Free tools for restaurant operations
Practical Tools for Better Restaurant Decisions
Browse free calculators, planners, and operational review tools for independent restaurants. Review menu pricing, food cost, labor, inventory, purchasing, cash, and profitability using your own numbers.
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Menu, Pricing & Profitability
Review menu costs, pricing, contribution, promotions, delivery channels, events, and the sales needed to reach your goals.
Restaurant Menu Engineering & Profitability Review
Review menu item profitability, contribution margin, sales mix, and menu engineering categories using your own prices, food costs, and units sold.
Open ToolRestaurant Recipe & Plate Cost Calculator
Calculate recipe cost and cost per serving from your own purchase prices, pack sizes, usable yields, and ingredient quantities.
Open ToolRestaurant Delivery Channel Profit Calculator
Compare delivery channel profitability using your own order revenue, food cost, platform fees, packaging, discounts, labor, and other variable costs.
Open ToolCatering & Private Event Profitability Quoter
Build a catering or private event quote and review estimated contribution using your own guest count, pricing, food cost, labor, fees, and event expenses.
Open ToolRestaurant Break-Even & Target Profit Planner
Calculate break-even sales and the sales needed for a target profit using your own fixed costs, variable cost percentages, average check, and operating days.
Open ToolRestaurant Discount & Promotion Profit Calculator
Review promotion profitability, contribution per order, break-even additional orders, and the order lift needed to offset discounts and campaign costs.
Open ToolRestaurant Menu Price Increase Impact Calculator
Compare menu price increases against current variable costs and sales volume. Review break-even units, allowable sales decline, and expected contribution changes.
Open ToolFood Cost & Inventory
Track recipe cost, waste, prep, inventory, and weekly food cost with practical tools built around your own restaurant data.
Restaurant Food Waste & Loss Log
Record food waste and losses by item, quantity, reason, and cost. Review known waste cost and item-level loss without preset targets.
Open ToolRestaurant Daily Prep List & Par Planner
Compare current prepared quantities with your own par levels and build a practical daily prep list by station or category.
Open ToolRestaurant Weekly Food Cost & Inventory Close
Close out weekly food cost using beginning inventory, purchases, adjustments, ending inventory, and food sales.
Open ToolRestaurant Inventory Count Sheet & Order List
Count inventory, compare on-hand quantities with your par levels, and create a practical vendor-grouped order list in your browser.
Open ToolLabor & Operating Performance
Compare weekly prime cost, planned versus actual labor, and daypart performance to understand how operating results differ across the week.
Restaurant Weekly Prime Cost Review
Review weekly prime cost using food cost, labor cost, and sales. Compare planned and actual amounts and percentages without preset targets.
Open ToolRestaurant Labor Plan vs Actual / Weekly Labor Tracker
Compare planned and actual labor hours, labor cost, sales, and labor percentage by day and review weekly variances.
Open ToolRestaurant Daypart & Operating Hours Profitability Calculator
Compare daypart profitability using sales, food cost, labor, and direct operating costs. Review break-even sales and contribution per operating hour.
Open ToolPurchasing & Daily Controls
Check receiving, compare supplier packs, and reconcile cash with focused tools for purchasing and everyday restaurant controls.
Restaurant Receiving & Invoice Check
Check deliveries and invoices against expected order quantities and vendor prices. Review quantity differences, price variances, damaged items, and credits.
Open ToolRestaurant Vendor Price & Pack Comparison
Compare supplier offers with different pack sizes and measurement units, normalize unit costs, and review purchase impact using your own data.
Open ToolRestaurant Daily Cash Drawer Reconciliation & Over/Short Log
Reconcile a cash drawer, count bills and coins, calculate expected and actual cash, and review over or short amounts.
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