Production and inventory

Create recipes that cost and sell correctly

Build recipes with clear names, units, and sellable sizes so costing, production, and wholesale all stay in sync.

5 min read · Updated Mar 18, 2026 · Managers and production leads building sellable recipes

Use this article when you are adding a new sellable item or cleaning up an older recipe that no longer costs correctly.

Build the recipe in Recipes, save it with a clear sellable name, then confirm the cost result in Cost Table.

Quick facts

Start here

One sellable size should usually be one recipe record.
The recipe name, unit setup, and yield all affect downstream costing and production planning.
Recipe costs update from the ingredient and vendor pricing already in the system.
Wholesale uses the recipe itself as the sellable product, not a separate final-product record.

Use a recipe name staff and customers will actually recognize.
Choose the recipe category before you save so reports and lists stay clean.
Decide whether the item is a batch recipe, a unit recipe, or its own sellable size before you start entering ingredients.

Add the recipe name, category, yield, unit type, and the ingredients that make up the item.

If customers order two sizes separately, create two sellable recipes instead of one shared record.
Use directions and notes for production detail, not for core product identity.

Use one recipe when the product is truly the same item with the same sellable size.

Create a separate recipe when the size, format, or pack changes enough that staff or customers should order it separately.

If the cost looks wrong

Check the recipe yield, ingredient units, and the current ingredient pricing first.

Most bad cost results come from unit mismatches or stale ingredient prices, not from the cost screen itself.

After saving, open Cost Table.

Confirm the recipe shows the expected cost and that no ingredient or unit setup looks obviously wrong.

Production teams use the recipe in normal production and planning flows.
Wholesale can use the same recipe as a sellable product after it is added to the guide.
Inventory depletion can also use the recipe later when you map Square sales in Square Mapping.