House spend in a monthly journal, and expenses on a specific event
Log what the restaurant actually spent in a calendar month, and attach expenses to an event. Staff do not see amounts.
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Empty for now. Two panes: a restaurant cost journal (dated entries) and an event expenses list on one booking. No stock counts, no shopping list, no profit chart.
What this is for
Costs has two jobs. The restaurant journal is for actual house bills in a calendar month — rent, utilities, that kind of spend. Event expenses are what this booking spent, such as a florist or hired chairs. You open the journal or the event later instead of reconstructing spend from receipts in a drawer.
How you use it
Keep a restaurant cost journal
House costs sit in a journal for the restaurant — dated entries you can look up by month. This is not a warehouse count.
Attach expenses to the event
What this booking spent sits on the event. It is not the shopping list from the menu, and it is not a profit report.
Keep amounts off the staff login
Staff do not see amounts. The office keeps the journal and the event expenses.
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Empty for now. Event expenses table: description and amount on one booking. Caption that this is not P&L. No inventory bins.
What you have when you are done
Costs you can open later
The journal is the house log for the month. You are not reconstructing spend from a pile of receipts.
Event expenses next to the booking
What this night cost to run sits on the event. You still do not get contribution or profit.