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Pricing & Costing
Know Your True Costs
Calculate accurate recipe costs with real-time ingredient pricing. Apply markup rules, packaging costs, and taxes to set prices that protect your margins. The foundation of a profitable food business.
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Complete Cost Control for Every Recipe
The Prices & Costing feature gives you complete visibility into your recipe economics. Every ingredient cost, from every supplier, cascades through sub-recipes to your final products automatically. Add packaging costs, apply your markup rules, and include taxes to calculate accurate selling prices. When supplier prices change, your costings update in real-time—no spreadsheets, no manual recalculation, no surprises eating into your margins.
Why Food Professionals Choose Prices
Everything you need to price products accurately and protect your profit margins.
Real-Time Cost Calculation
Recipe costs update automatically when ingredient prices change. Never work with outdated cost data again—know your exact food cost at all times.
Flexible Markup Rules
Apply percentage markups, fixed amounts, or target margins. Set different rules for different product types and calculate profitable selling prices instantly.
Packaging & Overhead Costs
Include packaging, labels, and other direct costs in your pricing. Get the complete picture of what it really costs to produce each item.
Profit Margin Analysis
See your profit margins at a glance. Identify which recipes are most profitable and which need price adjustments to meet your financial goals.
Powerful Costing Features
Advanced tools for calculating, analyzing, and optimizing your product pricing.
Ingredient Cost Rollup
Costs cascade automatically from ingredients through sub-recipes to master recipes. One price update flows through your entire recipe database.
VAT & Tax Handling
Configure tax rules for different product types. Calculate inclusive or exclusive VAT/GST and ensure compliant pricing.
Cost Per Unit/Portion
Know the exact cost of each portion or unit. Scale recipes up or down while maintaining accurate per-portion cost data.
Custom Cost Categories
Define your own cost categories beyond ingredients—labor, equipment, utilities. Build comprehensive product costings.
Target Price Calculator
Set your target food cost percentage and let the system calculate the required selling price automatically.
Cost Breakdown Reports
Visualize where your money goes. See ingredient, labor, and overhead costs as percentages of total product cost.
Built for Every Food Business
From independent cafés to large-scale manufacturers, Prices adapts to your costing workflow.
Restaurant Owners
Set menu prices that ensure profitability. Track food costs across your menu and adjust pricing to meet margin targets.
Bakery & Pastry Shops
Calculate costs for complex multi-component products. Include packaging and presentation costs in your pricing.
Catering Companies
Quote accurate prices for events. Scale recipes and costs for any party size with confidence.
Food Manufacturers
Establish wholesale and retail pricing tiers. Track costs at scale and maintain margins across production runs.
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Precise Pricing, Protected Margins
- Automatic cost updates when ingredient prices change from any supplier
- Sub-recipe cost rollup from components through to final products
- Multiple markup options including percentage, fixed amount, and target margin
- Comprehensive cost tracking with packaging, taxes, and overhead included
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