FREE RESTAURANT TOOLS
Free restaurant calculators for your next decision.
Thirteen calculators for the decisions that cost the most when they go wrong: the menu, the monthly bills, the rent, the wage, the staff meals, the loan, the order, the space, the processor and the first month. Free to use. No signup.
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A staged opening plan customized by stage, location, service style and alcohol, with the output each task should produce and saved progress.
FREE LESSONS · EN / ESNew to percentages?
Restaurant math from zero: labor cost, overtime, employer costs, food cost from inventory, the 10% rent test, margin and break-even, with checked practice.
TEMPLATESNeed the worksheet itself?
Downloadable CSV templates with filled examples for hiring, purchasing, premises, services, food-safety planning, launch, the first month and financing.
FREE CALCULATORWorking out payroll?
Enter the shifts and hourly rate for each person. The labor cost and shift planner totals the week's wages and overtime, adds your own estimate of employer costs and shows labor as a share of sales. It does not work out paychecks, withholding or tip credits.
Money: prices, bills and financing
Break-even, the projected P&L, rent as a share of sales and what a loan really costs.
How many orders cover the bills?
Calculate monthly break-even sales, daily sales and orders, and the sales needed for your operating profit goal.
Restaurant break-even calculator →FREE CALCULATORWhat would your restaurant P&L look like?
Turn simple sales and cost assumptions into a professional projected restaurant profit and loss statement. Print a PDF or download a CSV without signup.
Restaurant P&L builder →FREE CALCULATORCan the sales carry this rent?
See base rent, percentage rent and total occupancy as a share of sales, then work backward to the monthly sales and daily orders a space requires at your target.
Restaurant rent and occupancy calculator →FREE CALCULATORCan you afford the loan and still pay yourself?
Calculate the monthly payment, total interest, cash actually received after fees, any balloon at maturity and the effect on monthly cash, with a downloadable schedule.
Restaurant loan and debt calculator →People: hours, overtime and pay
Build the week's shifts, see each employee's overtime, test whether a wage fits the plan, then place staff meals in the budget once.
Who works when, and what does the week cost?
Build the week's shifts by employee and role, total each person's hours and weekly overtime, estimate full employer cost and labor percent, and find coverage gaps in the windows you define.
Labor cost and shift planner →FREE CALCULATORWhat hourly rate can the plan support?
Test a proposed hourly wage against scheduled hours, employer costs and sales. Learn the difference between what is affordable, what is lawful and what is competitive.
Hourly pay and labor budget calculator →FREE CALCULATORWhat do staff meals cost, and where do they go in the budget?
Estimate the weekly and monthly food cost of employee meals, see food cost and labor with the meals booked in either line, and check that the plan does not count them twice.
Staff meal cost calculator →Premises: comparing spaces
Two locations side by side on occupancy, concessions, fit-out, deposits and delay.
Purchasing and services
Recipe cost, an order quantity that respects storage and shelf life, and processor offers at the same volume.
What does this dish really cost, and what should it sell for?
Cost a recipe from purchased ingredients and usable yield, find food cost per portion and food cost percentage, and work out a menu price at your own target. Then check actual food cost for a period from inventory and purchases.
Restaurant food cost calculator →FREE CALCULATORHow much should you order this week?
Turn expected usage, counted stock, confirmed inbound deliveries, case sizes, storage and shelf life into an order that you can actually use before it spoils.
Inventory and order quantity calculator →FREE CALCULATORWhich POS offer costs less at your volume?
Compare two point-of-sale and processing offers on percentage fees, per-transaction fees, software, hardware, setup and exit costs at the same sales and transaction volume.
POS and payment processing cost comparison →Operating: the first month
Delivery contribution and a weekly scorecard of sales, labor, food used, waste and cash.
What is left from a delivery order?
See what delivery orders leave after fees and costs. Compare 5–20% delivery price increases, monthly contribution and direct pickup.
Restaurant delivery profit calculator →FREE CALCULATORWhat do the first weeks actually say?
Turn a week of sales, orders, payroll, inventory counts, refunds, waste and bank cash into a handful of numbers you can act on, compared with your own plan rather than a generic benchmark.
First-month operating scorecard →Educational planning estimates. Examples are fictional, not industry benchmarks or guaranteed results.