13/10/2026
You know your food sales. You know what you've purchased. You may even know the value of the stock sitting in your kitchen. But do you know where your food profit is actually going?
Food stocktaking should be about much more than counting what's in your fridges, freezers and storerooms.
Used properly, an independent food stocktake can help you establish an accurate gross profit, identify excessive or obsolete stock, focus attention on higher-risk products and highlight losses or discrepancies that warrant further investigation.
And the value doesn't necessarily stop with the figures.
An experienced auditor is physically inside your operation, looking at your stock and seeing how it is being managed. Those observations can provide valuable context to the numbers.
Over the coming weeks, we'll be looking at some of the questions hospitality operators should be asking about their food stock:
• Do you really know your food GP?
• Are you holding more stock than you need?
• Where is your greatest financial risk?
• Can you explain unexplained losses?
• What might your current controls be missing?
The count gives you the numbers. Experience helps you understand what they're telling you.
How much visibility do you have over your food stock and profitability? Talk to Capcon about how independent food stocktaking could help you understand what's really happening in your operation.
https://www.capcon.co.uk/where-is-your-food-profit-going/
