Restaurant Prime Cost Calculator
Free prime cost calculator: add food and beverage cost of goods and total labor, then see prime cost in dollars and as a percentage of sales, compared with your target.
Prime cost$31,000
Prime cost %62.0%
COGS %30.0%
Labor %32.0%
Points vs. target0.0 pts
How it's calculated
Prime cost = cost of goods sold (food + beverage) + total labor cost (wages, salaries, payroll burden and benefits). Prime cost % = prime cost ÷ total sales × 100. Set the target from your own budget.
Want to track this every week?
The Prime Cost Weekly Dashboard logs sales, inventory, purchases and labor each week and prints a one-page scorecard with an 8-week trend.
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