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Know what every dish on your menu really earns.

Food cost lives inside your QwikEat dashboard, next to your menu. Your prices are already there. Add what goes into each dish once, and see the cost, the food cost percentage and the margin for every plate you sell.

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The QwikEat food cost screen on a phone, listing burgers with their price, cost and food cost percentage.

Your whole menu, costed in one table.

No spreadsheet to keep in sync with your menu. Every dish you sell appears with its menu price, what it costs to make, its food cost percentage and the margin you keep. Green means on target, amber means close, red means it's costing you.

  • Prices come straight from your menu, always current
  • One glance shows which dishes need attention
  • Sort by highest food cost or lowest margin
Food cost table with the average food cost and each burger's price, cost, food cost and margin.

Cost a recipe in two minutes.

Open a dish and add what goes into it: 160 g of beef, one brioche bun, 20 g of cheddar. The cost of each line, the cost per portion and the food cost update as you type. Waste is counted for you, so peeled potatoes and trimmed onions cost what they really cost.

  • Grams, kilos, millilitres, litres or pieces
  • Waste and trim included automatically
  • Packaging and extras per portion
Recipe for a bacon burger showing each ingredient's quantity and cost, the food cost and a suggested price.

Change a supplier price once. Every dish follows.

Each ingredient is entered once, with the pack price and size from your invoice. When the price of beef goes up, update it in one place and every burger that uses it is re-costed on the spot. You see the impact before your margins quietly shrink.

  • Pack price and size, straight from the invoice
  • Unit cost per kilo, litre or piece worked out for you
  • See how many dishes use each ingredient
Ingredient list with pack price, pack size, waste percentage, unit cost and the number of dishes using each one.

Everything you need to price with confidence

What's in the box

  • Your target food costSet it once. Every dish is checked against it.
  • Suggested priceThe price that brings a dish back to your target, rounded to a price a menu would show.
  • One click to update the menuApply the suggested price to your live menu from the same screen.
  • Taxes handledIf your menu prices include sales tax or VAT, food cost is worked out on the price without it.
  • Waste includedSet the loss per ingredient once. It is added to every recipe that uses it.
  • Works on your phoneCheck a margin at the pass, not only at the office.

What one dollar a dish is worth.

Underpricing rarely looks dramatic on a single plate. Across a year it does. A simple example for a restaurant selling 60 burgers a day:

Priced $1 too low

60 × $1

Sixty burgers a day, each one a dollar under what it could be, without anyone noticing.

Over a year

$21,900

Kept instead of given away, from one line on the menu, once the price matches the cost.

Illustrative example: 60 burgers a day, 365 days a year. Your numbers will differ; the point is that small gaps add up.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to type my menu prices?
No. Food cost reads the prices from your QwikEat menu, so they are always the ones your customers see. Change a price in the menu and the food cost updates.
Do I have to cost every dish?
No. Start with your best sellers. The page shows how many dishes are costed and which ones are still missing a recipe.
How does it handle waste and trim?
Each ingredient has a waste percentage. A 12% loss on onions means the recipe pays for the onions you actually bought, not only the ones that reach the plate.
What is a good food cost percentage?
Many restaurants aim for 25 to 35%, depending on the type of food. Set your own target and every dish is checked against it.
Are taxes taken into account?
Yes. If your menu prices include tax, set the rate once and food cost and margin are worked out on the price without it. If they don't, leave it at zero.
Can I change my menu price from here?
Yes. When a dish is above target, the suggested price is shown with a button to use it on your menu. Nothing changes until you press it.
Is there a guide to calculating food cost?
Yes. Our food cost guide explains the formula, typical targets and common mistakes. The calculation itself runs in your QwikEat dashboard, on your own menu.
How much does it cost?
Food cost is included in QwikEat at no extra charge, like every other feature.

Stop guessing which dishes make money.

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