Back-office hospitality software

Control margins and food costs without the spreadsheets.

Your point of sale handles the front of house. Paper & Pen handles the back office. Track daily cash-ups, calculate recipe portion costs, manage supplier purchase orders, and run your payroll in one system.

  • Track daily covers and revenue
  • Cost recipes with bills of materials
  • Reconcile supplier deliveries against orders

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Daily cash-up ledgers

Record your end-of-day till totals, credit card splits, and petty cash expenses using simple journal entries to keep your accounts accurate.

Recipe and portion costing

Use the manufacturing module to build recipes as bills of materials. Track exactly how much each portion costs based on current ingredient prices.

Supplier purchase orders

Send professional purchase orders to your food and beverage suppliers. Match incoming deliveries against the original order to prevent overcharging.

Track stock and wastage

Monitor your dry stores and beverage inventory. Record stock adjustments for kitchen wastage, spills, or complimentary items to maintain accurate margins.

Staff payroll and HR

Manage your team with the paid HR module. Process payroll for chefs, servers, and housekeeping staff, and compare labour costs against revenue.

Profit and loss reports

Generate clear financial reports to understand your revenue per head. See exactly where your cash goes across food costs, wages, and overheads.

Kitchen and bar

Control ingredient costs and track daily wastage

Hospitality margins are notoriously tight. When ingredient prices fluctuate, your gross profit vanishes if you do not update your dish costs. Using the paid manufacturing module, you can treat your recipes as bills of materials. This means every time you buy flour, coffee beans, or meat at a new price, your portion costs update automatically. You can also log inventory adjustments for kitchen wastage, dropped plates, or spoiled goods. This gives you a true picture of your food and beverage costs before the end of the month.

  • Build recipes as bills of materials
  • Track ingredient price changes instantly
  • Log daily kitchen and bar wastage
  • Monitor dry store and cellar inventory
Paper & Pen

الفواتير

4 فواتير · مايو 2026

فاتورة جديدة
العميل التاريخ المبلغ الحالة
Northwind Trading Co. 12 مايو 2026 $4,820.50 مدفوعة
Harbour Point Ltd 09 مايو 2026 $12,500.75 متأخرة
Cedar Clinic Group 05 مايو 2026 $2,140.25 مدفوعة
Studio Meridian 02 مايو 2026 $863.40 مسودة
الإجمالي $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

Invoices

4 invoices · May 2026

New invoice
Customer Date Amount Status
Northwind Trading Co. 12 May 2026 $4,820.50 Paid
Harbour Point Ltd 09 May 2026 $12,500.75 Overdue
Cedar Clinic Group 05 May 2026 $2,140.25 Paid
Studio Meridian 02 May 2026 $863.40 Draft
Total $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

चालान

4 चालान · मई 2026

नया चालान
ग्राहक तारीख राशि स्थिति
Northwind Trading Co. 12 मई 2026 $4,820.50 भुगतान हुआ
Harbour Point Ltd 09 मई 2026 $12,500.75 बकाया
Cedar Clinic Group 05 मई 2026 $2,140.25 भुगतान हुआ
Studio Meridian 02 मई 2026 $863.40 ड्राफ़्ट
कुल $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

চালান

4 চালান · মে 2026

নতুন চালান
ক্রেতা তারিখ পরিমাণ অবস্থা
Northwind Trading Co. 12 মে 2026 $4,820.50 পরিশোধিত
Harbour Point Ltd 09 মে 2026 $12,500.75 বকেয়া
Cedar Clinic Group 05 মে 2026 $2,140.25 পরিশোধিত
Studio Meridian 02 মে 2026 $863.40 খসড়া
সর্বমোট $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

انوائسز

4 انوائسز · مئی 2026

نئی انوائس
کسٹمر تاریخ رقم حالت
Northwind Trading Co. 12 مئی 2026 $4,820.50 ادا شدہ
Harbour Point Ltd 09 مئی 2026 $12,500.75 واجب الادا
Cedar Clinic Group 05 مئی 2026 $2,140.25 ادا شدہ
Studio Meridian 02 مئی 2026 $863.40 مسودہ
کل $20,324.90

Back office administration

Reconcile supplier deliveries and end-of-day takings

Busy services mean paperwork often gets lost. Paper & Pen brings order to your back office. Instead of calling suppliers and hoping they remember your quantities, send formal purchase orders directly from the system. When the delivery truck arrives, your team can check the invoice against your original order to catch missing items. At the end of the night, use journal entries to record your daily cash-up. You can split your covers into cash, card payments, and delivery app revenue, while deducting any petty cash spent on emergency supplies.

  • Send clear purchase orders to suppliers
  • Check deliveries against original orders
  • Record daily cash and card takings
  • Log petty cash and till discrepancies
Paper & Pen

الفواتير

4 فواتير · مايو 2026

فاتورة جديدة
العميل التاريخ المبلغ الحالة
Northwind Trading Co. 12 مايو 2026 $4,820.50 مدفوعة
Harbour Point Ltd 09 مايو 2026 $12,500.75 متأخرة
Cedar Clinic Group 05 مايو 2026 $2,140.25 مدفوعة
Studio Meridian 02 مايو 2026 $863.40 مسودة
الإجمالي $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

Invoices

4 invoices · May 2026

New invoice
Customer Date Amount Status
Northwind Trading Co. 12 May 2026 $4,820.50 Paid
Harbour Point Ltd 09 May 2026 $12,500.75 Overdue
Cedar Clinic Group 05 May 2026 $2,140.25 Paid
Studio Meridian 02 May 2026 $863.40 Draft
Total $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

