How To Calculate Food Cost Percent

How To Calculate Food Cost Percentage with a simple formula. This formula can be used to calculate the food cost for 1 item or you can use the same formula for multiple items, simply modify the formula to be (Total Food Cost / Total Food Sales) x 100

[@tiffanyperkins2928]

this was very helpful even better then my professor explaining it... thank you

[@FoodHandlerHQ]

LOL thank you Tiffany! I used to be a hospitality management professor. They're not all bad, some are actually quite good ;)

[@Dominion997]

If you didnt have or know the yield percentage, how could you find this out? thank you

[@yattakamara4357]

Thanks, very helpful and simple to understand

[@FoodHandlerHQ]

Much appreciated Yatta!

[@zaw008]

good calculate

[@RaminSakhi]

Hi! I am a new subscriber in your channel . Your amazing. i just want to know how to calculate or find out the product sales and benefits of a restaurant? A restaurant owner running three sections at a time (coffee, ice cream and barbecue) which means i have to find out about per day items sales and benefits !!

[@FoodHandlerHQ]

+Ramin Classy Many POS system will provide you with the product sales data through a sales report or sales mix report. If you want to do this manual, for example on Excel, you can recreate the sales mix report manually, or even better do it on a Menu Engineering spreadsheet, which will provide you with more data to make decisions about your menu.

[@servicearts]

Wk 4 food cost percentage explanation

[@Jones572]

How did you get the $1.20 cost amount for the hamburger? They're several different components on the hamburger? How did you break it all down to get $1.20?

[@FoodHandlerHQ]

The $1.20 is just an example. It's a theoretical cost, but if you're doing this for real (in the industry) you can use a tool called a cost card to help you break down the cost of the burger (or any recipe) down to a cost per portion. It's an excellent tool. FYI there are some major fastfood chains that are able to produce a cheese burger on their value menu for less than $0.25.