Free tool
Food cost calculator
Work out actual food cost for one period. Use the dollar value of two full counts, the food you bought between them, and food sales for those same dates.
Enter beginning inventory, food purchases, and ending inventory to see what the kitchen used. Add food sales from the same dates to see the percentage.
Food sales come from your POS report. Purchases come from invoices, after non-food lines and credits. Count at the same time of day each period so the two inventory figures measure the same thing. Calculating food cost from your counts and invoices walks through a full week, including a category breakdown.
Proteus Kitchen keeps inventory, vendors, and purchase orders in one place. It does not calculate this percentage, and it does not connect to a POS, so food sales still come from your sales report.