Free restaurant calculators: food cost, prime cost, recipe cost, and waste
Four calculators for the numbers that decide a restaurant's margin. Each starts with a worked example you can overwrite with your own figures, explains the formula behind the result, and links to the guide that goes with it.
All calculators
- Food cost calculatorRestaurant food cost percentage calculatorCost of food used, food cost percentage, and how far you are from your target.
- Prime cost calculatorRestaurant prime cost calculatorCost of goods sold plus labor as a percentage of sales, split into its two parts.
- Recipe cost calculatorRestaurant recipe cost calculatorPlate cost from your ingredients and yield, and the menu price that hits your target.
- Waste cost calculatorRestaurant food waste cost calculatorWhat your waste costs a week and a year, as a share of food sales.
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