Prep by Ounce
Pars that move with the day, not the week.
Every Ounce recomputes prep suggestions against tomorrow's Demand Signal, yesterday's waste and today's ingredient costs — so the kitchen pulls the right amount of the right items, every shift.
Prep by Ounce
06:00
nightly plan refresh
The leak
Static prep sheets quietly waste a week of margin.
When pars never change, slow nights produce dumped pans and busy nights run out of the hero dish. Both leak margin you'll only notice at month-end.
- Tuesday's slow night, Friday's worth of hummus.
- 86 your highest-margin dish at peak.
- Sunday mise dumped — same SKU, same shift, every week.
- Sub-recipes never re-costed when ingredient prices move.
How operators use it
A prep plan that learns from every shift.
Every Ounce builds a suggested prep sheet against tomorrow's cover forecast, blends in waste history by station and shift, and flags the pull-forwards that protect peak service. The chef approves or overrides every line.
- Pars recomputed nightly and again at 06:00, for review
- Pull-forwards and batch sizes costed against the forecast
- Sub-recipes reflect today's invoice prices
- Waste pattern detection by station, shift and SKU
- Override any line — the model learns from the override
Service timeline
How a kitchen manager runs prep with Every Ounce.
- Step 01
Night before
Prep suggestions generate from tomorrow's forecast plus a 4-week waste pattern.
- Step 02
06:00
Suggestions refresh with the morning's reservations and weather updates.
- Step 03
06:30
Chef walks the line, adjusts any par, and prints the sheet.
- Step 04
Mid-shift
Pull-forward alerts if items track ahead of forecast, for the line to act on.
- Step 05
End of shift
Actuals reconcile against pars and the model learns for tomorrow.
Connected workflows
Prep is downstream of demand, upstream of waste.
Stop prepping for the wrong day.
Import your menu, recipes and four weeks of sales — your first prep suggestions are ready before tomorrow's shift.
FAQ
Questions operators actually ask.
No. Every Ounce works alongside the restaurant systems you already use and brings their signals into one Pre-Service Brief for operator review.