Free tools

Free calculators for small food businesses

Work out what to charge, what you keep and how many customers you need. They work in any currency and on your phone, and nothing you type leaves your browser.

Menu price calculatorThe cost of a dish from its ingredients, its food cost percentage and a menu price that hits your target.Markup and margin calculatorFill in any two of cost, price, markup and margin, and see what to charge when your costs go up.Break-even calculatorHow many customers a day cover your rent, wages and bills, and the takings to aim for.Recipe scalerScale a recipe by servings or pan size, and show it in grams and millilitres or in ounces and cups.

Prices that cover your costs

A price has to pay for what went into the product, for a share of your rent and wages, and leave something over. These calculators do the arithmetic: the cost of a dish from what you paid for its ingredients, the price that keeps your food cost where you want it, the difference between markup and margin, and how many customers a day cover your month.

They are made for cafés, restaurants, bakeries and food trucks, and the markup and break-even ones work just as well for a hair salon, a barber or a shop. Type in your own currency symbol and the numbers are written the way your device writes them.

Then put your prices on a menu

Priceboard is a free app to make a menu or price list on your phone, print it as a PDF and share it with a QR code. When prices change, you edit the menu and the printed code shows the new prices.

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