Features

All features for kitchen and operations

mnjam.mnjam is hospitality software for kitchen and operations in restaurants and hotels. Here you can see the areas you can use today and which plan includes them.

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The everyday problem

At the pass, the weekly plan often hangs as a photo in a messaging group. The temperatures are on a sheet on the cold room door, without the time. The purchase price has changed, but the kitchen's spreadsheet knows the old price. In a hotel, breakfast and the restaurant have two plans, and a sick note arrives as a phone call.

These are common ways of working, not a survey and not a particular business. What mnjam.mnjam turns this into in the app is described in the areas below.

All areas at a glance

Four groups. Each card names the benefit, the plan and the page.

Kitchen and costing

Recipes

Plan: free account with limits, full from Standard

Page: Recipes

You search recipes and save favourites. You convert quantities to the day's number of portions. You create your own recipes and put them in folders.

In the free account, that is up to 5 own recipes. From Standard, it is up to 100. The limit in Premium is on the Plans page.

Costing

Plan: Standard

Page: Costing

You maintain purchase prices, purchase items and the yield. The app shows the cost per portion, the selling price based on your target food cost and the contribution margin I.

You save versions and export them as a PDF. Standard has one variant per recipe, Premium has several. A variant does not change the recipe.

Without an account, you calculate with your own prices in the costing demo.

Inventory

Plan: Premium

Page: Inventory and stocktake

You keep stock, record goods receipts, count the stocktake and keep order lists per department at a location.

Goods receipt does not update the purchase prices used in costing. You maintain these prices in the purchase prices area.

Team and time

Rota and working time

Plan: Standard

Page: Rota and working time

You plan the week per location, put days off into the grid and publish the plan. Each person sees their shifts.

The same person records their own time with clock-in, break and clock-out. Approved absences appear in the same week. The recorded time is not a payroll.

Staff and absences

Plan: Standard

Page: Staff management

You keep staff with their job position and store documents in the staff area.

A person requests an absence with a type, a first day and a last day. The types are called annual leave, sickness, special leave and other absence. Whoever has the permission approves or declines. The date and time stay on the request.

mnjam.mnjam does not calculate an annual leave entitlement.

Company account and locations

Plan: Standard

Page: Company account and locations

All locations of your company are in one company account, with no extra charge per location. Each person gets their own login. You set per person which areas and locations they see.

The plan depends on the number of active staff. The limit per plan is on the Plans page.

Checks

Temperature checks

Plan: Standard

Page: Temperature checks

You set measuring points, see the checks due on the day and record the reading. Every reading appears in the history with its time.

Reading and measuring are separate permissions.

Tasks

Plan: Standard

Page: Task planning

You create tasks, assign them to a person and see what is done. You can look up the history of a task.

Rota and tasks are two areas in the same account. A shift is not a task.

Cleaning and disinfection

Plan: Premium

Page: Cleaning schedule

Inspection register

Plan: Premium

Page: Inspection register

Operations and guests

Reservations

Plan: Premium

Page: Reservations

Events

Plan: Premium

Page: Events

Contacts

Plan: Premium

Page: Contacts

How the areas fit together

The areas share the company account. An entry in one area is not carried over into the next.

From purchase price to selling price

1. You enter the purchase price and yield for the item.
2. In the recipe, you link the ingredient to this purchase item.
3. You read the cost per portion.
4. You set the target food cost. The selling price and contribution margin I are shown with it. The contribution margin I is the net selling price minus the food cost. Staff and operating costs are not included in it.
5. You save the version and export it as a PDF.

When a purchase price changes, you enter it and see the new cost per portion.

From the weekly plan to your own time and absences

1. You put shifts and days off into the weekly grid of a location.
2. You publish the week. Each person sees their shifts in the browser, also on their phone.
3. The same person records clock-in, break and clock-out for themselves. The history shows their own sessions.
4. You request the absence. Whoever has the permission approves or declines. The approved absence appears in the weekly rota. Sickness shows there as absent, without a diagnosis and without free text.

The recorded time does not rewrite the plan.

From measuring point to history

1. You create the measuring point, for example at the cold room or at the pass.
2. On the day, the checks due for this area are listed.
3. Whoever has the permission to measure records the reading. Whoever may only read does not record one.
4. The history shows the reading, the time of the measurement and the time it was recorded.

You grant the permission to measure per person. The plan name alone does not set it.

From location to login

1. You create a location in the company account. A second outlet in the same building is another location, not a second subscription.
2. You bring the person in. The person gets their own login.
3. You set permissions per area and per location. The job position describes the work and does not set any permissions.
4. The same person appears in the rota and records their own time if you give them access to these areas.

From stock to order list

1. You keep stock per item and per storage location. A storage location is an area of the location, for example the cold room or dry store.
2. In goods receipt, you record each line item individually. It is booked when the delivery is completed.
3. In the stocktake, you count the stock you find.
4. There is an order list per department at a location. Who is on it comes from the assignment in the staff area.

mnjam.mnjam does not use this to order from the supplier. The purchase prices for recipe costing stay in the purchase prices area.

Which businesses it suits

The same areas, no separate branch per type of business. The examples show a possible setup, not an existing customer.

Restaurant

The kitchen costs the menu from its own purchase prices. The week for kitchen and service is published. Measuring points are at the cold room and the pass. Tasks for prep sit next to the plan. A terrace with its own plan is a second location in the same company account.

Hotel

Breakfast, restaurant and a banqueting room can be three locations in one company account. Permissions separate who sees which plan. Each person records their own time at the location where they clock in.

