Excel workbook
Recipe Costing and Menu Pricing Workbook: Cost per Portion and Price for Your Target Food Cost in Excel
Enter what you pay for ingredients and what each recipe uses, then see the cost per portion and the price that reaches your target food cost.
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Bakeries, cottage-food sellers, caterers, cafes and food trucks that want to know what each portion costs and what to charge.
Not the right fit if
You need food-safety, allergen or nutrition labeling: this tool covers cost and price only.
Why it is different
- It converts between grams, ounces, pounds, milliliters and fluid ounces for you, and warns when a unit cannot match an ingredient.
- The price comes from your own target, so nothing is assumed about what food cost should be.
- A filled example for an invented bakery and a blank copy with working formulas.
What is inside
- Start Here. What the workbook does and how to fill it in.
- Setup. Your target food cost percentage, optional labor and overhead, and how to round prices.
- Ingredients. A price list that works out the cost per gram, per milliliter or per item, allowing for trim and waste.
- Recipes. Up to ten recipes with unit conversion, a batch size scaler, cost per portion and the price for your target.
- Menu Summary. Every item side by side with its food cost percentage and a flag for items outside your target.
- Checks. Missing prices, mismatched units and zero yields.
A look inside
Example data, real formulas
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Delivered as a zip with a filled example and a blank copy. Built for Excel, tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets but not every feature is tested there. For one business, your own use. General information, not accounting, tax or legal advice. Costs are based on the prices you enter. This is not a food-safety, allergen or labeling tool. Not tax, legal or accounting advice. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right.
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What do I get and how is it delivered?
The Recipe Costing & Menu Pricing Workbook as two Excel files in one zip: a filled-in EXAMPLE so you can see every tab working, and a BLANK copy for your own numbers, plus a README. The download link arrives by email after payment.
Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?
Built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice, which runs on Mac and Windows; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. Phone spreadsheet apps are not tested. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund.
Is this legal or tax advice?
No, it is not tax, legal or accounting advice.
Is it the right fit for me?
It is made for bakeries, cottage-food sellers, caterers, cafes and food trucks that want to know what each portion costs and what to charge. Skip it if you need food-safety, allergen or nutrition labeling: this tool covers cost and price only.
Free starter
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A small working Excel file with the same kind of math, filled with made-up example numbers you can type over. We send one confirmation email, and no series follows.
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