One-stop shopping for most numbers-based needs for the group. Really helped streamline digitizing invoicing, which added products, which we were then able to build inventories on. Terrific customer support if any hitches.

Most 'missing' features in the past have been added.

Exceptional, the Margin Edge team has leaped through hoops to help my team become more efficient. The tools this software provides are PERFECT in so many ways. Not only do we pay more attention to the daily spend, but we track it against budgets in live time. The experience has translated to more bottom line dollars -

Record Retention - before Margin Edge came along, we saved every piece of paper - not any more. This tool was also extremely useful in managing the spend through the month, the category and profit loss tools are excellent bell-weathers for operations

In our case, our units are independent in terms of menu, so gathering group information has some steps that could be alleviated - I believe this is being worked upon for next version. There were a few other minor issues which the Margin Edge Team was so helpful in teaching my staff how to handle and view their

I like the ability to pay bills through Margin Edge. Inter company ordering

I have had trouble with the amount of time it takes for payments to reach Vendor's. Also tracking credits is not easy. In addition to having a major problem with some electronic payments.

Margin Edge's unique combination of offerings allows for simplification of in-store restaurant operations and the administrative management.

Margin Edge combines an easy to use inventory and COGS platform, a kitchen recipe viewer, and a data entry service. Our managers really appreciate the additional time they are able to spend on the floor instead of in the office entering invoices. I find the team at Margin Edge extremely open to feedback about the product and very responsive to support emails. From an administration standpoint, the software is user friendly and direct. The removal of the duplicate maintenance of two recipe databases (one for kitchen viewing and one for target costing) has significantly lowered the number of hours required to run our business.

The system is still new, so there are some features that competitors have developed which are still being developed for margin edge.

Customer-service and margin edge product itself proven to be one of the best decisions we’ve made in our decade long restaurant journey. We are so thankful for what they have done for us.

MarginEdge makes it so simple and intuitive to manage your restaurant. Having immediate access to invoices purchase orders recipes, and sales information is critical in MarginEdge over delivers in both customer service, and helping us manage profitability on a day by day basis.

There are no cons w Margin Edge. The time you spend setting it up has paybacks that are greater than you could ever imagine.

Margin Edge has been great to work with. It does take several months to really get the data in and a while to work out the kinks on our side. They have been right there to help us along the way as we were ready to take on more of the product.

The A/P component in and of itself paid for the product in reduced time spent inputting invoices/receipts. The inventory side, while there is a learning curve, has been great now that we are setup. We fully use the recipes, menu engineering and theoretical usage reports.It is part of my start to every day.Like the Budget summary. The combination of Budget and the P&L allow me to customize what I want my team to view and helps us track to metrics.

There are some things we would very much like 1) Waste Log. All the information is in ME to integrate a wastelog and it would be great to add to the variance report. 2) Menu Analysis using gross sales rather than net. We integrate with Toast and it may be a function of what Toast makes available. We LOVE the menu analysis but based upon our discounting program - it skews our view and requires us to focus more on the theoretical usage report and Menu items rather than the menu analyses. 3) Forecasting. Would be very nice to have an annual and monthly forecast integrated into the system.

Very Positive. Happy to be working with Margin Edge.

I think the recipe building and costing functions are great. Inventory is easy to use on mobile devices which our managers like. Menu Analysis has been very helpful with pricing and ingredient sourcing.

Integration of new products and sifting through vendor products could be a bit easier to navigate. It took me quite some time to figure out the easiest way to get the information I was looking for.

I own accounting service that had sworn off doing restaurant work because of the vast amount of paper involved. Most of my time was being spent tracking down Sales and COGS info and could never do any real analysis. A couple years ago I discovered Orderly and used that service for a year or so until they eliminated the integration with QuickBooks Online. I went searching and found MarginEdge. It. Changed. Everything. I couldn't be more pleased. Not only does it help me take care of the avalanche of paper I used to have to deal with on a daily basis, but now we can get real Food cost, ingredient pricing alerts, etc. And I can deliver financials fast! My clients think I'm a genius.

There are so many Pro's features it's hard to list them all... MarginEdge eliminates so much data entry, tracking down invoices, tracking down item prices, integrates with so many POS systems, integrates with QuickBooks Online and the Bill Pay service is AMAZING!! I also love that after scanning the invoices I can toss the paper, everything is in one place!

