Menu Cost - Recipe Costing

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About this app

Change the price of one ingredient and every dish that uses it is re-costed at once, with the price you need to charge to hit your target food cost.

A cost ledger for owners of restaurants, cafes, diners and snack bars: what each dish costs per plate, and what to charge so you still make money.
No sign-up, no internet, no ads, no subscription. Buy once; there is no limit on dishes or ingredients. Your ledger stays only on this phone.

■ Good to know first
· It does not fetch market or wholesale prices. You enter what you paid (no internet)
· It does not import POS or delivery-app sales or stock, and does not count how many plates were sold
· Fixed costs such as labor, rent and utilities are not included. Only extra per-plate costs (sides, takeout boxes) are entered by hand
· Target food cost and suggested price are just calculations. You decide the price (not tax or business advice)
· It does not create nutrition, allergen or hygiene documents
· Your ledger exists only on this phone (no account). To switch phones, move one backup file

■ Dish cost: what one plate costs
· Price, cost per plate, food cost % (large) and what is left per plate after ingredients
· Over target? It shows the price that hits it, rounded up to the step you choose
· Each ingredient line shows quantity, unit price, cost and its share of the total (bar), so you see what is expensive
· Try a new price: +small, +large or the target price, and see the food cost % before saving
· A recipe written for a big pot (10 servings) converts to one serving; target % can differ per dish

■ Ingredients and shopping
· Price paid, quantity (g, kg, ml, L, pieces), trim yield (for example scallion 85%, potato 85%, meat 95%), supplier and notes
· Today's shopping: one box per ingredient, only what you type changes, and a bar shows «3 ingredients changed · 9 dishes»
· Change a unit price: while you type, the food cost % of each affected dish appears below (a preview before saving)
· A unit price history builds with each shopping day, with a trend chart; delete a wrong entry and the previous value returns
· Ingredients that rose in the last 2 weeks and the dishes affected; ingredients not updated for over 30 days

■ Prep: stock and sauces
· Things you make in batches, like 5 L of stock or 2 kg of sauce, are costed as ingredients, for example per 100 ml
· Add «300 ml stock» to a dish and it is re-costed whenever the stock's ingredients get more expensive

■ PDF documents: send, print, post
· Menu cost sheet: every dish with price, cost, food cost % (colored), profit per plate and target price, plus a cost card per dish
· Price-increase evidence: unit prices from 3, 6 or 12 months ago versus now on the same recipes, the ingredients that rose most and a new price per dish
· Price change notice: a large-print page «Some menu prices will change from (date)» to put on the shop wall

■ Reminders (optional)
· On your shopping days (for example Mon and Thu), one morning notification: enter shopping prices, dishes over target, old unit prices. Only if you turn it on

■ Reference values
· Target food cost %, rounding step for suggested prices, whether to calculate on the price before sales tax (set your own tax rate), and the «rose» threshold. Edit them in Settings or reset to defaults

■ First launch
It comes with a sample shop (a Korean restaurant: 42 ingredients, 23 dishes, 2 prep items) to explore right away. Tap «Delete sample» once to start your own.

■ Backup
Export and restore ingredients, price history, prep items, dishes and settings as one file. A backup from another app is refused before anything is overwritten.

■ Permissions
Only notifications (optional). No internet, location, contacts, camera or storage permission.

Contact: [e-mail]

What’s new

· Now available in 8 languages. Units, currency and dates follow your region.