Food Cost Percentage Calculator
Food cost % = ingredient cost ÷ menu price. Healthy restaurants run 28–35%.
Result
Food cost %30.1%
Gross profit/dish£10.45
Price at target %£15
Health checkWithin range
Food Cost Percentage Calculator — FAQs
What's a good food cost?
28–35% for most restaurants; quick-service can hit 25%, fine dining stretches to 38–40% where labour does the margin work.
Actual vs theoretical?
Theoretical is recipe maths; actual adds waste, theft and over-portioning — the gap typically runs 2–5 points.
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