Back Office

Back Office is restaurant accounting, food cost and payroll software with a service team attached, sold by Buyers Edge Platform to independents, multi-concept groups and franchises in the US and Canada. It captures supplier invoices, costs recipes, produces weekly financial reports, automates payables and runs restaurant payroll, and connects to POS systems.

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Best for
Independent restaurants, Multi-concept restaurant groups
Pricing
From USD 199 per month
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Independent restaurants

    Accounting, food cost and payroll packages with expert support for owner-operators who want more than self-service tools.

  • Multi-concept restaurant groups

    Central recipe and ingredient management, store-by-store comparisons and consolidated reporting.

  • Franchisors and franchisees

    Tools to hold brand standards across locations, with payroll, inventory and financial reporting for franchise partners.

What it does

  • Digitised invoice capture

    Upload or photograph supplier invoices so items are catalogued automatically and food costs calculate from them.

  • Automated COGS reporting

    Real-time food cost figures without manual calculation, consistent across locations.

  • Recipe costing

    Prep recipes and menu items with plate costs updated as ingredient prices change.

  • Inventory management

    Inventory reporting and purchasing analytics from single units up to multi-unit corporate level.

  • Actual vs theoretical reporting

    Actual versus theoretical food cost reporting, available as a $40 per month upgrade on the Standard plan.

  • Weekly financial reporting

    Weekly P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statements with drill-down to the underlying invoice.

  • AP automation

    Accounts payable by ACH or check, included from the Essentials accounting package.

  • General ledger and journal entries

    GL coding, custom chart of accounts, journal entries and GL reclass with review and audit.

  • Bank matching service

    Optional bank reconciliation add-on.

  • Budgeting

    Basic budgeting on Operations, budgeting by GL on accounting packages.

  • Restaurant payroll

    Multi-unit payroll with tip income management, tax reporting and filing, W2 generation and wage garnishment handling.

  • Payroll compliance

    A compliance team monitors federal, state and local rules affecting restaurant pay.

  • Employee payroll portal

    Employees see paystubs and payroll documents in a self-service portal.

  • Time and attendance reporting

    Time and attendance reporting and PTO accrual management within payroll.

  • Advisory reviews

    Higher accounting tiers include operational reviews, balance sheet reviews and annual budget builds.

  • Franchise and multi-unit controls

    Corporate-level recipe and data management with location-level flexibility.

Pricing

Starting price
From USD 199 per month
Pricing model
Subscription per location
Free plan
No

Operations Standard is $199 per month, with an Advanced upgrade at +$40. Accounting Essentials is $349 per month, with an optional $150 per month bank matching service. Professional accounting is custom-priced by location and needs. Payroll is $60 per month plus $6 per employee per month, per rooftop. All accounting packages include food cost management. Bookkeeping services are listed as coming soon.

How it compares

Compared with the 16 products in Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 31 integrations. The median in this category is 17.
  • Does not have a free plan. 0 of the 1 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
  • Lists Web only. Among the 14 products in this category that state their platforms, 5 list an iOS app and 5 list an Android app.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Toast, Revel, Micros Simphony, ADP, PAR, Paycor, POSitouch, Qu, Square, Squirrel. Of these, this product's listing names Toast, Revel, Micros Simphony, PAR, POSitouch, Square, Squirrel.

Works with

The POS names above are the entries in the vendor's Point of Sale integration category. The integrations page also lists benefit, 401k, ACA reporting, insurance and state retirement providers and banks (for example Wells Fargo, Frost Bank, Fidelity, Guideline, bswift, Equifax), and says it will contact other providers on member request. The vendor claims over 75 integrations.

Where and how it runs

Available in
United States, Canada
Languages
English
Platforms
Web

The vendor says it is trusted by over 4,000 restaurants across the US and Canada and has a Canadian version of its site.

The company

Company
BEP Back Office SaaS Solutions, LLC
Headquarters
Littleton, United States
Customers named by the vendor
Twin Peaks, Taco Bell, Jersey Mike's, IHOP, Schlotzsky's, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Yogurtland, Wild Wing Cafe, Salata Salad Kitchen, Nekter Juice Bar, Hops n Drops, TPC Golf, the old spaghetti factory, Great South Bay Brewery

Security and support

Support
Accounting clients can reach the team Monday to Friday by phone, digital support ticket or live chat, with guided onboarding.

Listing details

Built for
Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
bepbackoffice.com
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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Founding year and employee count
  • Security certifications and hosting
  • Mobile apps
  • Which integrations are available for which plan or in Canada
  • Bookkeeping service pricing (listed as coming soon)
  • Exact headquarters (site data says Littleton, Colorado; legal terms list Waltham, Massachusetts)