Expense Tracking
Your bakery is a business. Your expenses deserve a record.
You know what you're making. Expense tracking shows you what you're keeping. It's not glamorous — but neither is handing your accountant a shoebox of receipts in April.
Expense tracking for home bakers — log ingredients, packaging, market fees, and mileage with receipts attached. Export everything to CSV for your accountant at tax time. Paired with recipe costing, it gives you the full picture of your bakery's profitability.Start for free
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Log an expense in the time it takes to snap a photo.
Pull up the receipt, scan it, add the amount and category, done. Crumb Coach stores the image and the details together so you never lose a receipt and never have to remember what that charge was for.
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Every expense has a category and a date.
Ingredients, packaging, market fees, equipment, mileage — categorize your expenses as you go so tax time isn't a reconstruction project. Your totals by category are always right there.
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Export your expenses for your accountant.
When tax season arrives, export everything to CSV. One file, all your expenses, ready to hand off. No more manually entering things into a spreadsheet the night before your appointment.
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Receipt storage means you have proof.
Every expense you log can have a receipt attached. That's not just good for taxes — it's good for knowing what you actually spent, when you spent it, and why.
Expenses and recipe costing
Two tools, both pointing at the same question: are you profitable?
Recipe Costing shows you your margin per item — what you make on each sourdough, each box of croissants. Expense Tracking shows you your operating costs — market fees, packaging, equipment. They're separate today, but together they tell you the full story of your business. Use both.
Frequently Asked Questions
What expense categories are available?
Ingredients, packaging, market fees, equipment, mileage, marketing, and more. You can also create custom categories for anything that doesn't fit the defaults.
Can I track mileage for farmers markets?
Yes. Log mileage as an expense category. The IRS standard mileage rate applies for business travel — including driving to and from markets — so keeping a record matters at tax time.
Can I attach receipts to my expense entries?
Yes. Each expense entry supports a photo or file attachment. Snap a photo of your receipt when you log the expense and it's stored with the record.
How do I get my expense data at tax time?
Export your expenses as a CSV file. One file, all expenses, all categories, all dates — ready to hand off to your accountant or import into your bookkeeping software.
Does expense tracking connect to recipe costing?
They're separate tools today. Recipe Costing handles your per-item margins; Expense Tracking handles your operating costs. Together they give you the full picture of your business profitability.
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