ARC Restaurant Inventory & Waste Engine.

Take control of your food costs. Reduce waste. Make smarter purchasing decisions.

The ARC Restaurant Inventory & Waste Engine is a practical Excel-based business tool designed for hospitality operators who want to understand where their stock is going, what waste is costing them, and what needs action.

Instead of simply counting inventory, the Engine brings together stock levels, ingredient costs, actual usage, waste, par levels, supplier pricing and purchasing decisions in one easy-to-use system.

What it helps you do

• Track ingredient and inventory costs
• Monitor opening stock, purchases and closing stock
• Calculate actual ingredient usage
• Track food waste and spoilage costs
• Identify preventable waste
• Set par levels and minimum stock levels
• Calculate days of stock cover
• Identify overstock and low-stock items
• Generate suggested order quantities
• Monitor supplier price increases
• Compare suppliers and lead times
• Identify where inventory is tying up cash
• Generate clear ORDER / HOLD / WASTE REVIEW / MONITOR actions
• Optionally use AI to review your results and identify priorities

Included

9 practical Excel worksheets:

START HERE — Simple setup instructions

BUSINESS SETUP — Configure your restaurant's inventory targets

INGREDIENT MASTER — Ingredients, costs, yields, suppliers and par levels

STOCKTAKE — Opening stock, purchases, closing stock and actual usage

WASTE LOG — Record spoilage, prep waste, overproduction and other losses

INVENTORY CONTROL — Stock cover, reorder quantities and action recommendations

WASTE ANALYSIS — See where waste costs are accumulating

SUPPLIER & ORDER REVIEW — Review supplier pricing, lead times and purchasing requirements

DASHBOARD — See your key inventory and waste indicators

AI REVIEW — Optional structured AI analysis prompt

Built for hospitality businesses

Ideal for restaurants, cafés, takeaway businesses, food trucks, caterers and other independent hospitality operators.

This isn't restaurant management software with another monthly subscription. It's a practical business decision workbook you own and can use to get greater visibility over your inventory.

A$29 — one-time payment. No subscription.

Instant digital download.

Good food. Less waste. Stronger profits.

Business planning and analysis tool only. Results depend on the accuracy of your inputs and assumptions. This product does not provide accounting, tax, legal, food-safety or financial advice. No particular waste reduction, revenue, profit or business outcome is guaranteed.