Restaurant math, solved.
Free calculators for the operations math every independent restaurant runs every week. No accounts. No paywalls. The formula is shown underneath every result so you can trust it, and teach it to your sous in thirty seconds.
Food Cost Percentage
Compare food cost to revenue. Industry healthy range 28–32% full-service. Quick mode + Detailed COGS w/ adjustments.
28–32% Healthy range Open the calculatorCost calculators
- Recipe & Plate Cost Build plate cost from ingredients. Add unlimited rows. 5 min
- Liquor Pour Cost Aggregate or per-drink. Bottle math + spillage. Healthy: 18–24% 3 min
- Draft Beer / Keg Cost Cost per pour, pour cost %, profit per keg. Healthy: 18–22% 2 min
- Fountain Drink / BIB Cost BIB yield + ice + free refills + cup. Real fountain pour cost. Healthy: 8–15% 3 min
Pricing calculators
- Menu Pricing Price from plate cost + target. Charm rounding + prime cost. 2 min
- Break-Even Revenue Fixed + variable. Margin of Safety + capacity check. 5 min
- Prime Cost Food + bev + labor as % of revenue. The single ops metric. Healthy: 60–65% 2 min
- Menu Engineering Star / Plowhorse / Puzzle / Dog matrix. Per-item classification. Stars + Puzzles over half 5 min
- Delivery True-Profit DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub net per order + reverse-solve price. Healthy: keeps 10–20% 4 min
- Catering Pricing Per-head + labor + rentals + service charge legal split. Target profit: 25–35% 5 min
Labor + tip calculators
Inventory calculators
Reservation & operations
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Industry benchmarks cross-checked against the National Restaurant Association and BLS NAICS 722 industry tables.
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