Kitchen Finance

Food cost calculator

By Kitchen Finance editors, Editorial desk.

Last updated

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Food cost

COGS = beginning + purchases - ending. Food cost % = COGS / food sales.

Type in an amount. Food cost and the percentage update from those figures. The opening numbers stay on the page if scripts are off.

The lines you can change are fields. The other lines are the result. With scripts off, the opening answer is still printed in the table.

Worked example. Amounts are USD.
Line Amount
Food cost 12,040
Food cost % 28.1%

FAQ

Short answers to the questions this page is built to settle.

Why is ending inventory subtracted?

Food you still have is not cost yet. Subtracting it keeps a delivery from looking like waste.