Menu contribution
Understand an item’s food cost and contribution.
Your inputs
Use values from the same reporting period. Dollar amounts are in USD.
YOUR SCENARIO
Contribution per item$12.10
Food cost30.0%
Contribution margin67.2%
Total item contribution$2,420.00
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How this is calculated
Price − ingredient cost − other variable costContribution covers fixed costs and profit. Include all relevant variable costs; this is not net profit.