चालान

4 चालान · मई 2026

नया चालान
ग्राहक तारीख राशि स्थिति
Northwind Trading Co. 12 मई 2026 $4,820.50 भुगतान हुआ
Harbour Point Ltd 09 मई 2026 $12,500.75 बकाया
Cedar Clinic Group 05 मई 2026 $2,140.25 भुगतान हुआ
Studio Meridian 02 मई 2026 $863.40 ड्राफ़्ट
कुल $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

চালান

4 চালান · মে 2026

নতুন চালান
ক্রেতা তারিখ পরিমাণ অবস্থা
Northwind Trading Co. 12 মে 2026 $4,820.50 পরিশোধিত
Harbour Point Ltd 09 মে 2026 $12,500.75 বকেয়া
Cedar Clinic Group 05 মে 2026 $2,140.25 পরিশোধিত
Studio Meridian 02 মে 2026 $863.40 খসড়া
সর্বমোট $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

انوائسز

4 انوائسز · مئی 2026

نئی انوائس
کسٹمر تاریخ رقم حالت
Northwind Trading Co. 12 مئی 2026 $4,820.50 ادا شدہ
Harbour Point Ltd 09 مئی 2026 $12,500.75 واجب الادا
Cedar Clinic Group 05 مئی 2026 $2,140.25 ادا شدہ
Studio Meridian 02 مئی 2026 $863.40 مسودہ
کل $20,324.90

Labour and performance

Compare your wage costs against daily revenue

Your staff rota is usually your biggest expense after food costs. If you overstaff a quiet Tuesday, your profitability drops. By using the paid HR and payroll module, you can accurately track your wage expenses for front of house, kitchen, and management teams. When you combine this payroll data with your daily revenue entries, your profit and loss ledger shows exactly how much of your income goes to labour. This helps you understand your true revenue per head and make better decisions about future shift scheduling.

  • Process payroll for all hospitality staff
  • Compare labour costs to daily revenue
  • Calculate your true revenue per head
  • Generate accurate profit and loss ledgers
Paper & Pen

الفواتير

4 فواتير · مايو 2026

فاتورة جديدة
العميل التاريخ المبلغ الحالة
Northwind Trading Co. 12 مايو 2026 $4,820.50 مدفوعة
Harbour Point Ltd 09 مايو 2026 $12,500.75 متأخرة
Cedar Clinic Group 05 مايو 2026 $2,140.25 مدفوعة
Studio Meridian 02 مايو 2026 $863.40 مسودة
الإجمالي $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

Invoices

4 invoices · May 2026

New invoice
Customer Date Amount Status
Northwind Trading Co. 12 May 2026 $4,820.50 Paid
Harbour Point Ltd 09 May 2026 $12,500.75 Overdue
Cedar Clinic Group 05 May 2026 $2,140.25 Paid
Studio Meridian 02 May 2026 $863.40 Draft
Total $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

चालान

4 चालान · मई 2026

नया चालान
ग्राहक तारीख राशि स्थिति
Northwind Trading Co. 12 मई 2026 $4,820.50 भुगतान हुआ
Harbour Point Ltd 09 मई 2026 $12,500.75 बकाया
Cedar Clinic Group 05 मई 2026 $2,140.25 भुगतान हुआ
Studio Meridian 02 मई 2026 $863.40 ड्राफ़्ट
कुल $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

চালান

4 চালান · মে 2026

নতুন চালান
ক্রেতা তারিখ পরিমাণ অবস্থা
Northwind Trading Co. 12 মে 2026 $4,820.50 পরিশোধিত
Harbour Point Ltd 09 মে 2026 $12,500.75 বকেয়া
Cedar Clinic Group 05 মে 2026 $2,140.25 পরিশোধিত
Studio Meridian 02 মে 2026 $863.40 খসড়া
সর্বমোট $20,324.90
Paper & Pen

انوائسز

4 انوائسز · مئی 2026

نئی انوائس
کسٹمر تاریخ رقم حالت
Northwind Trading Co. 12 مئی 2026 $4,820.50 ادا شدہ
Harbour Point Ltd 09 مئی 2026 $12,500.75 واجب الادا
Cedar Clinic Group 05 مئی 2026 $2,140.25 ادا شدہ
Studio Meridian 02 مئی 2026 $863.40 مسودہ
کل $20,324.90

Questions

Everything you need to know

Does Paper & Pen integrate with my restaurant point of sale system?
Paper & Pen does not offer direct integrations with external point of sale systems. It is designed to act as your back-office ERP and accounting ledger. Most cafes and hotels use their POS for taking orders, and then enter their daily cash-up totals into Paper & Pen as a single journal entry at the end of the night.
Can I use this to calculate recipe costs for my menu?
Yes. By adding the paid manufacturing module, you can use the bills of materials feature to build your recipes. You add your raw ingredients to the inventory, set the quantities needed for a single portion, and the system calculates the total cost based on your most recent supplier purchase prices.
How do I handle tips and service charges in the accounting?
You can create specific ledger accounts for tips and service charges. When you record your daily takings, you allocate the tip amount to a liability account. When you pay those tips out to your staff through the payroll module or a cash expense, you clear that liability, keeping your revenue figures accurate.
Can I manage multiple cafe locations in one account?
Paper & Pen tracks inventory and accounting for a single company entity. If your locations operate under the same legal company, you can manage them together, but you will not have separate stock locations out of the box. If they are separate legal entities, you need to register a separate account for each business.

Organise your hospitality back office and control costs

Stop relying on messy spreadsheets. Track your daily cash-ups, supplier orders, and recipe costs for free.

Free forever · No credit card required · Add modules anytime