Feature · Price rise alerts

Supplier price rise alerts for restaurants and cafés

Tasti Desk compares each item on your supplier bills with what you paid for it before, per kg, litre or each, over the last 6 months. When an item has gone up by 3% or more it shows on the Prices tab, ranked by what the rise costs you a month at your current buying rate. If the item is in a recipe, Avo shows what it does per serve and suggests a menu price that keeps your margin, which you confirm or dismiss.

Supplier prices that went up, with the monthly cost of each rise (demo café)
Supplier prices that went up, with the monthly cost of each rise (demo café)
Avo's menu price suggestion after an avocado price rise
Avo's menu price suggestion after an avocado price rise

What it does

  • Like for like. Prices are compared per base unit (kg, L or each), so a change of pack size doesn't hide a rise. An item needs at least two purchases with a known pack size.
  • What it costs a month. Each rise is multiplied by how much of it you've been buying recently, so the list starts with the rises that matter most.
  • Per serve. For items in your recipes, the menu shows what the new price does to each dish's cost and food cost %.
  • Avo's suggestion. When an ingredient rise adds 10 cents or more to a serve, Avo offers two options: the smallest price rise that keeps your margin in dollars, or the price that keeps your food cost %. Nothing changes until you confirm.
  • In the morning note. New supplier price rises are listed under Needs you today.

How it works

  1. Forward or upload your bills as usual (see supplier bills).
  2. Open Money, then Prices: rises of 3% or more, biggest monthly impact first.
  3. Open the menu to see the dishes that use the item and Avo's suggested price.
  4. Confirm the price change, dismiss it, or call the supplier.

Who it’s for

Owners who suspect a supplier has crept prices up but don't have time to compare invoices line by line.

In BC and the rest of Canada

  • Prices are compared in CAD before tax, from your own Canadian supplier bills.

What it doesn’t do

  • It needs your bills: items you don't forward or upload can't be compared.
  • A changed menu price goes to Square only if the owner turned on menu changes in Square, and only after you confirm.

Price

Price rise alerts is part of the one Tasti Desk plan: $149 CAD per location a month, or $1,490 a year, with every feature included. 30 days free, no card. Square connects in a few minutes and brings in real sales, menu and team. On another POS, the founder builds the connection on request; schedule, team, bills, menu and stock work either way. See pricing.

Questions

How does Tasti Desk spot a supplier price increase?

It compares the price per kg, litre or each on your latest bill with what you paid for that item before (last 6 months) and shows changes of 3% or more.

Will it change my menu prices automatically?

No. Avo suggests a price; nothing changes until you tap Confirm.

What if the supplier changes the pack size?

Desk compares per base unit, so a smaller case at the same price shows as a rise.

Related features

Supplier bills A bills address per location, AI reads every line with GST/PST, checks totals and duplicates, and sorts what's due.Recipes and food cost Ingredients priced from your bills, cost per serve, target food cost, suggested price and menu engineering.Avo, the AI assistant Ask about your numbers in plain words; Avo proposes price, shift, day-off and order changes and waits for Confirm.

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