Free calculators for food businesses
Quick pricing tools for small cafes, bars, bakers, caterers and food makers. Each one runs in your browser; nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
- Recipe cost calculator — batch cost, cost per portion and selling price from ingredient pack prices.
- Coffee cost per cup — beans, milk, cup and syrup to cost per drink and price.
- Cocktail pour cost — drink cost, pour cost % and price for a target pour cost.
- Cake pricing — ingredients, your hours and extras to cake price and price per slice.
- Catering quote — total quote and price per head from food, staff, rentals and delivery.
- Menu price — menu price from dish cost and target food cost %, from 25% to 35%.
- Wholesale vs retail price — your wholesale price and the shelf price at keystone or the shop's margin.
- Pizza cost — dough, sauce, cheese, toppings and box to cost per pizza and price.
- Meal prep pricing — ingredients, containers, labor and delivery to price per meal.
- Food truck profit — covers, average ticket and running costs to daily and monthly profit.
- Restaurant labor cost % — hours, rates and payroll overhead against sales.
- Prime cost — food, beverage and labor together as a % of sales.
- Break-even — sales per month and per day to cover your fixed costs.
Prefer a spreadsheet? Download the free recipe cost template: one sheet (.xlsx) from ingredient pack prices to cost per portion and price.
Guides
Costing more than one recipe? The Recipe Cost Workbook keeps one ingredient price list for every recipe, handles kg/g, l/ml and dozen, and adds labor, packaging and overhead. $12, instant .xlsx download.