Built for independent Operators
Your menu has a food cost problem.
RecipeCoster will show you exactly where it is.
Most operators know their rent and their labor. Almost none know their true cost per menu item. RecipeCoster builds that number from your actual ingredients and prep yields - then shows you via color-coded performance board which items make (or lose) you money on each order.
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The problem
You're flying blind.
You've probably tried to solve this. A spreadsheet, a back-of-napkin formula, a hunch. None of it stuck because the inputs keep changing and the tool didn't move with them.
Spreadsheet hell
You built a costing sheet once. It broke when ingredient prices changed.
You haven't opened it since.
Hidden prep waste
That avocado isn't $0.79.
After skin and pit, it's $1.06.
Yield matters. Most tools don't even ask.
No record, no pattern
When did your margins start slipping?
You can't answer that if you never saved the numbers.
YOUR FIRST AHA MOMENT!
When you sign up, the board is already running.
You land inside Paco's Tacos - a fully working sample workspace with five real recipes and a live Performance Board. Green, amber, red. You can see exactly which items are hitting margin and which aren't, before you've entered a single number of your own. That's the point. Then you'll want it for your menu.
NOW, MAKE IT YOURS
Ready to see your own numbers?
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Build your catalog
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Cost your recipes
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Run the board
Performance Board
The payoff screen is the home screen.
Every session opens on the Performance Board. Not a setup checklist. Not a blank ingredient list. The screen that tells you whether your menu is making money, the moment you log in.
When you sign up, the board is already running - loaded with Paco's Tacos, a fully editable sample workspace with five real recipes and a live board. You can edit anything. Switch to your own workspace whenever you're ready.
Green, amber, red - a food truck operator who has never opened this product can tell in three seconds which recipe is underperforming.
What If?
See the blast radius before you change a thing. Select an ingredient, enter the new price, and RecipeCoster shows you exactly which recipes get hurt and by how much - before you've committed to anything.
When you're ready, one tap writes the new price to your catalog and recosts every affected recipe. Insight to action in one step.
Recipe Editor
Where costs get built - fast.
Build each menu item from your ingredient catalog. Set quantities, assign yield percentages per line, and let the math run. The true cost per plate calculates as you go.
Yield % per ingredient line - the same ingredient can carry different prep loss across different recipes
Component recipes like House Salsa slot in as a single line, cost already factored
Notes and Directions sidebars always visible - everything in one place
Every save triggers a full recalculation and costs are always current
Run History
A record you can actually hand someone.
Every margin report saves automatically as a dated snapshot. Tap any run to see the full Performance Board exactly as it was. Export to CSV and hand it to your accountant.
Snapshots are immutable - subsequent price changes don't alter saved runs
Free plan includes 6 saved runs. Operator plan is unlimited
CSV export on Operator plan, clean and print-ready
No charts, no dashboards. Just the numbers, exactly as they were
Who it's for
Built for people running their own kitchen
If you're running a food business without a full finance team, RecipeCoster is for you. Whatever you're making, whatever you're selling - if margin matters, this is the tool.
Food Truck
You're selling out every shift and still not sure if you're making money. RecipeCoster gives you the number for every item on your window before service starts.
Cafe
Drinks look easy until you cost the milk, the syrup, the straw and cup. RecipeCoster handles component recipes - so your milkshake cost includes every ingredient and part it takes to make one.
Bakery
Every pastry has a cost: flour, butter, labor time in the oven. RecipeCoster shows you which items are worth making at your current prices and which ones need to go up.
Caterer
Your margins live in the details of a 200-person menu. RecipeCoster lets you scale recipes, track yield, and know your per-head cost before you quote the next event.
Restaurant
Your menu changes, your suppliers change, your prices change. RecipeCoster helps you keep your cost data current, so when your chef reprices a dish, the numbers update everywhere.
Deli
You're buying in bulk and building plates from scratch. RecipeCoster ties your ingredient costs to your menu items so you always know what each sandwich actually costs to make.
Pricing
Straightforward.
No surprises.
You're already spending time on costing that isn't working - a spreadsheet that breaks, a hunch that's probably wrong. And somewhere in your menu right now, something is costing more than you think. RecipeCoster finds both. $29 a month is a steal for that kind of clarity.
Stop guessing.
Know your numbers.
RECIPE
COSTER