Menu costing & margin calculator
Knowing what each dish actually costs you to make is the difference between a menu that makes money and one that quietly loses it. Apola costs every dish and drink from your ingredients up, shows the margin on each one, and flags the items you need to reprice when supplier costs change.
Cost each dish and drink from the ground up
Apola lets you enter each ingredient, the coffee beans, the milk, the flour, the packaging, with what you pay per pack and how much pack you get. You then build recipes by adding ingredients and quantities to each product. Apola works out the cost per unit automatically, so a flat white costs what the beans, milk, and cup actually add up to, not a guess.
You can cost everything from an espresso to a full breakfast, and the numbers stay accurate because they're built from real ingredient prices.
See the margin on every item
Once Apola knows the cost and the selling price, it shows you the margin per unit and the margin percentage for every item on your menu. You can see at a glance which items are earning their keep and which are barely breaking even.
If you've set a target margin, say 65%, Apola shows you which items are below it and by how much, so you know where to focus. It turns the menu from a list of prices into a list of decisions.
Spot items to reprice when supplier costs rise
Supplier costs go up, it's the one constant. When you update an ingredient's pack cost in Apola, every recipe that uses it recalculates automatically. Apola flags the products whose margins have dropped below your target, so you know exactly which items need a price review.
You can see the old margin and the new margin side by side, which makes the decision to reprice, or not, a lot easier to justify.
A suggested price for your target margin
If you want a specific margin on an item, Apola can suggest the selling price that would get you there, based on the current cost. You can use it as a reference point when you're updating prices, whether that's rounding to a sensible number or deciding the item isn't worth keeping at the cost it needs.
It's a practical tool, not a mandate; the final price is always yours.
FAQ
How does Apola calculate the cost of a dish?
You enter each ingredient with its pack size and cost, then build recipes by adding ingredients and quantities to each product. Apola works out the cost per unit automatically from the real ingredient prices.
Can Apola track changes in supplier prices?
Yes. When you update an ingredient's pack cost, every recipe that uses it recalculates automatically. Apola flags the products whose margins have dropped below your target.
Does Apola suggest a selling price for a target margin?
Yes. If you set a target margin, Apola can suggest the selling price that would achieve it based on the current cost. The final price is always your decision.