Restaurant calculators that do the maths for you.
No sign-up, no spreadsheet. Enter your numbers and get an instant, accurate answer — built specifically for how Indian restaurants price and cost their menus.
Food Cost Calculator
Find the exact food cost percentage of any dish, and the selling price you need to hit your target margin.
Open CalculatorProfit Margin Calculator
See your gross and net profit margin once food cost, labour and overheads are all accounted for.
Open CalculatorWhy these numbers decide whether you make money.
Most restaurants in India run on food cost percentages and margins that nobody has actually calculated — they're guessed, inherited from a previous owner, or copied from a competitor's menu. That gap between what you assume and what's actually true is where profit quietly disappears.
Price with confidence
Know exactly what a dish costs before you put a price next to it on the menu.
Find the leaks
A 3–4% gap between theoretical and actual food cost is usually wastage, theft or portioning drift.
Benchmark yourself
Compare your numbers against typical ranges for cafés, QSRs and full-service restaurants in India.
Stop calculating by hand every month.
Candle OS calculates food cost, margins and wastage automatically — live, per dish, per branch.