Free Food Cost Calculator for Excel
Reduce your food costs with the free food cost calculator
- Track food costs and percentages over time
- Identify trends to trim costs and grow profit
- Completely customizable to your restaurant
Food Cost Percentage Template.xlsx
How to use the food cost percentage template
Be aware of your food costs to grow profit.
1. Add your inventory costs for the current month, including food, beverage, and other goods.
2. Add any additional projected purchases for the month.
3. Add monthly revenue.
4. Your food cost percentage is calculated—track and optimize.
What is a food cost percentage template?
This template is designed to help restaurant owners and managers make the most of the profit margins. This template weighs in the relative cost of your food each month against the monthly revenue.
Why use a template?
Using a document like this can help you spot trends and optimize your buying decisions to better your bottom line. Tracking over time will see where food costs are rising, helping managers make better informed decisions about buying.
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 | Food Cost Template | |
| Easy schedule builder |  |  |
| Customizable to your restaurant | | |
| Free | | |
| Free mobile apps | |  |
| Communication tools (chat, announcement) | | |
| Automatic sales and labor reporting | | |
| POS Integration for automatic sales tracking | | |
| Easy manager note taking | | |
| Labor compliance tools | | |
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