Restaurant Inventory Software
Built for UAE F&B.
Manage stock, batches, recipes, purchasing and suppliers from one restaurant-focused system. Track what you buy, what you receive, what you use and what your ingredients actually cost.
Luqma Inventory & Procurement is restaurant inventory management software for UAE F&B operators. It tracks ingredients by batch, applies FIFO costing to purchases, links recipes to menu sales for automatic stock deduction, and reports food cost and variance — from a single cloud system built for the UAE market. On-site onboarding is available across all seven emirates.
From AED 100/branch/month add-on, or included in Control (AED 329/mo)
Know what you have. Know what it costs.
Ingredient-level inventory with batch tracking, FIFO costing and recipe-based usage — so stock and food cost figures are always current.
Batch Inventory
Track ingredients through individual inventory batches. Each delivery creates its own batch with received date, quantity and cost.
FIFO Costing
First In, First Out costing for accurate ingredient consumption and inventory valuation. Older batches are consumed before newer ones.
Recipe Usage
Connect menu items to recipes and ingredient quantities. Sales deduct the correct ingredients from the correct batches.
Stock Counts
Compare expected quantities with actual stock. Report variance in units and AED cost value per ingredient.
End-to-end operational flow
From supplier to stock to sale.
Every step feeds the next. Purchases update stock. Stock feeds recipe consumption. Consumption drives cost reporting.
From purchase order to received stock.
Raise a purchase order, assign it to a supplier, and receive it when the delivery arrives. Stock updates automatically on receipt.
Goods Received / GRN
When a delivery arrives, receiving the purchase order records what was actually delivered and at what cost. Each receipt creates the inventory batch that drives FIFO costing from that point forward.
The resulting inventory batch is linked to this receipt. FIFO costing draws from this batch's cost when the ingredient is consumed.
Supplier Management
Keep suppliers connected to purchasing.
Maintain supplier information and connect purchase orders and received goods to the supplier they came from. Track what you have ordered from each supplier and when.
- → Supplier name, contact details and sourcing information
- → Supplier-linked purchase orders and goods received records
- → Supplier purchasing history — what you ordered, what you received, at what cost
- → Ingredient and product sourcing associations
Know which stock should be used first.
Batch-based FIFO ensures cost reporting uses the actual price paid for each batch — not a blended average. Older stock is consumed before newer stock, automatically.
Blending both batches into a single average (AED 12.75/kg) obscures the real cost of each delivery. When supplier prices fluctuate — as they do in UAE F&B — FIFO gives you an accurate picture of what each ingredient actually cost at the time it was consumed.
What batch tracking enables
- Accurate FIFO cost per ingredient consumed
- Clear inventory valuation at any point in time
- Traceability from purchase to consumption
- More accurate food cost reporting than a single blended quantity
See what each menu item actually consumes.
Each recipe defines the ingredients and exact quantities per portion. When a menu item is sold, the recipe quantities are deducted from inventory stock.
Example: Chicken Burger
Ingredient deduction
Every sale reduces the correct ingredient quantities from their current FIFO batch.
Food cost calculation
Recipe quantities multiplied by FIFO batch cost gives the theoretical ingredient cost per item sold.
Part of the Luqma ecosystem
When used with Luqma POS, restaurant sales can feed recipe and ingredient usage into inventory operations — so every item sold automatically deducts the correct ingredient quantities without manual input.
Luqma Inventory & Procurement can also be used for purchasing, receiving and supplier management independent of the POS sales flow.
Built for F&B operations of all types.
Restaurants
Full-service & casual dining
Control ingredient purchasing and stock across all menu categories. Track food cost against sales week by week.
Cafés
Café & coffee operations
Track dairy, coffee and dry goods from supplier purchase through to recipe consumption and stock variance.
Cloud kitchens
Multi-brand cloud kitchens
Share a single ingredient store across multiple brands. Track food cost per brand from shared stock. See Cloud Kitchen POS.
Multi-branch F&B
Restaurant groups
Each branch manages its own stock and purchasing. Recipes are centrally controlled. View food cost and variance across all locations.
Frequently asked questions
Last updated: 24 September 2026
What is restaurant inventory management software?
Restaurant inventory management software tracks the ingredients and supplies your kitchen holds. It records purchases through purchase orders, updates stock when goods are received, deducts ingredient quantities when recipes are consumed, and reports food cost and stock variance. Luqma Inventory & Procurement handles all of these in one system built for restaurant operations.
Does Luqma support batch-based inventory?
Yes. Luqma tracks ingredients through individual inventory batches. Each goods received entry creates a batch with its own received date, quantity and cost. This enables accurate FIFO costing and traceability from purchase to consumption.
Does Luqma use FIFO costing?
Yes. Luqma uses First In, First Out costing. When ingredients are consumed, the cost comes from the oldest batch on hand first. This gives accurate ingredient cost reporting even when supplier prices change between deliveries — which is common in UAE F&B.
Can I create purchase orders in Luqma?
Yes. You can create purchase orders in Luqma, assign them to a supplier, and add the items and quantities being ordered. Purchase orders are stored with a status that updates when goods are received. Partial deliveries are supported.
Can I record goods received from suppliers?
Yes. When a delivery arrives, you open the purchase order in Luqma and record what was received — including received quantity and purchase cost. Received goods update stock and create the inventory batch used for FIFO costing from that point forward.
Can I manage restaurant suppliers in Luqma?
Yes. Luqma lets you store supplier records and connect them to purchase orders and received goods. You can track purchasing history per supplier and associate ingredients with their source supplier.
Can recipes consume ingredients from inventory?
Yes. When used with Luqma POS, menu item sales feed recipe and ingredient usage into inventory. Each recipe defines the ingredients and quantities per portion. Sales automatically deduct the correct ingredient quantities from the correct FIFO batch.
Can I perform stock counts and track variance?
Yes. Luqma supports stock counts where you enter the physical quantity of each ingredient on hand. The system compares this to the theoretical quantity (purchases received minus recipe consumption) and reports variance in units and AED cost value per ingredient.