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I have a restaurant and would like to track sales, expenses, labor and create profit and loss statements. Does anyone know of or have such a database with Access?
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I wouldn't suggest you start trying to build yourself such an application. You'd be much better off looking into an off the shelf POS/Accounting system. This will save you time and money! Don't try an reinvent the wheel on this one.
Daniel Pineault - 2010 MVP
I'll agree with Daniel on this. Such an application will be very complex: inventory managment (a complicated problem to begin with), payroll (not just complicated but a nightmare, with taxes, workmens' comp, etc.), waste and loss acounting, probably cash register management... you're talking about person-years of work to develop.
I'm all for Access in most things, but this would be a very big chunk to bite off; and any custom app would probably be very specific for a particular restaurant. A corner diner will have very different needs than gourmet restaurant offering catering or a pizzaria.