Enter a period's revenue and costs to see gross margin, prime cost, and net margin — benchmarked against typical restaurant ranges. Loaded with an example; edit every field.
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MinimalPOS calculates your real margins automatically from actual sales and purchase data.
MinimalPOS records every order, tax, service charge and payment as it happens — so the figures this tool asks you to enter come out of your own sales instead of a spreadsheet.
How this free tool helps
Turn revenue and expense totals into a clearer restaurant profit picture. Calculate gross margin, prime cost, operating costs, net profit, and net margin for a week, month, quarter, or other consistent period.
The calculator explains a period after you enter the totals. MinimalPOS restaurant reports help operators review the underlying sales, payments, items, service types, tables, peak hours, and void activity that shape those totals.
Explore MinimalPOS Restaurant POSPrime cost combines cost of goods sold with labour cost. It is useful because food and labour are two major operating costs that restaurant teams can monitor closely.
Subtract all entered costs from revenue to get net profit, then divide net profit by revenue and multiply by 100. The calculator performs these steps for the selected period.
Yes. Use the same period for revenue, ingredients or beverage cost, labour, rent, and other expenses to estimate profitability for a café, bar, or other food business.
No. They are planning and review estimates based on the figures you enter. Use complete accounting records and professional advice for formal financial decisions.
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