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Food Cost Calculator
Food cost percentage and gross margin for a single item, from its cost and selling price.
Your numbers
What the item costs you to produce.
Results
- Food cost %
- 30.0%
- Gross profit per item
- 28.00
- Gross margin %
- 70.0%
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How to read this
Food cost percentage is a ratio, not a verdict. A high-cost item that sells well can contribute more money than a low-cost item nobody orders — which is why the menu study looks at contribution alongside popularity.
