Pricing and costing templates for food businesses
Food businesses lose money in two places: prices set by feel instead of from ingredient cost, and food cost nobody measures until the month is over.
These workbooks cost each recipe from the ingredients you actually buy, add your labor and overhead, and show the price you need. They ship with sample recipes so you see the math before you enter your own.
Templates
Cake & Bakery Pricing Calculator
Price every cake, cookie and cupcake order from your real costs, and see what it pays you per hour.
Restaurant Food Cost & Menu Pricing Calculator
Recipe costing from your invoices, menu prices set to a target food cost %, and a weekly actual food cost check.
Food Truck Business Plan Template with Financial Projections
A business plan template, a finished sample plan for a taco truck, and a 3-year financial model a lender can check.
Paperwork checklist: bakeries & restaurants
| Document | Why you need it | Template |
|---|---|---|
| Recipe and order costing | Ingredient cost per recipe, with unit conversions that are right for weight and volume. | Cake Pricing Calculator · $17 |
| Menu pricing and food cost % | Plate cost, target food cost and a weekly actual vs theoretical check. | Food Cost Calculator · $24 |
| Business plan and projections | What a lender or investor asks for before funding a truck or a first location. | Food Truck Business Plan · $27 |
Guides
- Food truck business plan: what to include, startup costs and financial projections
What a food truck business plan needs for a lender: 12 sections, a startup cost budget, projections built from covers x ticket x days, break-even and DSCR.
- Cake pricing calculator: how to price cakes so every order pays you
How to price cakes from real costs: ingredients, your wage, overhead and profit, then price per serving and a market check. Worked 8-inch cake example.
- Food cost calculator: how to work out plate cost, menu price and weekly food cost %
How to calculate food cost percentage for a plate and for the week: the formulas, yield and Q factor, a worked bistro example, and the mistakes that skew it.
Questions
Are the ingredient prices current?
They are editable sample prices. Replace them with what you pay; every recipe and quote updates from your numbers.
Do they work in Google Sheets?
Yes. They use standard formulas and no macros.