## Restaurant Food Cost & Menu Price Calculator

URL: https://minimalpos.com/tools/food-cost-calculator

Cost a dish from the ingredients that go into one recipe, calculate the cost per serving, and compare it with your selling price. Set a target food-cost percentage to estimate a menu price, then review the blended cost of your full menu.

### Features

- Per-dish ingredient cost breakdown
- Target food-cost pricing
- Cost per serving and gross profit
- Whole-menu blended food cost
- CSV export

### How it relates to MinimalPOS

Recipe costing helps set a starting price; live sales and stock movement show what happens after launch. MinimalPOS connects menu operations with restaurant inventory, billing, item sales, and reporting.

**How do I calculate food cost per serving?** Add the cost of every ingredient used in the recipe, then divide the total recipe cost by the number of portions it produces. The calculator performs this step for each dish.

**How does the suggested menu price work?** The tool divides the dish cost by your chosen target food-cost percentage. Treat the result as a planning estimate and also consider labour, rent, tax, packaging, waste, and local demand.

**Can I cost more than one menu item?** Yes. Build a list of dishes to compare individual costs and review the blended food cost across the menu.

**Can I export my restaurant food-cost calculations?** Yes. The tool supports CSV export so you can keep or continue working with the figures in a spreadsheet.