I really can't see any Cons here. Setting up can take a little time, but once it's set up, you're done!

Very simple program to use.

That it can integrate and have a better idea what invoices are currently at hand.

That at times invoices are put in with a credit without actually receiving the vendor credit.

Having used both Bevspot and Xtrachef before this product, I feel like ME is the best you can get for it's comprehensive coverage of invoicing, transfers, inventory, ordering, bill pay, and costing.

ME is great because it can do invoice management and inventory management for front and back of house.

ME could be better with it's app. The app does seem like there is a lot of room for improvement with features. The website can bug out occasionally during recipe building.

cost, menu prices

it´s easy to use the information is very friendly

the information that i changed in my account affects the other restaurant as well, the other issue that we have is the shrink we dont have a section in margin edge to enter alll the shrink taht we have and we cant discount that products for our inventory

Looking up current product costs and seeing how food cost fluctuates is great! Having rhe recipes and being able to adjust them and see regularly how the cost changes by item is important for bottom line.

You have to put A LOT of work into adding the recipes. The conversions are very time consuming.

We now run inventories and can identify issues leading to higher food costs. We don't need to worry about over portioning or other loss as the software can help us identify the problems so we can solve them. We have our recipes in and they are compared to our sales to make sure we our costs are hitting our targets.

This software is super easy to set up and implement. My management team had no issues.

There is nothing I have issues with in Margin Edge.

We have been able to save a tremendous amount of time doing inventory and recipe costing with this program.

We have been in business for 27 years and this has been the one biggest and most effeicent changes we have made with regard to inventory management. Highly recommend! Easy to implement and learn. Very quick to set up. The recipe costing has been an added bonus - real time costs on everything at your finger tips. It's been a real eye-opener.

I wish we could choose the Price Alerts in bulk with a quick check list instead of having to select them one-by-one. It is a bit tedious to set up.

Overall great! Especially support. Always a pleasure to talk to support over there and they always have a solution. If they don't then they will find one for you. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is pretty much a hero without a cape....maybe he has one?

Daily polling sales are great! This minimizes daily journal entries. Invoices coding are great, helps with manual entry. Theoretical costs are great, really delve into how each item is used in various recipes.

Sometimes the OCR technology is not able to break down complicated invoices. Example: Tshirts with different sizes on the same line instead of broken out as separate lines.

We use it for invoice processing. The sales are given in Gross, which we do not use.

Being able to enter invoices on the phone app.

The delay in invoices posting makes it less than ideal to catch things posted to the wrong category

Analysis of purchase/menu data is very helpful

Adding more push reports will increase the value of the tool

Overall, it's a good product that functions well. There was some initial difficulty learning the system but after a few month's, I can see why this product is essential.

Recipe costing is accurate because prices update, so you always have a recent price.

Maintenance on products is required almost daily to make sure items are allocated correctly

I have used ME at 2 different restaurants and it gives you such insight into your day to day purchases and costs. ME really helps you manage all of your controllables.

Margin Edge truly opened our eyes when it came to menu item costs. ME takes into consideration all of the little things that when building your menu you sometimes overlook from the seasonings that you use to even say bread crumbs. It made a huge difference in costing out our menu.

When it comes to entering your recipes some of the conversions are difficult but well worth the time.

Outstanding. They are part of the BILL-E's Team.

Margin Edge enabled my team to easily manage inventory and to quickly send images of invoices that used to be manually coded and ledgered

I am hoping they will implement the labor tools with our LINGA POS soon so we can utilize the system more.

ME is very user friendly. As I explore more of the options for inventory, I become increasingly comfortable with the program.

I have not found anything that I do not like so far, but would like to see if a scan gun and scale for measuring bottles can be incorporated with the inventory function. Would be nice to be able to more accurately weigh bottles.

Terrble

Nothing very hard to use . Extremely tedious.

Everything was hard to use and made no sense. It did not serve any purpose.

It has been excellent. MarginEdge was built by a restauranteur for restauranteurs. It really helps provide your teams a solid foundation of important information to make critical operational decisions. It also makes life much easier for the bookkeepers, managers, and chefs letting them focus more on priorities that add value to the guest experience. A great value.

Digitally captures and codes all invoices which has added consistency and transparency for management and accounting.

It is sometimes hard to get folks comfortable with new technology.

Outstanding

Easy review and transfer of sales items to Accounting Software

No problems at all, implementation was a breeze