H360 · Recipe Costing
LIVEBy OARC Digital — operators who run Louisiana Mama · Palino · Calli Bistro.
You think pasta makes 70% margin. Tomatoes doubled. Portions crept up. The spreadsheet from 2023 is lying.
For your guest: Fair menu prices — you're not subsidising a dish that loses money.
Not $199/mo US tools — enter ingredients once, see real food cost.
You tell us what's in each dish. We tell you how much profit you make on every plate.
Enter once. Update prices when suppliers change.
Tomatoes doubled. Portions crept. The spreadsheet from 2023 is lying.
MarginEdge is $199/mo US tooling. H360 RECIPE enters ingredients once — shows real margin so you raise price or fix the portion.
Nobody updates the sheet. "About €4" isn't a number you can bank on.
$199/mo. US suppliers and QuickBooks — not Malta small venues.
$500+/mo. Weeks of implementation. Needs dedicated staff.
Prices from 2023. Portions drift. Owner thinks 70%, actually 55%.
Tomato prices doubled — chef didn't notice. Profit per dish is a guess.
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Enter what's in each dish once — ingredients and quantities. OARC Digital's H360 RECIPE calculates real food cost and margin per plate, flags when ingredient prices jump, and shows which dishes leak money. Not $199/mo US tools or a spreadsheet from 2023 with tomato prices that doubled. Built for Malta restaurants where the chef cooks by feel but the owner needs numbers.
Start with estimates. A handful of spinach = 50g. 80% accuracy beats 0% guesswork.
Update monthly or connect to INVENTORY price history. RECIPE flags big price jumps.
Calculate your 80% staple dishes. Specials get one combined cost line.
RECIPE tracks food cost only. Labor is a separate operational question.
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