You can apply a budget per resident to a menu, either to the whole day or to individual meal periods (breakfast, lunch, dinner). A menu with a budget can then be analyzed for cost overruns via the Cost Over Budget (Menus) report.
To apply a budget per resident to a menu, complete the following steps:
- Open the menu to the menu day view.
- Click the Edit Menu Properties button. The Edit Menu slide-out panel appears.
- Click the Menu Budgeting tab.
- You have the following options:
- To enter a daily food budget per resident (i.e., encompasses all meal periods and snack times), select the Daily Food option and in the Daily Budget field enter the daily budget per resident.
- To enter a budget per resident for each meal period (breakfast, lunch, dinner) select the Meal Specific Budget button and in each meal period field enter the budget per resident for that meal period.
- To enter a daily food budget per resident (i.e., encompasses all meal periods and snack times), select the Daily Food option and in the Daily Budget field enter the daily budget per resident.
- Click the Save button at top right of slide-out panel to apply your changes.