Food Costing Playbook for Hospitality

Why Food Costing Matters

A practical guide to understanding food costs, protecting margins, and improving profitability.

How to Accurately Cost Your Dishes

Learn how to cost every dish to support better pricing and stronger margins.

Tracking Weekly Food Cost Performance

Learn how to track your weekly food cost percentage to spot trends and stay on top of kitchen performance.

Calculating Your Actual Food Cost

Understand your true food cost by factoring in stock movement, usage, and inventory levels.

Understanding Your Ideal Food Cost

Calculate your ideal food cost percentage and use it as a benchmark for kitchen performance.

What's Driving Up Your Food Costs?

Identify the most common causes of high food costs and where profit may be slipping away.

How to Take Control of High Food Costs

Learn how to investigate high food costs and identify where margin is being lost.

Getting the Most Out of Your Recipe Cards

Learn how to use recipe cards to standardise recipes, control portions, and keep food costing accurate.

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