In a cloud kitchen the cost of a dish is the food plus everything it leaves in: the container, the lid, the side cup and the bag. The calculator below opens with a 10-box batch of chicken dum biryani in rupees, cooked in one handi, with the packaging for each order as its own lines. Change the packs to your supplier's prices and set the price on your own ordering page. Then take the cost per box to the menu price calculator to set your delivery app prices.
Part of the free Recipe cost calculator.
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An example recipe is filled in. Change it to yours.
Cost is worked out from the pack price, so waste you note as usable % is counted. The selling price is before any tax.
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Price this dish
The menu price calculator opens with this dish and its cost per portion already in. It gives you the price for dine-in, your own website and the delivery apps.
Set how many portions it makes and your menu price. UK visitors pick the VAT rate in that price, and the calculator takes VAT off.
Enter the pack you buy (2.5kg of potatoes for £1.75), how much the recipe uses, and the yield after trimming or peeling. Add a wastage allowance and packaging.
See the recipe cost, cost per portion, food cost %, GP and the menu price for your target. Then print the recipe card for the kitchen.
Cost the batch you really cook
Biryanis, curries and gravies are cooked in a pot, not a plate at a time. Enter the whole pot and set portions to the number of boxes it fills on a normal day. If the last box always comes up short, count one box fewer.
Every order's packaging belongs on the card
The container, lid, side cups, cutlery, tissue, sticker and bag go out with every order. Add each as pieces. On a low-priced dish the packaging lines can come close to the cost of the food, and you only see it once they are on the card.
Price each channel from the same cost
Your own ordering page and each delivery app take different cuts. Take the cost per box to the menu price calculator for a price per channel, and see what each app keeps in the delivery app commission calculator.
Questions owners ask
Put your items on a Menuthere page. Customers pick, fill in their details and the order arrives on your WhatsApp. Free, with no commission.