Food and beverage inventory for golf and country clubs
Last updated: · By Harrison Schwartz, founder of Varastiq
Key takeaway: A club doesn't run one kitchen. It runs a clubhouse kitchen, a halfway house, a beverage cart, banquets and a bar, often with seasonal staff and a 7 a.m. tournament to stock for. Varastiq's Stiq app counts each outlet in its own walk order, with item search, manual quantity entry and offline drafts for the cart barn and the walk-in, and flags large changes from the previous count while you can still recount. Varastiq is $149 a month for the first location and $99 for each additional one, core restaurant operations included. Setting up your own workspace has no extra setup fee; Guided Setup is optional at $299.
What it's worth: one point of food cost on $1M in food sales is $10,000 a year. Varastiq helps you review item usage in reporting and large count changes while counting.
What makes club F&B inventory hard?
- Many small outlets. The halfway house and the beverage cart carry a little of a lot, and they're restocked from the main kitchen and bar.
- Seasonal volume. Pars that work in July are wrong in October.
- Events. A banquet or a shotgun start can move more product in a morning than the grill does in a week.
- Rotating staff. Counts have to be simple enough for whoever is on shift.
How does Varastiq handle a club?
- One walk order per outlet. Set up the clubhouse kitchen, halfway house, cart, banquet storage and bar as their own areas, in the order you walk them. See inventory counts.
- Count where there's no signal. Stiq saves on the device and syncs when you're back on Wi-Fi.
- Variance at the count. Stiq checks large changes from the previous count while the counter can still recount. See variance and theft flags.
- Order to par after each count, grouped by vendor. Update pars as the season changes.
- Live plate cost for the grill and banquet menus, from your invoices. See live plate cost.
- Weekly prime cost, with recorded labor costs. See prime cost.
How do outlets map to locations on your plan? Ask us before you buy. Pricing is per location: $149 a month for the first and $99 for each additional, up to 10 published rates; 11+ locations get a custom quote. See pricing.
Frequently asked questions
Can Varastiq count a halfway house and a beverage cart separately?
Yes. Set each one up as its own storage area with its own walk order, and count it on its own.
Does Varastiq work offline on the course?
Yes. The Stiq app saves counts on the device and syncs when you're back on signal.
How much does Varastiq cost for a club?
Varastiq Pro is $149 a month for the first location and $99 a month for each additional location, or $1,639 a year on annual. Ask us how your outlets map to locations before you buy. Setting up your own workspace has no extra setup fee; Guided Setup is optional at $299.
Can I start online?
Self-serve signup is temporarily unavailable. Request a demo or contact us to discuss Varastiq Pro. This request does not create a subscription or charge your card. The software money-back guarantee runs from the first software payment: 14 days on monthly plans or 30 days on annual plans.
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$149/month for your first location, $99/month for each additional one, core restaurant operations included. Money-back guarantee on the software: 14 days on monthly plans, 30 days on annual.
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