Menu Pricing Planner methodology

foodCostPerPortionExTax = ingredient cost / saleable portions

loadedCostPerPortionExTax = (ingredient + labour + overhead) / saleable portions

targetPriceExTax = selected cost basis / selected target rate

roundedPriceExTax = target price rounded up to the entered increment

roundedPriceIncTax = rounded price × (1 + entered tax rate)

achievedFoodCostRate = food cost per portion / rounded price

grossProfitPerPortionExTax = rounded price − food cost per portion

contributionPerPortionExTax = rounded price − loaded cost per portion

achievedContributionMargin = contribution per portion / rounded price

priceAtTargetMinusFivePointsExTax = selected cost basis / target shifted down five percentage points

priceAtTargetPlusFivePointsExTax = selected cost basis / target shifted up five percentage points

Money inputs and outputs use the currency selected in the scenario without changing the canonical methodology. Rates, margins, utilisation and buffers are entered as percentages and converted to decimal values for calculation.

• All values must be finite and inside the visible validation boundaries.
• Rates are entered as percentages and calculations retain decimal precision.
• Money and operational records use one consistent period and basis.

Purchased ingredient quantity minimum

purchasedQuantity ≥ 0.01 purchased quantity units — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Purchased ingredient quantity maximum

purchasedQuantity ≤ 100,000,000 purchased quantity units — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Purchased ingredient cost minimum

purchasedCostExTax ≥ 0 currency units/planning period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Purchased ingredient cost maximum

purchasedCostExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/planning period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Ingredient quantity used minimum

quantityUsed ≥ 0 purchased quantity units used in recipe batch — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Ingredient quantity used maximum

quantityUsed ≤ 100,000,000 purchased quantity units used in recipe batch — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Usable yield minimum

usableYieldRate ≥ 0 proportion of purchased quantity remaining usable — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Usable yield maximum

usableYieldRate ≤ 1 proportion of purchased quantity remaining usable — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Batch labour cost minimum

batchLabourExTax ≥ 0 currency units/planning period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Batch labour cost maximum

batchLabourExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/planning period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Batch overhead allocation minimum

batchOverheadExTax ≥ 0 currency units/planning period, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Batch overhead allocation maximum

batchOverheadExTax ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/planning period, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Saleable portions minimum

saleablePortions ≥ 1 whole product units — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Saleable portions maximum

saleablePortions ≤ 1,000,000 whole product units — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Indirect tax rate minimum

taxRate ≥ 0 proportion of ex-tax menu price charged as indirect tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Indirect tax rate maximum

taxRate ≤ 1 proportion of ex-tax menu price charged as indirect tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Price rounding increment minimum

roundingIncrement ≥ 0 currency units/menu item, ex tax — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Price rounding increment maximum

roundingIncrement ≤ 10,000,000 currency units/menu item, ex tax — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Pricing target minimum

targetMode ≥ 0 — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Pricing target maximum

targetMode ≤ 1 — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

Target rate minimum

targetRate ≥ 0 proportion of ex-tax menu price retained as gross profit — A lower value is rejected before calculation.

Target rate maximum

targetRate ≤ 1 proportion of ex-tax menu price retained as gross profit — A higher value is rejected before calculation.

• Demand, lead times, costs, tax and targets are supplied by the user.
• No jurisdiction, supplier service level, industry benchmark or forecast is embedded.
• The engine retains full precision and display formatting never feeds back into calculation.

This planner has no current policy-data dependency. Its commercial assumptions are user supplied. Registered family-level regression suites exercise the shared business-logic engine and worked-result reconciliation.

• Results depend on the quality and timing alignment of entered records.
• The model does not replace inventory, accounting, tax, legal or financial advice.
• Yield, labour, overhead, target rate, tax rate and rounding increment are editable assumptions; no wage rule, tax treatment, service charge, tip policy or hospitality benchmark is embedded.
• The result does not assess menu-labelling, food-safety, licensing or delivery-platform obligations.

This is educational decision support, not tax, accounting, legal or financial advice. Check the treatment of your actual transactions under the rules that apply to your business and seek qualified advice where appropriate.

Registered family-level suites test formula invariants and example reconciliation; the release ledger records that coverage without claiming a separate oracle for every line of public copy. There is no official threshold or benchmark to refresh for this planner. Commercial inputs remain user-supplied because they vary by business and contract.

1. 2026-07-16: Initial public release of the Menu Pricing planner and methodology.