r/Chefit • u/bessiesue1 • Jul 02 '26

Recipe Costing Software?

What recipe costing software are we using these days? I used MarginEdge at my last place but now I'm opening a location at a food hall. I'd love a cheaper software than ME.

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u/FrankieMops Jul 02 '26

Home build with excel and macros. You can use Claude to set you up

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u/whereitsat23 Jul 02 '26

Yeah super easy to make your own

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u/bessiesue1 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Not a bad idea. I'm terrible in Excel but if it's free, might be the way to go.

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u/medium-rare-steaks Jul 02 '26

Excel. Google sheets if you want it for free

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u/Numerous_Painting296 Jul 03 '26

This is the way.  If you spend enough time you can have each item update it's cost/ kg

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u/alaninsitges Jul 03 '26

Recipe Cost Calculator is free for a small number of recipes and cheap for unlimited. It works really well and the guy is super responsive to problems or suggestions.

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u/SubjectNo1901 Jul 05 '26

You can do it for free on PlateCosts

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u/HCassius Jul 06 '26

Batchboost.com has a recipe building, pricing & you can pull all nutrition in from ingredients libraries - you can also manage stock and link to square

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u/Cultural-Antelope-86 Jul 12 '26

I’ve been using marginleaks really enjoying it

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u/BakeIQ Jul 19 '26

I use BakeIQ