Food Cost, Yield & Menu Pricing Calculators

The costing and pricing math taught in culinary and hospitality programs and used daily by chefs and F&B managers: recipe costing, EP/AP yields, food cost percentage, menu pricing and prime cost.

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Food Cost Percentage Calculator
Calculate actual food cost percentage from inventory and sales, see COGS, gross profit and the dollar variance against your target for the period.
Recipe Cost Per Serving Calculator
Cost a recipe line by line from pack prices to cost per serving, add a Q factor for oil and seasoning, and get the menu price your target food cost percentage needs.
Menu Price Calculator
Set a menu price from plate cost and a target food cost percentage. See the pricing factor, gross profit per dish, achieved food cost and price with tax.
Food Yield Percentage Calculator
Run a kitchen yield test: convert as-purchased weight to edible portion weight, get trim loss in pounds and percent, and back-solve how much product to order.
Edible Portion (EP) Cost Calculator
Convert an as-purchased price into true edible portion cost after trim and cooking loss, then get cost per portion, the trim premium and the weight to buy.
Catering Food Quantity Per Person Calculator
Turn a guest count into a shopping list: cooked portion weights, buffet uplift, appetizer piece counts and the as-purchased pounds to order after trim and shrink.
Restaurant Prime Cost Calculator
Combine food and beverage cost of sales with fully loaded labor to get prime cost and prime cost percentage, plus food, beverage and labor cost ratios for the period.

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