Analyse Costs and Margins For Food & Drink

Quickly discover which ingredients, menu items and menu categories are making the most revenue, and which ones could be adjusted to increase profits.

Available in: Free Starter Gold

The BookingNinja Menu Item Costs Calculator

Using our online food cost calculator, you can determine if a menu item - either food or drink - is making the desired amount of profit per order.

With the rising cost of ingredients and the extra squeeze on food venues to maximise revenue per customer, this calculator can identify items that are costing too much and making too little from an individual ingredient level, all the way up to an entire menu category. And, like many things with BookingNinja, you can customise just about everything - set your own profit margin goals, determine or your own categories, and choose from a variety of different serving sizes to produce the most accurate results.

There's no additional cost involved in using our calculator. You can add unlimited ingredients, recipes and categories to BookingNinja, and you can get started by signing up to our free account.

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