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Menu costing

Cost each plate from your ingredient prices, see the GP you actually make, and price to hit your target.

Example prices. Every dish and ingredient price here is an invented example, ex VAT. Change anything you like: edits are saved in this browser only and nothing is sent anywhere.

Dishes on the menu
6
On target
3
Just under
2
Below target
1

Your menu

Select a dish to open its costing card. Sort by any column.

Dishes with plate cost, selling price and GP. Use the column buttons to sort. Select a dish name to open its costing card.
£7.95 inc VAT£2.25 66.1% Below target
£5.50 inc VAT£1.49 67.5% On target
£11.50 inc VAT£3.06 68.1% Just under
£8.95 inc VAT£2.38 68.1% Just under
£9.50 inc VAT£2.49 68.6% On target
£11.95 inc VAT£2.27 77.2% On target

GP by dish

  • On target
  • Within 5 points
  • More than 5 under
  • Each dish’s target
0%25%50%75%100%Smashed avocado and eggs on sourdough Smashed avocado and eggs on sourdough66.1%Smashed avocado and eggs on sourdough: 66.1% GP, target 72.0%Target 72.0%Sausage and egg brioche Sausage and egg brioche67.5%Sausage and egg brioche: 67.5% GP, target 65.0%Target 65.0%Beer-battered fish and chips Beer-battered fish and chips68.1%Beer-battered fish and chips: 68.1% GP, target 70.0%Target 70.0%Chicken Caesar salad Chicken Caesar salad68.1%Chicken Caesar salad: 68.1% GP, target 70.0%Target 70.0%Full English breakfast Full English breakfast68.6%Full English breakfast: 68.6% GP, target 65.0%Target 65.0%Beef burger and chips Beef burger and chips77.2%Beef burger and chips: 77.2% GP, target 70.0%Target 70.0%

Costing card

On the plate

  • Avocado
    £1.15
  • Sourdough slice
    £0.58
  • Free-range egg
    £0.46
  • Butter
    £0.06
Plate cost £2.25

Price and margin

GP at £7.95

66.1%

Below target

5.9 points under your 72.0% target.

VAT included (20%)
£1.32
Net price
£6.63
Plate cost
£2.25
Cash margin per plate
£4.38

Price for your target

Price ending

Suggested selling price

£9.95

£9.65 is the lowest price that reaches 72.0%. Rounded up to the next price ending .95, you would make 72.9% GP and £6.04 per plate.

Ingredient library

Pack size and pack price ex VAT, straight off your invoices. If you are VAT-registered you reclaim VAT on purchases, so it never goes in the cost. These are example prices.

Ingredients with pack size, pack price ex VAT and cost per kilo, litre or item. These are example prices.
IngredientPack price ex VATEdit
Avocado 10 each pack, £1.15 each£11.50
Back bacon rasher 40 each pack, £0.29 each£11.60
Beef mince, 80/20 2 kg pack, £6.70 / kg£13.40
Brioche bun 24 each pack, £0.30 each£7.20
Butter 1 kg pack, £7.40 / kg£7.40
Caesar dressing 1 L pack, £5.90 / L£5.90
Chicken breast fillet 2 kg pack, £5.90 / kg£11.80
Cod loin 2 kg pack, £11.20 / kg£22.40
Cos lettuce 12 each pack, £0.80 each£9.60
Free-range egg 30 each pack, £0.23 each£6.90
Mature cheddar 2 kg pack, £6.80 / kg£13.60
Parmesan 1 kg pack, £15.60 / kg£15.60
Plain flour 16 kg pack, £0.70 / kg£11.20
Pork sausage 48 each pack, £0.40 each£19.20
Skin-on chips, frozen 2.5 kg pack, £1.88 / kg£4.70
Sourdough slice 20 each pack, £0.29 each£5.80

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Add dish

Start with the details, then add ingredients on the costing card.

Add ingredient

Enter the pack as you buy it, price ex VAT.

What the whole pack costs on your invoice, before VAT.

Lab demo

What this demonstrates

Calculators that turn trade know-how into a tool owners use every week.

  • A costing tool built around how a kitchen actually prices: packs, portions, plate cost, VAT and GP%
  • Integer-pence maths with no rounding drift, and the working shown in an accessible help popover
  • A sortable dishes table with a hand-built SVG bar chart and no chart library
  • Add and edit dishes and ingredients in native dialogs, saved in the browser with a reset to the examples
  • A traffic-light GP status that never relies on colour alone: the shape and the wording change too
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