Illustrative previewA custom-built Shopify app that manages menus, recipes, modifiers and real food cost
— depleting ingredient inventory on every Shopify POS or online sale and reporting true food-cost % and margin.
What is Menu & Recipe Management with Food Cost?
A custom-built Shopify app that manages menus, recipes, modifiers and real food cost — depleting ingredient inventory on every Shopify POS or online sale and reporting true food-cost % and margin. Built to order by ECOSIRE for Shopify (build-to-order) — indicative price from $999.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.
Key Features
Built to order, done for you
No DIY setup — a working app, built, installed and supported by ECOSIRE.
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You order
Start with a one-time build price. We scope it with you at kickoff.
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We build & install
ECOSIRE builds, configures and installs it on your Shopify.
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Go live + support
You go live in about one working week, with two weeks of go-live support. Defects in the code we deliver are fixed free of charge.
About this Product
Most Shopify stores track stock at the finished-product level — one burger equals one unit. Restaurants and cafes don't work that way: one burger is a bun, a patty, cheese, sauce and packaging, each with its own cost and its own stock. Menu & Recipe Management with Food Cost closes that gap by giving your Shopify store a real bill-of-materials (BOM) layer beneath every menu item.
This is a build-to-order app, not a one-click App Store install. ECOSIRE custom-builds it against your catalog, your locations and your POS workflow, then installs and configures it on your store. You define recipes that map each menu item (a Shopify product/variant) to its ingredients with quantities and units. When an order is captured — through Shopify POS or online — the app listens on the orders/create and orders/paid webhooks, explodes each line through its recipe, and depletes ingredient inventory via the Admin GraphQL API against the correct location in your multi-location setup.
On top of that sits the costing engine: live food-cost %, gross margin per item, and category-level reporting driven by your real ingredient costs stored in metafields. Modifiers and combos (extra shot, no cheese, meal deals) adjust both price and depletion. Allergen and nutrition tags are stored as structured metafields and surfaced on storefront and POS.
You get an honest, supported, purpose-built system — not a generic plugin you have to bend into shape. We scope it, build it, install it, and stand behind it.
What you get
- A custom Shopify app built for your store, installed via OAuth with least-privilege scopes
- Recipe/BOM data model implemented on metafields and app-managed records, with initial menu items mapped
- Webhook subscriptions (orders/create, orders/paid, refunds/create) configured and verified end-to-end
- Embedded admin screens (App Bridge) for recipe editing, ingredient costs, and food-cost reporting
- Food-cost % and margin reporting dashboards seeded with your ingredient cost data
- Configuration of multi-location inventory depletion rules matched to your store locations
- Deployment, smoke-testing on a development store, and go-live on your production store
- Handover documentation plus a training session for your team, and a defined support window
Who this is for
Independent restaurant or cafe owner
Sells food via Shopify POS and online, suspects margins are thinner than they should be, and wants to see real food-cost % per dish instead of guessing from total purchases.
Multi-location food operator
Runs several cafes or ghost-kitchens on one Shopify store and needs ingredient stock depleted against the right location automatically, with cost and margin compared site by site.
Operations / finance manager
Owns purchasing and P&L for a food business and needs trustworthy margin reporting tied to actual recipes, modifiers and waste — not a spreadsheet that's out of date the moment a price changes.
How Menu & Recipe Management with Food Cost Compares
| Criterion | ECOSIRE | Custom Build | Competitor | Shopify Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredient-level (BOM) inventory depletion on every sale | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Real food-cost % and margin reporting per item and category | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Multi-location-aware depletion via Admin GraphQL API | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support |
| Modifier and combo pricing tied to ingredient consumption | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Not included |
| Tailored to your exact menu, recipes and POS workflow | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Instant self-serve install with no build wait | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Allergen and nutrition tags as structured metafields | Included | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support |
| Vendor builds, installs and supports it for you | Included | Not included | Partial support | Not included |
Frequently Asked Questions about Menu & Recipe Management with Food Cost
Is this an instant download from the Shopify App Store?
No. This is a build-to-order app. ECOSIRE custom-builds it against your catalog, locations and POS workflow, then installs it on your store via the standard OAuth flow. There is no public App Store listing to click-install — that is intentional, because the recipe and costing logic is tailored to how your business actually operates.
How long does delivery take after I order?
Typical delivery is around one working week from kickoff, depending on how many menu items and recipes need mapping and how complex your modifiers and multi-location setup are. After purchase we run a short scoping call, agree a build plan with milestones, build on a development store, then install and go live on your production store.
What ongoing support and updates do I get?
Every build includes a defined support window after go-live for fixes and questions, plus handover docs and team training. Because the app runs against the Shopify Admin GraphQL API and webhooks, we also keep it working as Shopify deprecates API versions. Ongoing maintenance, new recipes or feature additions beyond the included window are available as a support plan or scoped change request.
How does ingredient inventory actually get depleted on a sale?
The app subscribes to the orders/create and orders/paid webhooks. When an order is paid, it reads each line item, looks up that item's recipe (its bill of materials), multiplies ingredient quantities by the amount sold, factors in any modifiers, and decrements each ingredient's inventory against the correct location using the Admin GraphQL API. Processing is idempotent, so webhook retries never double-count.
What happens on refunds, cancellations or modifier changes?
Refunds and cancellations are handled via the refunds/create webhook and reverse the corresponding ingredient depletion, so stock stays accurate. Modifiers and combos are part of the recipe model, so 'no cheese' or 'extra shot' adjust both the price and the ingredients consumed. We include a reconciliation routine so you can audit and correct any edge cases.
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Menu & Recipe Management with Food Cost
A custom-built Shopify app that manages menus, recipes, modifiers and real food cost — depleting ingredient inventory on every Shopify POS or online sale and reporting true food-cost % and margin.
- Menu and category management mapped to Shopify products, variants and collections, with POS-ready grouping
- Recipe / ingredient mapping (bill-of-materials) — each menu item linked to ingredients with quantity and unit of measure
- Automatic ingredient-level inventory depletion on every paid order via orders/create and orders/paid webhooks
- Multi-location aware depletion — ingredient stock decremented against the correct Shopify location using the Admin GraphQL API