For cafes, bakeries and food trucks across the UK

Know what every plate really costs.

Simple, low-cost recipe costing. Pop in your ingredients and PlateCost works out your food cost, what you make, and a fair price with VAT included. Set up in minutes.

From £3.50 a month. No contracts. Cancel anytime. Free calculator, no sign-in needed.

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Food cost30%
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GP per butty£3.19
Example data 🥓 Bacon butty, £5.50
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Simple to use, kind on costs

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Set up in minutes

No training, no installs. It works in your phone or laptop browser.

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From £3.50 a month

No contracts and no setup fees. Cancel anytime.

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Share costings fast

Make a tidy PDF on your device, then download, share to WhatsApp or email, or print.

Easy as one, two, three

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Add ingredients

What you pay, per kg, litre, pack or each. Allow for waste and trim.

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Build your dish

Choose amounts. We add it all up as you go.

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Pick your price

Suggested prices at 60 to 75% margin, inc. VAT if you are registered.

See your whole menu at once

Example data
☕ Flat white, £3.4078% 👍
🥐 Sausage roll, £3.2071% 👍
🥓 Bacon butty, £5.5070% 👍
🍳 Full English, £9.5058%, worth a look

Menu dashboard is coming soon. Figures shown are margins after VAT.

Simple, honest pricing

From £3.50 a month. No contracts. Cancel anytime.

Chef Plan

£3.50/month

Up to 25 recipes. One site and one menu. Costing PDFs with download, share, email and print.

Cancel anytime.

Chef Plan Pro

£9/month
  • Unlimited recipes
  • Unlimited sites
  • Unlimited menus

Costing PDFs with download, share, email and print.

Cancel anytime.

14-day free trial. No contracts. Paid plans are not live yet.

Cost my first dish, free

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