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This food cost calculator divides plate cost by menu price. The menu pricing calculator reverses it: price equals plate cost divided by the food-cost percent you want. The prime cost mode adds food and labor, which is the restaurant labor cost calculator view and the restaurant profit margin calculator companion. A bakery cost calculator uses the same plate-cost math. A food cost percentage calculator is the first mode. Dengaro arranges equipment financing for kitchen equipment.
Food cost
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Planning estimate from the numbers you enter. Coverage, density, waste and price are assumptions, not a supplier quote or an engineering specification.
How it works
A $4.50 plate on a $15 menu is 30 percent food cost, and the contribution before labor is $10.50. Ask the menu pricing calculator for a 30 percent target on a $4.50 plate and the price is $15.00 again. The prime cost calculator uses a period, not a plate: $4,000 of food plus $3,500 of labor on $12,000 of sales is 62.50 percent prime cost, and food alone is 33.33 percent of those sales. That labor line is the restaurant labor cost calculator input. It is wages you enter, not a payroll tax gross-up. Nothing here is a margin Dengaro promises. The restaurant profit margin calculator idea on a single plate is the contribution divided by the menu price, which is 100 minus the food-cost percent, before labor.
Formula
Menu price = plate cost ÷ (target percent ÷ 100). Prime cost percent = (food + labor) ÷ sales × 100. The bakery cost calculator is the plate mode with the bakery's portion cost in the plate field.
Example
Food cost is 30.00 percent. The menu pricing calculator at a 30 percent target returns $15.00. Prime cost on $4,000 food, $3,500 labor, and $12,000 sales is 62.50 percent.
Tips
A batch cost compared with a single-plate price will look wonderful and be wrong. Divide the batch by the portions first. The recipe calculator does that division. Waste and comps belong in the plate cost if you want them in the percent.
Equipment
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Important questions
This page does not set one. Type the target you use. A bakery and a steakhouse do not share a target. The food cost percentage calculator only divides.
Prime cost adds labor to food, then divides by sales. The restaurant labor cost calculator fields are the labor dollars and the sales dollars in that mode.
No. On a plate, the contribution after food is not profit. Rent, labor, and utilities are still unpaid. Use prime cost when labor should be in the percent.
No. They are examples. Replace them with your invoices and your menu.
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