Built for F&B operators - cafés, bakeries & restaurants
Know the true cost of every recipe you make
MenuCost is a food costing software that brings together ingredients, packaging, labour and overhead into one clear number per recipe. As a complete food cost management system, it helps café, bakery, and restaurant owners Stop guessing and Start pricing with confidence.
500+
Food and Beverage (F&B) businesses4x
Faster than spreadsheets100%
Cloud-based4
Cost layers per recipe500+
Food and Beverage (F&B) businesses4x
Faster than spreadsheets
100%
Cloud-based
4
Cost layers per recipe
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Spreadsheets you don't trust
A formula breaks. A price gets old. Nobody notices until a supplier bill looks wrong. You have a number, but you're not sure it's right.
✓ MenuCost updates every recipe on its own, so the number is always current.
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Packaging cost gets ignored
Every dish leaves the kitchen in a box, bag, cup, or tray. That cost is rarely added to the recipe. It just quietly adds up on every order.
✓ MenuCost attaches packaging cost to the recipe that uses it.
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Staff time isn't costed per dish
A simple dish takes five minutes to make. A hard one takes twenty. If you don't track that time per dish, every dish gets the same guess, and that guess is usually wrong.
✓ MenuCost tracks labour cost by recipe, by role, and by minute.
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Overhead disappears into the accounts
Rent, electricity, equipment, and support staff still cost money even though they're fixed. Every dish you sell needs to cover its share, or that cost is quietly eating your profit.
✓ MenuCost spreads overhead across every item on its own.
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Pricing by what competitors charge
Their costs aren't your costs. You could match their price and lose more money on every order, and not find out until the end of the month
✓ MenuCost prices from your real cost, not someone else's menu.
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Supplier price changes break everything
One price change touches every recipe using that ingredient. With a spreadsheet, you either miss it or spend an hour fixing every recipe by hand.
✓ MenuCost updates the ingredient once. Every recipe using it updates right away.
MenuCost combines recipe costing with a built-in food inventory management system, so every ingredient, price update, and stock change reflects instantly across your recipes.
Ingredient Costing
Enter a supplier price once. Every recipe pulls from the same list. Update flour today, and every recipe with flour updates too.
Packaging Costs
Bags, boxes, cups, and labels are added straight to the recipes that use them. Nothing gets left off by mistake.
Labour & Staff time
Enter prep time and staff cost per batch. MenuCost works out exactly what labor adds to each item.
Overhead Allocation
Rent, electricity, and equipment get split fairly across every recipe, based on how much of the kitchen each one actually uses.
WHAT YOU GET
All your costs, finally in one place
MenuCost gives you the true cost per serving
Ingredients + Packaging + Labour + Overhead =
A total cost you can actually trust and use to price with confidence.
HOW IT WORKS
A fully costed menu in under an hour
No training needed. No accountant needed. Built for people running a kitchen, not a finance team.
1
Add your ingredients
Enter supplier prices once and build a list you can reuse. Update a price in one place, and every recipe using it updates too.
2
Set your overhead
Enter your monthly fixed costs: rent, utilities, staff. Watch them split fairly across your whole menu.
3
Build your recipes
Add ingredients, packaging, and prep time. MenuCost works out the cost per item on its own.
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Price with confidence
See your full cost per item and set prices that protect your margin, not just prices that feel about right.
WHO IT'S FOR
Built for every F&B business
Whether you run one café or a restaurant, MenuCost fits how your kitchen actually works.
Features
Everything you need to run
a profitable F&B business
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Recipe Costing
Full cost for every recipe: ingredients, packaging, labour, and overhead, all in one place.
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Menu Profitability
Every item ranked by margin, with summaries and cost badges so you can see what's working at a glance.
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Ingredient Library
Add as many ingredients as you want, tagged by supplier and labelled by allergen.
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Packaging Tracking
Every box, bag, and cup is tied to the recipe it belongs to. Nothing gets buried in a menu average.
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Labour Management
Staff time costed per recipe. Other staff costs spread as overhead, the way it actually works in a kitchen.
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Overhead Allocation
Rent, utilities, and other fixed costs split across your menu automatically.
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What-If Simulator
Change an ingredient price, a labour rate, or a selling price, and see what happens to your margin before you commit.
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Allergen Management
All 14 major allergens tracked at the ingredient level. The full allergen list builds itself for every recipe.
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Catering Quotes
Build catering quotes with a full cost breakdown and expected profit, before you send the quote.
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Business Reports
A seven-sheet Excel report covering menu, recipes, profit, staff, overhead, and allergens.
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Bulk Import
Upload your ingredient list from Excel, check it, and import it in minutes instead of typing it all by hand.
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100% Cloud-Based
Works on any device, any browser. Always up to date. Your data stays safe.
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY
Trusted by F&B owners
What our customers are saying about us.
"Before MenuCost I had a spreadsheet I updated maybe once a year. Now I know exactly what every item costs, and my margins have gotten better because of it."
"Setting up took less than a day. The overhead allocation alone changed how I think about pricing. I'd never counted rent into a single recipe before."
"We were about to open a second branch and couldn't explain our own numbers. MenuCost gave us that clarity in one afternoon."
PRICING
Simple, honest pricing
No hidden fees, no confusing tiers. Try it free for 7 days.
MenuCost Pro
Billed annually
Everything a café, bakery, or restaurant needs to price with confidence.
Start Now- Unlimited recipes
- Ingredient library
- Packaging & labor costing
- Overhead allocation
- Profitability reports
- 1 admin user included
- Email support
Additional User
Billed annually
Add team members with full access to recipes, reports, and costing tools.
- Full app access
- View & edit all recipes
- Manage ingredients
- Update overhead & staff
- Add or remove users any time
GET STARTED TODAY
Stop guessing.
Start profiting.
Join hundreds of café and restaurant owners who know exactly what every recipe costs, instead of hoping the number on the menu is close enough.
✓ No card needed. ✓ Set up in minutes. ✓ Add as many recipes as you want.