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title: Free Restaurant Food Cost Calculator
description: Calculate your food cost percentage, profit margin, and ideal selling price for any dish. Free restaurant food cost calculator — no signup required.
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# Free Restaurant Food Cost Calculator

> Calculate your food cost percentage, profit margin, and ideal selling price for any dish. Free restaurant food cost calculator — no signup required.

Enter the ingredient cost and selling price of a dish to instantly see its food cost percentage, gross profit, and whether the pricing is on track. Free, instant, no signup.

**Formula:** food cost % = (cost of ingredients ÷ selling price) × 100

## FAQ

### What is a good food cost percentage for a restaurant?

Most restaurants target a food cost percentage of 25–35%. Fine dining can run 30–35%, while fast casual targets 25–30%. A food cost above 40% typically signals a pricing or waste problem.

### How do you calculate food cost percentage?

Food cost percentage = (Cost of ingredients ÷ Selling price) × 100. For example, if a dish costs €3 in ingredients and sells for €12, the food cost is 25%.

### What selling price should I charge for a dish?

To achieve your target food cost percentage, divide the ingredient cost by your target percentage. For example, if ingredients cost €4 and you want a 30% food cost, the ideal price is €4 ÷ 0.30 = €13.33.

## About Menumigo

Menumigo is a free digital menu platform for restaurants. Guests scan a QR code and the menu opens in their browser — no app download, no sign-up. Owners update prices, mark items sold out, and publish daily specials in seconds from a phone.

The Free plan covers one restaurant: unlimited menu items, unlimited QR codes, up to 3 languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish), AI menu import from photo or PDF (5/month), AI translation (10/month), 14 EU-standard allergen tags, and WiFi password display. Free menus carry a small "Powered by Menumigo" credit.

The Pro plan (€19/month, €15/month billed annually, or €299 one-time lifetime, with a 14-day free trial) adds unlimited restaurants, unlimited AI usage, custom branding, real-time analytics, loyalty stamp cards, bundle offers, smart pairings, AI item descriptions, AI market reports, an announcement bar, review and social buttons, and removes the Menumigo branding.

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## Get started

- [Create a free account](https://menumigo.com/sign-up) — no credit card required
- [Pricing](https://menumigo.com/pricing.md) — plan limits and prices
- [Machine-readable plan data](https://menumigo.com/api/public/plans) — live JSON

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