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What is the difference between sales forecasting and prep forecasting?
A sales forecast tells you how busy tomorrow will be; a prep forecast tells you what to make.
Total sales can stay flat while the mix shifts, so a dollar forecast cannot say how many chicken breasts to thaw or loaves to bake. ClearCOGS forecasts by menu item and ingredient from your POS history, weather, local events and seasonality, then turns that into prep, ordering, and staffing numbers in the units your team uses. Sales forecasting tools are useful for labor budgets; ClearCOGS is built for the kitchen.