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Free Restaurant & Cafe Business Tools
Make better business decisions with free calculators and practical tools built for restaurant, cafe and QSR owners. No login required.
Planning a restaurant?
Startup Cost Calculator
How much capital do I need?
Estimate one-time setup, opening inventory, monthly fixed costs and working capital — labelled as estimates you can edit.
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Menu Cost Calculator
What does this dish actually cost?
Ingredients, wastage, packaging and selling price → food cost %, contribution and gross margin. Multiple dishes.
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Menu Pricing Calculator
What should I charge?
Dish cost, target food-cost %, packaging and tax assumptions → a starting selling price, not a guaranteed outcome.
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Restaurant Opening Checklist
What must be in place before launch?
Planning, compliance (location-specific — we do not invent licences), kitchen, staff, technology and launch. Tick items off on this device.
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Already operating?
Break-Even Calculator
How many orders cover my costs?
Fixed costs, average order value and variable % → monthly and daily break-even, with conservative / expected / optimistic views.
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Food Cost Calculator
What is my food cost %?
Period inventory formula or a single dish. Explains what the number means — not a score of the chef.
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Restaurant Inventory Template
How do I start tracking stock?
A genuinely useful spreadsheet template. Spreadsheets work when you are small; complexity is when software starts to pay.
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Growing your restaurant?
Looking for GST, labour or delivery commission maths? Those live on the free calculator hub.