Restaurant groups
If you run more than one location, a restaurant group puts your kitchens under a single umbrella. Each kitchen keeps its own products, counts, recipes, team, and reports exactly as before — grouping them only unlocks the cross-kitchen Group report, which rolls up all of them side by side.
Groups are managed under Kitchen Settings → Organization, in the kitchen you're currently in. Every action is anchored on that kitchen, and Rinvy requires you to be its Owner (and the Owner of any kitchen you add or remove).
Create a group
Open Kitchen Settings and pick the Organization section. If the current kitchen isn't in a group yet, you'll see Group your kitchens. Give the group a name (e.g. "Downtown Group") and tap Create group. The name is required and can be up to 120 characters. The kitchen you're in is added to it automatically.
A kitchen can belong to only one group at a time, so you can't create a group from a kitchen that's already in one.
Add and remove kitchens
Once a group exists, the Organization panel lists every kitchen you own under Kitchens in this group, with the current kitchen tagged · this kitchen:
- Add — puts one of your kitchens into the group.
- Remove — takes it back out.
- A kitchen already in a different group shows In another group instead of an Add button. Remove it from that group first — Rinvy won't silently move a kitchen out from under another group's members.
Only kitchens you own appear here. You can't add a kitchen you're a Manager or Staff member of, and adding a kitchen never changes anyone's role on it.
Removing the group's last kitchen deletes the now-empty group entirely. To disband a group, remove every kitchen from it; the group name disappears with the last one.
Rename a group
With a group in place, edit the Group name field and tap Save name. The new name shows on the Reports Group tab and everywhere the group is referenced.
Do I need a group to share recipes or send stock?
You need a group to send stock between kitchens, but not to copy recipes or products. The two features have different rules:
- Copying a catalog (products, recipes, menu items and prep templates) needs no group. You must be the Owner of both kitchens, and the kitchen you copy into must be on Standard or Pro. Copying out of the demo kitchen works on every plan. See copying between kitchens.
- Sending stock works only between kitchens in the same group. Both kitchens must be on Pro, and the person who sends needs a Staff role or higher in both. The Transfers page appears once this kitchen is on Pro and its group holds at least two kitchens. See transfers between kitchens.
A transfer has one catalog exception. When a line has no matching product in the receiving kitchen, a sender who can create products there can add that one product during the transfer, without owning both kitchens.
Grouping doesn't change who has access
Grouping gives nobody new access. A Manager at one location does not become a member of the other kitchens in the group. Each person still needs a role in each kitchen, and you invite people kitchen by kitchen. The Group report shows only the kitchens the viewer belongs to, and it needs Owner or Manager access on each of them. See roles and permissions.
What if my kitchens use different currencies?
Rinvy doesn't convert between currencies, so each kitchen's row on the Group report stays in its own currency. Each kitchen keeps its own currency and number format, stored as an ISO 4217 code such as USD or CAD. SIX, the secretariat of the ISO 4217 maintenance agency, keeps that list of codes up to date.
The group total only reads as a single figure when the kitchens share one currency. If they don't, the report flags that its total mixes currencies. Keep a group on one currency if you want its totals to mean one number. If you need one combined figure anyway, convert each kitchen's row yourself. The European Central Bank publishes euro reference rates on working days, for information only.
Common mistakes
Expecting group settings to sync products or recipes
A group is a reporting umbrella, not a shared catalog. Products, recipes, suppliers, and team stay per-kitchen, and nothing syncs between them. To bring a catalog across, use copying between kitchens — a separate feature that doesn't need a group at all, only that you own both kitchens.
Trying to add a kitchen you don't own
Only kitchens where you're the Owner can join the group. Ask that kitchen's owner to add it, or have ownership transferred first — see team and roles.
Can't remove the kitchen you're standing in
The current kitchen can only leave once it's the last member. Remove the other kitchens first, or switch into another kitchen in the group and remove this one from there.