Built for Cafés, Bakeries & Restaurants
Know your real Food Cost -
down to the halala.
MenuCost shows you exactly what every dish costs to make, so you price with confidence and stop losing margin to guesswork.
✓ No card required ✓ Instant setup ✓ Unlimited recipes
"We were pricing off a spreadsheet from two years ago. MenuCost showed us three dishes were losing money on every order."
The Hidden Problem
You know what you sell.
Do you know what it costs?
Most F&B operators are one cost category away from having numbers they can actually act on.
Here's what's being missed
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Spreadsheets you don't trust
Broken formulas, outdated prices, and gaps nobody admits to. You have a number — but deep down you're not confident it's right.
✓ MenuCost auto-recalculates everything
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Packaging cost is invisible
Every dish that leaves your kitchen goes in a box, bag, or tray. These costs are rarely tracked per recipe — they're just absorbed quietly on every order.
✓ Every container attached to every recipe
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Staff time isn't costed per dish
A simple dish takes 5 minutes. A complex one takes 20. Without tracking prep time per recipe, every dish carries the same labor assumption—which is rarely right.
✓ Labour cost calculated per recipe
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Overhead disappears into the accounts
Rent, electricity, equipment, and indirect staff don't disappear because they're fixed. Every portion needs to recover a share — or you're silently losing.
✓ Overhead distributed per item automatically
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Pricing by what competitors charge
Their costs aren't your costs. You could charge the same price and lose more — without ever knowing it until month-end.
✓ Price from your own real cost
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Supplier price changes break everything
A single price change cascades through every recipe that uses that ingredient. With a spreadsheet, you either miss it or spend an hour chasing updates.
✓ Update once, all recipes recalculate
Product Showcase
The full cost picture,
built into every recipe
See how MenuCost captures all four cost layers and turns them into numbers you can act on.
True Cost Per Serving
Ingredients + Packaging + Labour + Overhead
= The number you can price from
The Cost Breakdown panel shows all four cost layers for every recipe in real time—updating live as you edit. The Grilled Chicken Salad at 12.97 SAR includes everything. No layer is missing.
- Updates instantly when any ingredient price changes
- Suggested price shows what to charge for your target FC%
- Stacked bar shows exactly what each layer contributes
What You Gain
The outcomes that matter
to your business
When every cost layer is in your numbers, pricing becomes a decision—not a guess.
100%
Accurate recipe costs
All four layers — ingredients, packaging, labour, overhead — in every cost per serving.
1hr
Setup time
Import your ingredients, build recipes, set overhead. Most operators are fully costed in a single session.
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Allergens tracked
Set allergens once per ingredient. They flow automatically into every recipe and the full allergen matrix.
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Spreadsheet updates
How It Works
From zero to fully costed menu
in under an hour
No training. No accountant required. Built for F&B operators, not finance teams.
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Add your ingredients
Enter supplier prices once. Build a reusable ingredient library. Update prices in one place and everything recalculates.
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Build your recipes
Add ingredients, quantities, and prep time. MenuCost calculates the cost per unit automatically.
3
Set your overhead
Enter monthly fixed costs — rent, utilities, staff. Watch them distribute fairly across all your recipes.
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Price with confidence
See your total cost per unit and set prices that protect your margin. No more guessing.
Features
Everything you need to run
a profitable F&B business
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Recipe Costing
Full four-layer cost per recipe. Ingredients, packaging, labour, overhead — all included.
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Menu Profitability
Every item ranked by margin. Category summaries. Colour-coded food cost badges.
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Ingredient Library
Unlimited ingredients, supplier-tagged, allergen-labelled. Update once — all recipes recalculate.
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Packaging Tracking
Every box, bag, and cup attached to the recipe that uses it. Nothing absorbed silently.
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Labour Management
Direct staff costed per recipe by prep time. Indirect staff distributed as overhead per item.
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Overhead Allocation
Rent, utilities, equipment depreciation, other costs — distributed across every portion automatically.
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What-If Simulator
Three sliders — ingredient cost, labour cost, selling price — show the full menu impact before you act.
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Allergen Management
All 14 allergens tracked per ingredient. Matrix built automatically for every recipe.
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Catering Quotes
Build professional catering quotes with full cost breakdowns and estimated profit per event.
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Business Reports
7-sheet Excel export — menu summary, recipe details, profitability, staff, overhead, allergen matrix.
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Bulk Import
Upload your full ingredient list from Excel. Preview before importing. Setup in minutes.
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100% Cloud-Based
Works on any device, any browser. No installation. Always up to date. Your data is always safe.
Why MenuCost
Spreadsheet vs.
MenuCost
- All 4 cost layers (ingredients, packaging, labor, and overhead)
- Update one price — all recipes recalculate
- Automatic overhead per item calculation
- Profitability ranking across all dishes
- Allergen matrix built automatically
- What-If Simulator for price/cost changes
- Catering quotes with profit calculation
- Works on any device, no setup required
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What Customers Say
F&B operators across the GCC
pricing with confidence
"Before MenuCost I had a spreadsheet that I updated maybe once a year. Now I know exactly what every item costs and my margins have improved significantly."
"Setting up took less than a day. The overhead allocation feature alone changed how I think about pricing — I never accounted for rent per recipe before."
"We were about to open a second branch but couldn't understand our unit economics. MenuCost gave us the clarity we needed in one afternoon."
Pricing
Simple pricing.
No surprises.
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready. Cancel anytime.
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
- Live chat & Email support
Additional User
Billed annually
Add team members to your account. Each user gets full access to all features — recipes, reports, and costing tools.
- Full app access
- View & edit all recipes
- Manage ingredients
- Update overhead & staff
- Add or remove users any time
FAQ
Common questions
MenuCost support unlimited recipes.