Fair menu prices — you're not subsidising a dish that loses money.
You think pasta makes 70% margin. Tomatoes doubled. Portions crept up. The spreadsheet from 2023 is lying.. Not $199/mo US tools — enter ingredients once, see real food cost.
Tomatoes doubled. Portions crept. The menu must tell the truth.
Ingredient cost · portion drift · menu engineering · alerts.
Lampuki season vs summer — margins shift.
See losers before they sink the month.
Enter once. Update prices when suppliers change.. Enter recipe: Ingredients · portions. Food cost: Latest prices. Margin %: Per dish · per menu. Fix menu: Raise or remove losers
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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.
WHY THE OLD WAY LOSES
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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