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For South African restaurants, cafés & bars
Supplier invoices, filed between services.
Produce, meat, the liquor order, gas, cleaning, breakages — the invoices and slips pile up in the back office. Snap each one on WhatsApp, or forward supplier invoices from your inbox, and SlipStack files it to your own Google Drive and tracks your food and beverage costs in a live dashboard. VAT worked out for SARS. No app, no admin after close.
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Built for a busy kitchen
Know your food cost without the late nights
Hospitality runs on tight margins, and food and beverage cost is everything. SlipStack captures the paperwork as the deliveries land, so you always know where your costs are heading.
Track food & beverage cost
Forward produce, meat and liquor invoices by email or snap the slip — SlipStack sorts spend by supplier and category so you see your true cost of goods.
Margins at a glance
A live Google Sheet dashboard tallies produce, liquor, gas and overheads month by month — the costs that quietly eat your margin.
VAT ready for SARS
Every invoice's VAT is split out and tallied, with the original kept in your Drive — so your input VAT claim is sorted before the return is due.
How it works
Three steps. Nothing to install.
- Snap or forward — a slip on WhatsApp, or a supplier invoice straight from your inbox.
- SlipStack reads it — vendor, date, total and VAT — and files the original.
- Sorted. Added to your cost dashboard and posted to Xero or Sage if you use it.
No more box of supplier invoices
Everything's captured, filed and totalled as the deliveries come in — so month-end and the VAT return stop being a scramble.
A real complication
The cash-and-carry slip that trips up most apps
A kitchen run to the wholesaler comes back with one slip covering two VAT worlds. Brown bread, milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables are zero-rated. The cooking oil, cleaning chemicals and till rolls carry the standard rate.
Take 15% off the whole total and you overclaim. Skip the claim to be safe and you leave money with SARS. SlipStack reads the slip band by band and posts each rate separately, so the input VAT on the line is the input VAT you can actually claim.
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Questions
Good to know
Can SlipStack track my food and beverage costs?
Yes. Forward your produce, meat and liquor invoices to SlipStack by email or snap the slip on WhatsApp, and it sorts your spend by supplier and category in a live Google Sheet dashboard — so you can see what your food and beverage costs are doing each month.
Can more than one manager send receipts?
Yes. On the Starter, Growth and Team plans, several managers or staff can each send slips and invoices over WhatsApp or email, and everything lands in the same Google Drive and dashboard — so deliveries captured on the floor don't get lost.
Do I need accounting software?
No. SlipStack keeps a live cost dashboard in a Google Sheet you own, so you get a full picture of your spending with no accounting system at all. If you use Xero or Sage, SlipStack posts the entry there too. More on running without software →
Is VAT worked out for SARS?
Yes. SlipStack is built for South African receipts and splits out the VAT on every invoice and slip, keeping a running total of your claimable input VAT, ready for your VAT return.
Get your kitchen's paperwork under control
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