time
You can now choose to send orders to one supplier at a time when you have items from multiple suppliers in the same cart. Use the side menu to send orders to a single supplier at a time.
v.2.2
For admins and restaurants users
Improved inventory overview and history
The inventory overview has been enhanced with new metrics and filter options, making it easier to identify errors and deviations.
Inventory value displayed for each article in inventory
The inventory value for each article is now displayed in the inventory, making it easier to spot if you have entered an incorrect quantity.
Quantities can be added to previous value by clicking on +
You can now revisit an already counted article and click the plus sign to add quantities to the previously inventoried quantity. This functionality was not available before.
Value is stored in the counted unit
Values for nested articles is saved
If the item has several nested articles, you can now count one of them, continue with another item, then go back to count the rest of the nested articles. Previously, inventoried quantities was lost if you didn’t count all articles before moving on to the next item.
Users can enable custom sorting of inventory articles
You can now apply your own custom sorting to your inventory. To enable this feature, go to Inventory > Settings and select ‘Enable Custom Sorting.’ To edit the order, click ‘Edit,’ then drag and drop articles into your preferred arrangement.
For super admins
Recipes and items can now be deleted
Recipes and items can now be deleted or archived from the Recipe & Items pages.
Add items from inside a recipe
Items can now be added directly from inside a recipe to facilitate the process of setting up recipes with new item ingredients.
Connected sales article
Connected sales articles is now displayed at the bottom of each recipe.
v.2.1
📖 Academy
In this release, we are excited to announce the release of our Academy page. Users of all roles can visit to learn more about Appetite systems, including instructions on usage and detailed explanations of how various features work. We highly value your feedback—if there is any information you would like to see added, or if you have suggestions for making the content more advanced or simplified, please reach out to us at hello-support@binarybrains.com.
🪄 Adjust Your AI Purchasing Strategy
You can now easily change the AI purchasing strategy to better fit your needs. This setting determines how the AI balances the risk of waste against maintaining stock levels. Simply choose a level from 1 to 5:
Enter a proposal and click on the information symbol to the right of an article to update the purchasing strategy.
- AI Purchase strategy 1: With a minimum-waste strategy, you minimize the risk of waste but may experience stockouts.
- AI Purchase strategy 2: With a low-waste strategy, you keep the risk of waste low but may experience occasional stockouts for high-risk items.
- AI Purchase strategy 3: With a balanced strategy, you maintain an acceptable service level while reducing waste when possible.
- AI Purchase strategy 4: With a high-buffer strategy, you maintain a high service level while reducing waste for high-risk items.
- AI Purchase strategy 5: AI Purchase strategy With a maximum-buffer strategy, you maximize your service level without considering the risk of waste.
Purchase overview categories
Orders are now categorized into upcoming deliveries and historical deliveries for better organization and tracking.