Restaurant Food Cost Calculator

Restaurant Food Cost Calculator

Knowing your food cost is one of the first steps toward running a profitable restaurant.

Use this simple Chef RBS calculator to estimate the cost of a recipe or individual menu item, calculate your food cost percentage and understand how your selling price affects your margin.

Whether you operate a restaurant, café, cloud kitchen, food truck or QSR, accurate recipe costing can help you make better decisions about portion sizes, menu pricing and profitability.

Enter your numbers, check the result and use the information to make smarter menu decisions.

Note: This calculator provides an estimate for planning purposes. Your actual profitability will depend on labour, rent, utilities, packaging, waste, taxes, commissions and other operating costs.

Calculate Your Food Cost

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