How to use Profit Dish

Inventory & stock

Track what you have and what it's worth.

1. 1Main Store + Food / Beverage / General sections; transfer between them.
2. 2Restock via a delivery or scanned invoice — costs blend as a weighted average.
3. 3Low-stock items are flagged to reorder.

Stock transfers & general store

Move stock between branches and country-level stores.

1. 1Hold central stock in a per-country general store.
2. 2Transfer to a branch — single item or bulk transfer.
3. 3Copy a whole stock list to set up a new branch fast.

Recipe → stock links

Make each sale deduct the right stock item.

1. 1Each ingredient is matched to a stock item (Arabic/English, plurals).
2. 2Red = not deducting; pick the item or 'Accept all suggestions'.
3. 3Then every sale subtracts the right ingredient.

Stock-take

Count physical stock and catch waste/theft.

1. 1Type the counted amount per item.
2. 2See the variance vs the system in money + total shrinkage.
3. 3'Apply' reconciles and logs the difference.

Finance overview & VAT

A snapshot of your money, with VAT & service charge.

1. 1KPIs: revenue, prime cost, food cost, labour and net margin.
2. 2VAT this month: output vs input VAT + net due — set the rate and the service charge.
3. 3The full Profit & Loss lives in the Sales Report (left menu).

Cash Box (treasury)

Track the physical cash drawer — what came in, what went out, what's left.

1. 1Pick the month (and branch). See Opening / Cash in / Cash out / Balance.
2. 2Add a movement: In (owner funding, cash sales…) or Out (supplier, expense, salaries, petty cash…).
3. 3Choosing 'Supplier' lets you pick the supplier — it records a real payment and lowers what you owe.
4. 4Reconcile: type the cash you counted and it posts the difference as an adjustment.
5. 5Export to CSV or PDF.

💡 Only payments marked 'Paid by: Cash' appear here — bank/transfer payments stay in Expenses only.

Expenses & Paid-by

All your running costs in one ledger.

1. 1Log rent/utilities/marketing, or scan an invoice.
2. 2Mark each paid/unpaid and pick how it was paid (cash/bank).
3. 3Routed into the P&L automatically.

Suppliers (full edit)

What you owe each supplier, with delivery records.

1. 1Track invoiced vs paid per supplier.
2. 2Store each delivery invoice with photos.
3. 3Line items can restock your inventory.
4. 4Ingredient prices link to a supplier from a dropdown, so each product ties to its source.

Payroll

Staff pay per month.

1. 1Salaries, bonuses, deductions and net pay, pro-rated by days worked.
2. 2Approved advances show as a deduction column automatically.
3. 3Mark each employee paid and choose Cash/Bank.

Staff advances (سلفة)

Salary advances staff request during the month.

1. 1Pick the month, choose an employee, enter the requested amount and date.
2. 2Approve (edit the approved amount if you give less) or reject.
3. 3Edit any row's amount/date/note later with ✎ Edit.
4. 4Approved advances are subtracted from that person's net pay.