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Here’s the latest l Q3 2024

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Bonjour! It’s been a few months since we last sent release notes, so we wanted to curate a comeback good enough to rival Céline’s 🎤. And since the release notes are all coming back to Garde now, our product team has been hard at work, putting in the training and dedication to bring you only the very best ✨. So here’s both a refresh and an introduction of some of the products that have crossed the finish line, stuck the landing and made their way to the podium since January 🏅. Cue the anthems, please! For more information (and pictures), read about our product releases on our blog.

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Inventory

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Bar inventories faster than Sha’Carri Richardson

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ICYMI, we welcomed Freepour to the Garde family. With our new Freepour smart scale, you can count in any order you want, accurately measure without any guesswork and count up to 20 bottles per minute. Watch Freepour in action.

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Reporting

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Catch performance highlights with our Multi-Unit P&L

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Compare metrics across all your locations using our new controllable P&L tool. This allows you to gain insights across locations, compare performance and strategize opportunities for growth. Explore the multi-unit P&L. ” This feature has significantly improved our operations at Oysters Rock Hospitality. It has enhanced our decision-making, allowing us to quickly identify performance trends and apply best practices more effectively across all units.” - Robin Azar, Accounting Manager, Oysters Rock Hospitality

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Multi-POS data now stays in one lane

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Even if you have multiple types of point-of-sale systems, you can now see all that data from one place. Also, compare performance against the past week, past month or past year.

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Third-party software can now get a front-row seat

The Public API allows you to export some purchase data from Garde into external analytics tools — either solutions you’ve developed or ones provided by third-party software (like Opsi). Learn more about our API.

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Note: To access the exporting functionality, you (or your software provider) have to build an integration with our API.

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Invoice Management

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Jump the gun on invoice edits (it’s ok, we promise!)

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Edit both quantities and prices of line items even while invoices are in “Pending Approval” status – enabling quicker and more efficient fixes. Learn more here.

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Invoice approvals more flexible than Simone Biles

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Edit product categories straight from your phone while approving invoices – giving you even more control and flexibility in the approval process. Learn more about using invoice approval.

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Workflow Improvement

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Out of chocolate muffins? Order more from your phone!

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Whether you’re in the back office, in the middle of inventory or on the go, you can conveniently submit vendor orders using our mobile app.

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Serving efficiency with automatic alerts

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We’ll now alert you as soon as there are certain things to be crossed off your to-do list – making your workflow more efficient and enabling you to better optimize your time. Learn how to enable them here.

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New Integrations

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Facelifts

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New Item Review-là-là!

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Easily review new items uploaded into Garde and access useful reference data without having to leave the page – all to help you be more confident in how we’ve mapped your items to your products. See what’s better!

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Recipe management ready to win gold

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The Recipe page has been revamped to include a better look and feel – giving you both a better experience and a prettier place to house your most treasured works of art. See what’s better!

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Tip of the Month

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Review new items periodically

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The New Vendor Item Review provides a quick overview of all new vendor items, allowing you to verify our work efficiently. When you purchase a new item or an existing item from a different vendor or in a new format, our team maps and categorizes it in the system. We recommend conducting this review regularly, or at least before each end-of-period inventory, to ensure accuracy. Learn more here.

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What’s new with Garde

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Garde Time with Garde Dhaka! Members of our leadership team headed to Dhaka, Bangladesh to spend some quality time with the amazing Gardeople that make up Garde Team Dhaka. The week was filled with laughter, learning, and so much appreciation. We even had a mini All-Hands ceremony to celebrate all the hard work and dedication our Dhaka team shows daily. We can’t wait to return!

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Carrying the Torch with Emma’s Torch: We had the privilege of hosting Emma’s Torch for a Restaurant Management 101 course. Emma’s Torch is a non-profit social enterprise providing culinary, employment, equity, and empowerment training and opportunities for refugees. A cohort of seven students spent the day with one of our Customer Success Managers, Sam Fredo, learning about budgeting, inventory management, and everything in between. It was such a rewarding experience for everyone involved. Thank you Emma’s Torch for the opportunity!

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Tom le Touriste: Tom the Tomato’s dream of repping the red in “red, white, and blue” got the better of him. He has fled to Paris for the summer, beret and American pride in tow. Tom has been spotted screeching “USA” at various Olympic events, smoking a cheeky cigarette after inhaling a croque monsieur, and stealing chocolate muffins from the cafeteria in the Olympic Village. Tu nous manques, Tom!

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Reporting

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Multi-unit P&L

Compare metrics across all your locations using our controllable P&L tool. See performance side by side and identify opportunities for improvement.

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Multi-POS data in one place

Even if you have multiple types of point-of-sale systems, you can now see all that data from one place. Also, compare performance against the past week, past month, or past year.

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Public API for third-party analytics

The Public API allows you to export some purchase data from Garde into external analytics tools, whether solutions you have developed or ones provided by third-party software. Note: To access the exporting functionality, you (or your software provider) have to build an integration with our API.

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Invoice management

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Edit invoices in pending approval

You can now edit quantities and prices of line items while invoices are in “Needs Review” status.

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Flexible invoice approvals

Edit product categories straight from your phone while approving invoices.

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Workflow improvement

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Mobile ordering

Submit vendor orders from our mobile app, whether you are in the back office, in the middle of inventory, or on the go.

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Automatic alerts

We now alert you when there are items to review, so you can stay on top of your to-do list without having to check manually.

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UI updates

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New item review refresh

Review new items uploaded into Garde and access reference data without leaving the page.

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Recipe management update

The Recipe page has been redesigned with a cleaner layout.

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Tip of the month

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Review new items periodically

The New Vendor Item Review gives you an overview of all new vendor items so you can verify our work. When you purchase a new item or an existing item from a different vendor or in a new format, our team maps and categorizes it in the system. We recommend doing this review regularly, or at least before each end-of-period inventory.