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Which menu item contributes after ingredients, waste and preparation?
Cost a dish using actual ingredient loss and incremental preparation labor.
Example scenario
Editable demonstration inputs, not verified industry benchmarks. Enable JavaScript to calculate your own scenario.
- Net menu price excluding tax & tips
- $22
- Ingredient cost / prepared portion
- $6
- Prepared portions wasted
- 8 %
- Incremental preparation minutes / sold portion
- 6
- Loaded kitchen cost / hour
- $25
- Portions sold / month
- 1,200
Monthly item contribution before fixed costs
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Contribution / sold portion
- $13
- Waste-adjusted ingredients / sold portion
- $7
- Incremental preparation labor / portion
- $3
What to do with this result
Compare popularity and kitchen bottlenecks alongside contribution; shared labor and rent remain outside this item-level screen.
Know what is inside the model.
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Calculation method
Cost of ingredients per sold portion = prepared portion ingredient cost / (1 − waste). Item contribution = price − adjusted ingredients − incremental preparation labor.
Assumptions and limitations
- Example inputs are editable scenarios, not Aryo results or independently verified industry benchmarks.
- Use net collected sales and avoid double-counting returns, commissions or pass-through charges. Demand and customer behavior require validation.