Understanding Briks

Briks are the building blocks of Brikly. Each Brik is a self-contained tool that handles a specific area of your hospitality operation. You choose which ones you need, activate them, and they work together seamlessly.

What is a Brik?

A Brik is a modular feature set within Brikly, designed around a single operational domain. Think of each Brik as a specialist tool that does one job well - costing, menus, trading insights, staffing - rather than a bloated platform that tries to do everything at once.

Each Brik:

• Works independently - you can use CostingBrik without ever touching MenuBrik.
• Connects to other Briks - when you activate multiple Briks, data flows between them automatically. Your recipe costs feed into your menu pricing. Your invoice data updates your ingredient costs. Your sales data informs your margin analysis.
• Has its own subscription - you only pay for the Briks you use.

Available Briks

Here's a summary of the Briks currently available or on our roadmap:

Brik	Status	What it does
CostingBrik	Available	Build and cost recipes, track ingredient prices, monitor food cost percentages, and analyse margins across your menu. The foundation most operators start with.
MenuBrik	Coming soon	Create and manage menus, set pricing based on your target margins, and publish across digital and print channels. Pulls live cost data from CostingBrik.
PulseBrik	Coming soon	Daily trading dashboard with sales figures, covers, average spend, and performance trends. Connects to your POS to surface actionable insights each morning.
StaffBrik	Available	Employee management, rota building, absence tracking, labour cost analysis, and SSP calculations. Designed to work alongside PulseBrik for a full picture of labour vs. revenue.

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This table reflects the current state of the platform. We'll update it as new Briks become available. If there's a Brik you'd love to see, let us know at feedback@brik.ly.

How Briks work together

The real power of Brikly shows when you combine Briks. Here are a few examples of how data flows between them:

CostingBrik + Invoice Processing

When you process a supplier invoice (via email capture or the Chrome extension), Brikly extracts ingredient prices and updates your ingredient cost records. CostingBrik then automatically recalculates every recipe that uses those ingredients. You'll see a clear flag on any recipe where the food cost percentage has shifted beyond your threshold - no manual recalculation needed.

CostingBrik + MenuBrik

Once your recipes are costed in CostingBrik, MenuBrik can pull those costs directly into your menu builder. Set a target gross profit margin and MenuBrik will suggest selling prices. If a recipe cost changes, you'll see which menu items are affected and whether they still hit your margin target.

PulseBrik + CostingBrik

PulseBrik pulls sales data from your point-of-sale system. Combined with the cost data in CostingBrik, it calculates your actual gross profit by dish, by category, and by site - giving you a daily picture of how your menu is performing financially, not just in terms of popularity.

PulseBrik + StaffBrik

When both are active, you get a combined view of revenue against labour cost. See at a glance whether your staffing levels are aligned with your trading patterns, and spot days where labour cost as a percentage of revenue is creeping above your target.

Adding a Brik

To add a new Brik to your subscription:

1. Go to Settings > Subscription.
2. Scroll to the Add More Briks section. You'll see the available Briks with their features and pricing.
3. Click Subscribe to [BrikName] on the Brik you'd like to add.
4. If you already have an active subscription, you'll see a proration summary showing what you'll pay for the remainder of the current billing period. Confirm to proceed.
5. Complete payment via Stripe Checkout. The Brik will appear in your sidebar immediately.

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CostingBrik is required as the foundation and is always included in your first subscription. Other Briks can be added independently at any time.

Removing a Brik

If you no longer need a Brik, you can remove it from your subscription:

1. Go to Settings > Subscription.
2. Find the active Brik you'd like to remove and click Remove.
3. Confirm the removal.

The Brik will remain fully active until the end of your current billing period. If you change your mind before then, you can click Undo to reverse the cancellation.

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Removing a Brik does not delete your data. Your recipes, ingredients, menus, and other records are preserved. If you resubscribe later, everything will be exactly as you left it.

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CostingBrik cannot be removed while other Briks are active - remove all other Briks first.

The modular subscription model

Brikly's pricing is designed to be fair and flexible:

• Pay only for what you use - each Brik has its own monthly fee. You're never paying for features you don't need.
• No long-term contracts - activate and deactivate Briks month to month as your business needs change.
• Multi-site pricing - if you operate multiple locations, pricing scales per site rather than per user, so your whole team can access the tools they need without per-seat costs eating into your budget.

For current pricing details, visit brik.ly/pricing or contact our team.

What's next?

Ready to dive into your first Brik? Most operators start with CostingBrik - head there to learn how to build your first recipe and start tracking your costs.