Recipe Costing, Plate Cost & Per-Item Profitability
Menu Profitability Software — Know Your Real Food Cost
FreshTally's menu profitability module tracks ingredient costs, recipe builds, plate costs, and food cost percentages per menu item. Know exactly which dishes make money and which need attention — updated automatically when ingredient prices change.
Key Features
Recipe Costing
Build recipes with ingredients, quantities, and units. See total recipe cost updated in real time as ingredient prices change.
Plate Cost Calculations
Calculate the cost per serving for every menu item. Factor in portion sizes, garnishes, and prep waste.
Food Cost % Tracking
See food cost percentages per item, per category, and overall. Set alerts when food cost exceeds your target.
Menu Item Profitability
Rank menu items by gross profit, food cost %, sales volume, and total profit contribution.
Ingredient Usage Tracking
Compare theoretical ingredient usage (based on recipes and sales) vs actual usage (based on inventory counts).
Auto-Updated Costs
When vendor prices change on an invoice, recipe costs, plate costs, and profitability rankings update automatically.
Menu Profitability and Ingredient Usage
Most restaurants know their overall food cost percentage but can't tell you the food cost of individual menu items. FreshTally changes that by connecting recipe builds to real ingredient costs from vendor invoices — so your plate costs reflect what you're actually paying, not what you paid six months ago.
The ingredient usage tracking module compares what your recipes say you should use (theoretical) against what your inventory counts show you actually used (actual). The gap between those numbers is where waste, over-portioning, and shrinkage hide.
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