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Find out now which dishes really make you money.
Tagliatelle with meat sauce
Total cost€ 2,01
Gross margin84,2%
Minimum price€ 7,35
Fresh tagliatelle€ 0,60
Meat ragout€ 1,11
Parmesan€ 0,30
Selling price€ 14,00
Food cost management software
Do you know how much you earn really from each dish?
DishCost calculates real cost, food cost, margin and minimum selling price. You enter the recipe and it does the maths as you build it.
Up to 3 products freeNo card requiredYour data stays saved
DishCost · Recipe
Gross margin84,2%
Food cost15,8%
One tool to control:ingredientspreparationsrecipesmarginsprices
The problem
Every increase in ingredient prices reduces your margin.
Tomatoes, mozzarella, meat, oil, flour and energy prices change. If your menu prices stay still, you may lose money every day without noticing.
+18%🥫Tomato
+22%🧀Mozzarella
+15%🫒Oil
+17%🌾Flour
+30%💡Energy
DishCost does the maths for you and protects your earnings.
Everything connected
From purchase prices to menu decisions.
It’s more than a calculator: DishCost tracks cost from ingredient to product and helps you see where to act.
Organised inventory
Ingredients, purchasing formats, suppliers and categories in a single archive.
Automatic unit costReusable preparations
Set the yield and components of doughs, stocks, sauces and bases, including nested ones.
Costs propagated to productsReal product cost
Add up the ingredients, cooking operations and packaging and compare them with the price.
Food cost and margin in real timeKitchen operations
Evaluate energy, gas, water, labor and fixed cooking and preparation costs.
Production cost per useMenu and offers
Combine courses and discover the overall cost of a fixed menu or offer.
Profitability updated as you composePrices and simulations
Compare different prices and immediately check how food costs and margins change.
More informed decisionsHow it works
Three steps. No spreadsheets.
Enter the data once and reuse it in all recipes.
Enter ingredients
Supplier name, purchase format, quantity and price.
Create preparations and recipes
Reuse bases, sauces and semi-finished products without having to do the math every time.
Check cost and margin
Set the price and find out immediately if the dish is making enough.
Built for food businesses
Useful for every business that turns ingredients into value.
Pizzerias
Restaurants
Pubs & Burgers
Piadina shops
Delis
Pastry shops
Simple plans
Try it in your venue. Then decide.
The trial uses the same flow as the annual plan: you start with your data and keep it if you choose to continue.
Free trial
€0 · no card requiredTo understand the method with real data and recipes from your business.
- Unlimited ingredients and semi-finished products
- Up to 3 products calculated
- 1 menu or offer
- Kitchen operations
- Simulation of prices and margins
Annual DishCost
Twelve months of full access, with no limits on the number of products and menus.
- Products, menus and offers without limits
- All operational functions available
- Analysis of costs, prices and margins
- Payment by bank transfer or PayPal
- 60 day reminder email — coming soon
The introductory price is valid for 12 months. Upon expiry, you choose whether to renew; There are no automatic charges.
FAQ
Questions before you start.
DishCost is designed to be used even by those who don't like spreadsheets and formulas.
No. Enter quantities and prices: the calculations are performed automatically.
Yes. You can use DishCost from your computer, tablet and phone without installing programs.
No. It is useful for pizzerias, pubs, delicatessens, piadina shops, pastry shops and other food businesses.
You can enter ingredients and semi-finished products, calculate up to 3 products and create 1 menu or offer. You don't need to insert a card.
Your data remains saved. You can continue to consult them and activate Annual DishCost without starting from scratch.
No. Annual DishCost lasts 12 months and does not provide automatic renewal. We will notify you 60 days before the deadline and you will decide.
Yes. Recipes, prices and business data remain yours and are not shared with other users.
Every dish should earn what it deserves.
Enter your real costs, calculate up to 3 products for free and immediately find out where the margin ends up.
Start without a card