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How to run Bar Cop.

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Find Your Break-even

Break-Even is the sales you need each week to cover your costs, the one number that decides whether a week made money. Bar Cop builds it from your own numbers so you are not guessing at the line.

1. See your weekly break-even

Open Books → Break-Even. Bar Cop builds it from your fixed costs, your recurring operating expenses plus salaried pay, and your variable rate, product and hourly labor as a share of sales. The result is the weekly sales that cover everything, with last week shown against the line so you see whether it cleared.

Break-Even reads your logged operating expenses, so log this month's bills first for the number to be real.

2. Test a change before you make it

Use the what-if sandbox to test a price or cost change before you commit, a rent increase, a new hire, a menu reprice, and watch the break-even move. A small move is easier to judge against a real line than a gut feel.

Still need a hand? Email support@barcop.com.