Meal prep pricing calculator

Price a meal prep batch from what it really costs: ingredients, containers, your cooking time and delivery. You get the cost per meal and the price per meal at your target margin. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.

Ingredients per batch ($) Meals per batch Container per meal ($) Labor hours per batch Hourly rate ($) Delivery per batch ($) Target margin %

Count all the hours for a batch: shopping, cooking, portioning and cleaning. Price = cost per meal ÷ (1 − margin).

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How it works

Ingredients per meal = ingredients per batch ÷ meals. Labor per meal = hours × hourly rate ÷ meals. Delivery per meal = delivery per batch ÷ meals. Cost per meal = ingredients + container + labor + delivery per meal. Price = cost per meal ÷ (1 − margin).

Worked example (the values above): ingredients are $84 ÷ 20 = $4.20 a meal. Labor is 3 × $18 = $54, or $2.70 a meal. Delivery is $30 ÷ 20 = $1.50 a meal. With a $0.45 container the cost is $4.20 + $0.45 + $2.70 + $1.50 = $8.85. At a 35% margin the price is $8.85 ÷ 0.65 = $13.62, leaving $4.77 a meal, or $95.31 across the batch of 20.

Your labor is in the cost, so the profit is on top of your wage. To get ingredient cost per batch from a recipe, use the free recipe cost calculator. See also more calculators.