MENU & PROFITABILITY

Restaurant Menu Engineering & Profitability Review

Review menu item sales, food cost, contribution margin, and relative performance within each category using your own restaurant data.

Review Period

Identify the period and location covered by this menu review.

Period Start

Enter a period start date.

Period End

Enter a period end date that is on or after the start date.

Restaurant / Location (optional)

Prepared by (optional)

Review Notes (optional)

Menu Categories

Create the categories used to compare similar menu items. Classification is calculated within each category.

Menu Item Sales & Cost

Enter units sold, menu price, and food cost per item for each menu item in the review period.

Contribution margin: Menu price minus food cost per item. This review does not include labor, overhead, taxes, or other operating expenses.

Analysis Settings

Use each category's own averages or set custom thresholds for popularity and contribution margin.

Default method: Popularity uses average units sold within each category. Profitability uses average contribution margin per item within each category. Values equal to a benchmark are treated as higher.

Popularity Benchmark

Method

Profitability Benchmark

Method

Review Menu Performance

Validate the entered menu data and build the profitability and menu engineering review.

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Menu Engineering Summary

Review contribution margin, category-relative popularity, and category-relative profitability.