Canteen and contract catering

You scale the recipe to the day's number of portions and read the cost per portion. Measuring points at the pass and in refrigeration save the reading with its time. Stock and stocktake are in inventory, Premium plan.

Catering

For a buffet, you scale the quantities and cost the portion. You assign the prep as tasks.

Bar

You keep drinks as recipes, scale the quantity to the evening and cost the portion from your purchase prices. The rota applies to the bar shift just as to the kitchen. There is no separate bar area.

Bakery and café

Yield and purchase price make up the cost of the portion. Measuring points at refrigeration and the counter and the weekly plan for early and late shifts use the same areas. Control of the bakehouse and ordering from the supplier are not included.

Instead of paper and spreadsheets

The left column describes common ways of working, not a comparison with a named product.

"Often today" describes common ways of working, not a survey.

Roles and permissions

The job title and the permission in the software are two different things. A job position, for example head chef, describes the work in the business and does not grant any permission. You set permissions per person and per location. The plan unlocks areas for the company, not for a single person.

Owner. The owner creates the company account, manages the locations, brings people in and grants the permissions.

Head chef. If this person is to do costing, write the plan or create measuring points, they get exactly these permissions. The position alone does not open the areas.

Shift lead. Shift lead is not a fixed role in the software. You grant planning, publishing and assigning tasks separately. This does not mean that the same person sees the documents in the staff area.

Staff. Own login, own absences, own time with clock-in, break and clock-out, own shifts after publishing.

Plans and what is included

Prices and the limit of active staff are on the Plans page, for businesses, net plus VAT.

Free account. Search recipes, favourites, scale quantities, up to 5 own recipes. No credit card when you sign up. Costing, rota, staff, temperature, tasks and inventory are not included.

The costing demo opens without an account and does not replace a plan.

Standard. Costing with one variant per recipe, saved versions and PDF. Rota, own time tracking, absences, staff and documents, company account, temperature, tasks. Up to 100 own recipes.

Premium. Everything in Standard, plus inventory and several costing variants per recipe. How many own recipes Premium includes is on the Plans page. Cleaning, inspection register, reservations, events and contacts are assigned to Premium.

Custom. Above the limit on the plans page: an offer via Contact.

You book after signing up, in the app on the plan page in your profile, by card or SEPA direct debit. All locations run in one company account, with no extra charge per location.

Security and access

Each person gets their own login. You set areas and locations per person. Reading is not editing. For temperature, measuring is separate from reading. Time tracking shows the person their own attendance.

The plan name is not a permission. We store your business data on servers in Germany. Our servers are operated by IONOS SE, a German provider. Data processing agreement (DPA) under Art. 28 GDPR included.

What mnjam.mnjam is not

mnjam.mnjam does not replace a till system or accounting. You keep using your till and your accounting.

The contribution margin I does not include wages, rent or energy. Clock-in, break and clock-out are not a payroll. Stock and order lists do not order goods and do not change the purchase prices used in costing. The software does not keep an annual leave entitlement. A job position is not a permission.

First steps

1. Create an account via "Sign up for free", no credit card.
2. Search for a recipe, save it as a favourite, convert the quantity to the day's number of portions. Create up to 5 own recipes.
3. Open the costing demo without an account.
4. Choose a plan in the app on the plan page in your profile. Prices on Plans.
5. Create a location, invite people, set permissions per area.
6. Maintain purchase prices and yield, save a version.
7. Publish a week, check a measuring point with a reading, assign a task.

Inventory is added with Premium.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Does mnjam.mnjam work on a phone?

Yes. You use mnjam.mnjam in the browser, also on your phone.

What can I use for free?

With the free account, you search recipes, save favourites, scale quantities and create up to 5 own recipes.

Do I need a credit card to sign up?

No. You sign up for free. You only pay when you book a plan, in the app on the plan page in your profile, by card or SEPA direct debit.

Does each location cost extra?

No. All locations of your company run in one company account, with no extra charge per location. The plan depends on the number of active staff. The limit is on the Plans page.

What is included in Standard?

Costing, rota and working time, staff and absences, company account and locations, temperature checks and tasks, plus up to 100 own recipes and one costing variant per recipe.

What does Premium add?

Inventory with stock, goods receipt, stocktake and order lists, and several costing variants per recipe. The limit for own recipes in Premium is on the Plans page.

Does every person see the data of the others?

Each person sees their own absences and records their own time. What someone sees beyond that, you set with the permissions in the company account. A job position does not open other people's files.

Do absences appear in the rota?

Yes. Approved absences appear in the weekly rota. Sickness shows there as absent, without a diagnosis and without free text.

Does mnjam.mnjam replace the till system or accounting?

No. You keep using your till and your accounting.

Does goods receipt update the costing?

No. You maintain purchase prices and yield for costing in the purchase prices area. Stock and goods receipt are part of inventory and are Premium.

Glossary

Costing version. A saved version of the calculation in the app, which you can export as a PDF.

Costing variant. A saved sales scenario for a recipe. One in Standard, several in Premium. The recipe stays unchanged.

Company account. The company's account for locations, logins and permissions. All locations are in it, with no extra charge per location.

Measuring point. The place in the app where you record a temperature reading. The reading appears in the history with its time.

Job position. The name of the role in the app, for example head chef. The name does not grant any permission.

Conclusion

Sign up for free

Sign up for free, core features stay free. You book a plan in the app on the plan page in your profile when your business needs it. The prices are on Plans.