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Menu engineering calculator

Classify one menu category into stars, plowhorses, puzzles and dogs from price, food cost and units sold. Runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Menu names and numbers stay in this tab. No item data is sent to analytics or stored on a server.

Analyze one category, one currency and one sales period at a time. Contribution margin here is menu price minus direct food cost — not net profit after labor or overhead.

Category context
For example entrées or desserts — kept as a label on results and exports.
Item nameMenu priceFood costUnits soldRow actions
Enter a number.Enter a number.Enter a number.

Enter price, food cost and units sold for every item to see the matrix.

Keep food cost and sales history in a plain-text ledger

Beancount.io helps you reconcile recipe costs and category sales so the next matrix run stays auditable.

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