About the tool
About Menu Cost Desk
A local-first catering worksheet that rounds production batches, exposes leftover portions, prices labor, adds overhead, and calculates a target-margin quote.
What works here
Enter your own inputs, compare the calculated results, and export a report. You can save one input snapshot in this browser and import or export input files. Examples are illustrative and do not represent live prices, inventory, or customer records.
Clear limits
- Ingredient costs and usable yields are manual assumptions; no recipe catalog, food-cost feed, or live commodity data is used.
- This is a planning worksheet, not food-safety, allergen, nutrition, tax, payroll, or regulatory advice.
- Pricing excludes delivery, rentals, venue fees, taxes, gratuity, payment fees, and other costs unless you include them in overhead or a batch cost.
Privacy and access
The tool does not require an account or a paid subscription. Calculations, attachments, and exports stay in your browser. There are no active ads, affiliate redirects, or checkout integrations. Optional Cloudflare Web Analytics is loaded only after explicit consent.
Operator
Dheeraj Namburu
Questions or corrections: dheerajnamburu@gmail.com