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See what each menu item costs and what margin is left. Build a recipe below and the cost updates as you go.
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For anything not in Your Ingredients. A one-off cost stays
where you typed it, so it will not update when invoice
prices change, and Margin Watch cannot follow it. That is fine for
a garnish; for anything you buy regularly, add it in
Invoices & Ingredients instead and it keeps
itself current.
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Recipe details
Groups this recipe on Margin Watch so you can see your pizzas, sauces and wings separately. Pick + New category in that dropdown to make one.
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Set a batch yield and this recipe becomes available as an ingredient in other recipes, so 3 oz of it can go on a pizza.
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Gross margin per plate
General guideline: most restaurants target 28–35% food cost. Pizza, with its low ingredient cost per slice, often runs 22–30%.
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