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Cost recipes. Price smarter. Protect your margins.

Dishboard helps food businesses know true dish costs, see gross profit instantly, and protect margins across dine-in and delivery.

Cost your first dish See how it works

Dishboard is free to use. Every feature included, no card required.

Built to help small food businesses. If it helps yours, you can support us with a coffee.

Built forRestaurantsCafesBakeriesFood trucksDelivery kitchens
The Old Way
Guessing in spreadsheets
menu_costs_FINAL_FINAL_v3.xlsx
fx=B6*C6/1000 ???
Ingredient
Price
Cost
1
Chicken breast
$6? or $7?
#REF!
2
Bread roll
$0.50/piece
$0.50
3
Lettuce (yield??)
see email
#VALUE!
4
Mayo - homemade
???
???
5
Box packaging
~$0.15
~$0.15?
6
TOTAL COST
???
7
Margin %
no idea
Sheet1
v2
FINAL
FINAL FINAL
Pricing blind - are you losing money?
With Dishboard
Know your numbers instantly
Dishboard Review price
Chicken Sandwich
1 serving - Main dishes
Chicken breast$9.50/kg$1.12
Bread roll$0.80/piece$0.80
Lettuce$4.40/kg$0.13
House mayo$0.007/g$0.21
Kraft box$0.15/piece$0.15
Cost / portion$2.41
Food cost %34.4%
Gross profit$4.59
Suggested price$8.03
Delivery profit
DoorDash30% fee$2.09 profit
Uber Eats25% fee$2.44 profit
Price with confidence, every single dish
Calculate true dish cost
Ingredients, packaging, and yield. Down to the gram.
See margin instantly
Cost %, gross profit, and suggested price. Live.
Protect delivery profits
See what DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub leave you with.
Share recipes, keep costs private
Print kitchen cards for staff. Costs stay owner-facing.
Product example

A Chicken Sandwich. Real numbers.

Add ingredients and a selling price. Dishboard calculates cost per serving, flags margin issues, suggests the right price, and shows what each delivery channel leaves in your pocket.

Chicken Sandwich Review price
Chicken breast$9.50/kg$1.12
Bread roll$0.80/piece$0.80
Lettuce$4.40/kg$0.13
House mayo$0.007/g$0.21
Kraft box$0.15/piece$0.15
Cost / serving
$2.41
Food cost %
34.4%
Gross profit
$4.59
Suggested price
$8.03
At $7.00 you are at 34.4%. To hit your 30% target, charge $8.03.
Delivery profitability
Dine-in$4.59 profit
Customer price
$7.00
Fees
None
Suggested price
$8.03
DoorDash$2.09 profit
Customer price
$7.00
Fees
$2.50 (30%)
Suggested price
$8.03
Uber Eats$2.44 profit
Customer price
$7.00
Fees
$2.15 (25%)
Suggested price
$8.03
Grubhub$2.30 profit
Customer price
$7.00
Fees
$2.29 (27%)
Suggested price
$8.03
How it works

Three steps from ingredient to confident price.

01

Add ingredients

Enter what you buy: name, unit, and price. Set yield if needed. Add packaging and prep recipes the same way.

02

Build a dish

Pick ingredients, set quantities in any unit, add packaging and extras. The cost per portion calculates live as you type.

03

Check food cost and margin

See food cost %, gross profit, and a suggested price. Then check delivery profitability across DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, or any custom channel.

What Dishboard does

Everything a food business needs to cost a menu properly.

Costing
  • Recipe costing
  • Prep recipes
  • Yield and waste
Pricing
  • Food cost %
  • Gross profit
  • Suggested price
Operations
  • Delivery profitability
  • Recipe cards
  • CSV import
Built for your kitchen

Different kitchens, same costing problem.

Cafes

Drink marginsCup and lid costDelivery profit

Bakeries

Batch prepYield and wasteRecipe cards

Food trucks

Per-portion costMargin alertsQuick costing

Delivery kitchens

DoorDash, Uber Eats, GrubhubCommission modelingSuggested price per channel
Free for small businesses

Every feature, free.

No plans, no limits, no card. We built Dishboard for small food businesses. If it helps yours, you can support us with a coffee.

  • Unlimited menu items, ingredients & supplies, and prep recipes
  • Food cost %, gross profit, and suggested price per dish
  • Unlimited delivery partners: DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and more
  • Recipe cards for kitchen staff
  • Insights: margin alerts, pricing suggestions, price impact analysis
  • Full price change history with per-dish cost impact
  • CSV import/export and Costing Sheet export
  • Category-level food cost targets
  • Shopping list for prep planning
Cost your first dish Buy us a coffee
Free to use. No card required.
Your recipes and costs are private to your account
No lock-in: export or delete your data any time
Works for dine-in and all delivery platforms
FAQ

Common questions

Is Dishboard really free?▾

Yes. Every feature is free for everyone, with no plan limits and no card required.

Is there a paid plan?▾

No. Dishboard is free and supported by optional donations from owners who find it useful. If it helps your business, you can buy us a coffee.

Is Dishboard a POS or inventory system?▾

No. It is a calm workspace for recipe costing and menu margins. We deliberately leave POS, inventory deduction, and accounting to other tools.

What if I just want to organize my recipes?▾

That works too. You can keep recipe cards and prep recipes without ever entering a price, and add costs later when you are ready.

Can I include packaging and delivery fees?▾

Yes. Packaging can be part of the recipe cost, and delivery channels can include commission, payment fees, fixed fees, discounts, and partner-specific assumptions.

Can I import my ingredient spreadsheet?▾

Yes. You can import ingredients and supplies from CSV, then use those costs inside menu items.

Do you handle yield and waste?▾

Yes. Set a yield % on raw ingredients and prep recipes use real output yield to cost what actually goes in.

Can I print Recipe Cards for staff?▾

Yes. Recipe Cards hide costs by default. Owners can also export a Costing Sheet that includes costs, margins, and suggested prices.

Start by costing a dish.

Add ingredients, packaging, and a selling price. Dishboard calculates cost, margin, profit, and suggested price.

Cost your first dish See how it works

Free to use. No card required.