What is that menu item actually making you?
Enter one dish. See its true food cost, gross profit and margin health, in-store and on delivery. Most operators are surprised by at least one number.
- Updates as you type
- In-store and delivery
- Nothing saved, nothing shared
Your item
In-store
WarningMargin is getting tight. A 34.4% food cost leaves you €6.67 per item (66% margin). It still makes money, but there's less room for waste, discounting or a supplier price rise.
Delivery
WarningMargin is getting tight. A 44.1% food cost leaves you €4.44 per item (56% margin). It still makes money, but there's less room for waste, discounting or a supplier price rise.
This item is close to the edge. Small pricing and portioning fixes across the menu add up fast.
Assess my full menu →Delivery platforms may be eating your profit. Review your full delivery menu before scaling ad spend.
Assess my full menu →Want to know what your full menu is really costing you?
One item is only the start. A full assessment shows which items are profitable, which are quietly killing your margins, and exactly what to change.
How it works
Clarity in three steps.
Enter your numbers
Ingredient cost, price, VAT and delivery commission. No sign-up.
See it live
Food cost %, gross profit and margin health update as you type.
Know your next move
Plain-English verdict and the exact action for each item.
You just costed one dish. Now do the whole menu.
One item only shows part of the picture. The full tool costs every dish, finds the loss-makers hiding in plain sight, and hands you the fix for each one.
Menu & Food Cost
- Every dish costed, with VAT and delivery commission handled
- Loss-makers and low-margin items flagged automatically
- A clear plan for pricing, upsells and delivery menus
- Re-costs itself the moment an ingredient price changes
Quick questions
What is a good food cost percentage?+
In-store, healthy is roughly 25–33%. Above 38% is dangerous. Delivery can run higher because platform commission eats into your margin, so up to about 39.5% is still healthy there.
Why is the delivery food cost higher?+
Delivery platforms take 25–35% commission on each order. That's deducted before you pay for ingredients, so the same dish keeps less profit on delivery than in-store. Pricing delivery higher is how operators protect margin.
Should I include VAT?+
Yes if you're VAT registered. VAT isn't your money, so we strip it out first to show the real net selling price your margin is calculated from.
Is this actually free?+
Completely. It's the fastest way to sanity-check one item. When you're ready to review your whole menu, Menu & Food Cost picks up where this leaves off.