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Food cost
Reduce your food cost percentage
Most kitchens are guessing their food cost. Find out your real number.
Perfect for
Kitchens that have never confirmed their real numbers
Why chefs use it
Stop guessing. Know your number.
Your real food cost, not a rough estimate
See the true number for every dish, not the one you have been estimating.
Catch underpriced dishes early
Find margin leaks before they erode your profit.
Many kitchens find savings within months
Often just from costing the menu accurately.
See it in action
Same burger, two numbers.
What you think
Your beef burger sits at 24%
That is the food cost you have been estimating.
The real number
It is actually 32%
Knowing your true food cost per dish is how you stop losing money on your best sellers.
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