Overview
The supplier directory lets you manage all your supplier contacts in one place. Suppliers are linked to ingredients, which enables automatic grouping when you generate purchase orders from a shopping basket.
Instead of manually sorting ingredients by vendor, Cucinovo knows which supplier provides each ingredient and creates separate POs accordingly.
Creating a Supplier
Go to Suppliers in the sidebar under the Procurement section.
Click the New Supplier button to add a new vendor.
The supplier name is the only required field. Use the official business name for clarity.
Fill in the email address, phone number, and contact person. The email is used when sending purchase orders directly from Cucinovo.
Enter the supplier's address and country. This information appears on purchase orders.
If your supplier has a fiscal identification number (for invoicing or e-Factura compliance), enter it here.
Click Save to create the supplier. It is now available to link to ingredients.
Linking Suppliers to Ingredients
On the ingredient form, select a supplier from the dropdown. You can also set a supplier SKU for each ingredient — the code your supplier uses for that product.
When the shopping basket calculates totals, it groups ingredients by their assigned supplier. This grouping carries through to purchase orders: each PO contains only the ingredients from one supplier.
If you switch suppliers, update the supplier field on each affected ingredient. The next basket you create will automatically use the new supplier grouping.
Suppliers in Procurement
When purchase orders are generated from a shopping basket, ingredients are grouped by their assigned supplier. Each PO goes to one supplier with only their ingredients, quantities, and costs.
Ingredients without a supplier are grouped into a “No Supplier” purchase order. To avoid this, make sure all your commonly ordered ingredients have a supplier assigned.
Plan Availability
Full supplier management — creating, editing, and deleting suppliers — requires the Pro plan. On the Starter plan, you can see supplier names on ingredients but cannot create or manage suppliers directly.
During the 14-day free trial, all supplier features are available.