Menu Pricing Calculator

Free menu pricing tool for restaurant owners & operators

Menu Pricing Calculator – Table Needs

Know Your Numbers. Price With Confidence.

Three proven methods to find the right price for every item on your menu

plus

a delivery markup calculator so you stop losing money to third-party ordering and delivery services.

Quickest method

Essential — Food Cost Pricing

The fastest way to set a menu price. Enter your food cost and your target food cost percentage — done.

Food Cost Per Item

Target Food Cost %

Your Numbers

Minimum Price —

Suggested Menu Price —

Actual Food Cost % —

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Pro tip: This method is great for a quick gut-check. But if labor is eating into your margins (and it usually is), try the Growth calculator next — it factors in what you’re paying your crew per item.

Most popular

Growth — Food + Labor Pricing

Combines food cost and labor cost per item. This catches the margin leaks that food cost alone misses.

Food Cost Per Item

Labor Cost Per Item

Target Prime Cost %

Your Numbers

Prime Cost (Food + Labor) —

Minimum Price —

Suggested Menu Price —

Cost Breakdown at Suggested Price

Food Cost % —

Labor Cost % —

Actual Prime Cost % —

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Pro tip: If your prime cost lands above 65%, something needs to move — either your food cost, your labor per item, or your price. You can’t outrun bad math with volume.

Most thorough

Pro — Full Cost Pricing

The full picture — every cost that touches this menu item, plus your profit target. This is the method that keeps restaurants open long-term.

Food Cost Per Item

Labor Cost Per Item

Rent / Occupancy %

Variable Costs %

Fixed Costs %

Target Profit (EBITDA) %

Your Numbers

Prime Cost (Food + Labor) —

Food + Labor Budget —

Minimum Price —

Suggested Menu Price —

Competitor Gut-Check (optional)

Drop in what the competition charges for a similar item. Helps you sanity-check your number.

Competitor	Their Price

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Pro tip: This is the gold standard. It’s the only method that accounts for everything — food, labor, overhead, AND your profit goal. If a menu item can’t hit your target here, it’s costing you money every time someone orders it.

Stop losing money

Delivery Markup Calculator

Third-party apps take a big cut. This tells you exactly what to charge so you keep your full menu price — not a penny less.

Your In-House Menu Price

Platform Commission %

Your Numbers

If you don’t mark up — you keep —

Set Your Delivery Price To —

Platform takes —

You keep —

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Pro tip: A lot of owners just add 30% to their price and call it a day. That math is wrong — it leaves money on the table every single order. This calculator does it right. And hey, if you’re using Table Needs, our built-in online ordering has zero commission fees. Just saying.

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Built-in reporting, real-time sales data, and zero commission on direct orders. Your POS should help you make money — not take it.

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