Do you know what your best-selling dish actually costs?
Not what you think — what it really costs, down to every ingredient and every gram. Recipe Costing shows you on one screen.
The margin you think you have isn't the one you actually do.
A food cost of 40% instead of 30% means thousands of euros lost every year. Recipe Costing shows you the real cost of each dish — ingredients, quantities and up-to-date prices.
Real cost per dish
Build a recipe card with ingredients and quantities. The system calculates cost automatically — no spreadsheets, no calculator.
Costs that update themselves
Upload a supplier invoice and ingredient prices update across every affected recipe. You don't have to touch a thing.
Margin visible per dish and channel
For each product you see cost, selling price and gross margin — broken down by dine-in, delivery and collection.
Want to see it with your menu?
15 minutes, no strings attached.
From recipe to margin, with no steps in between.
Recipe cards
Ingredients, exact quantities per serving and unit cost. If you're unsure of the quantities, AI suggests an initial estimate.
Automatic cost updates
Upload the invoice to the Documents module. OCR processes it. Every recipe that uses those ingredients recalculates automatically.
Price from target margin
Set the food cost you want and the system tells you the selling price you need. Or fix the price and see the resulting margin.
Portion control
Define the standard portion size for each ingredient. Standardise your kitchen and put an end to over-portioning.
Margins by channel
Dine-in, delivery and collection carry different costs. See margin broken down by channel so you can decide whether pricing should vary.
Included in the Control plan from €169/month.
Recipe costing, stock, time tracking and advanced analytics. No lock-in.
Frequently asked questions
What is recipe costing?
It's the technical card for a dish: a list of ingredients with exact quantities per serving and their cost. It tells you exactly how much it costs to produce each dish on your menu.
Can AI help me create a recipe card?
Yes. If you don't know the exact quantities, the system suggests an initial estimate based on standard recipes. You review and confirm.
Do costs update automatically?
Yes. When you upload a supplier invoice to the Documents module, ingredient prices update and every recipe that uses them recalculates automatically.
Can I see the margin for each dish?
Yes. For every recipe you see production cost, selling price, gross margin in euros and food cost as a percentage — including a breakdown by channel.
Isn't a spreadsheet cheaper?
With a spreadsheet you enter everything manually, and when the supplier raises prices nobody updates it. With Qamarero, costs flow automatically from invoice to dish margin.
Can I cost sauces or bases used across multiple dishes?
Multi-level recipe costing is in development. For now each recipe is flat. You can calculate the sauce cost separately and use it as an ingredient.
Do I need to cost my entire menu?
No. Start with your 10 best-sellers. Even that gives you a far clearer picture than nothing.
Where do I find it?
From the Qamarero dashboard or directly at escandallo.qamarero.com. Available on the Control and Total plans.
Want to see it with your menu?
15 minutes. No commitment, no card required.
