Why a static cost card goes stale
A menu engineering sheet filled in once a quarter is already wrong the week a protein price moves. If the same dish is prepped in a central kitchen and sold in five outlets, a single cell in a workbook cannot hold five supplier prices and one shared method.
A useful cost card has: ingredient quantity, unit, yield or trim loss, and weighted average cost. Sub-recipes (a sauce, a dough, a marinade) should roll into the parent dish so you do not cost the same base five different ways. The step-by-step method is how to cost a recipe, and the blank file is the free recipe costing template (XLSX). Groups that share the method are covered in recipe costing for restaurant groups.
How AKLI costs a dish
You build the recipe once. Sub-recipes nest. AKLI costs recipes at weighted average cost: a new delivery at a new price moves the average, and every recipe that uses the ingredient recalculates. Supplier price changes are that movement. Branches can share the method and still carry their own average, which matters when the same SKU is bought locally.
Recipe cost is the theoretical side of food cost. Pair it with inventory counts to see actual cost. The comparison is the point of food cost control.
- ✓Ingredient quantities with yield
- ✓Sub-recipes that roll into the selling item
- ✓Price history from purchase orders and invoices
- ✓Shared recipes, local prices, across branches
- ✓A cost the team can ask the AKLI assistant about
What this is not
Recipe costing inside a POS is often a single number typed onto the item. It does not rebuild itself from invoices, and it does not know what is in the walk-in. AKLI does not replace your POS. It costs the recipe and, if you import sales, compares that cost with what you sold. See AKLI versus POS-only costing.
Facts you can quote
Price, pricing unit, product languages, and HACCP jurisdictions. Figures below are as of 22 September 2026.
- Price
- SAR 299 / QAR 290 / AED 293 / BHD 30 / OMR 31 per branch per month, excluding VAT. Details
- Pricing unit
- Priced per branch, not per user. Unlimited team members are included. Details
- Product languages
- The product interface supports English, French, and Arabic. You choose the language in the product. This marketing site is available in English, French, and Arabic. Details
- HACCP jurisdictions
- Digital HACCP logs are timestamped and built to be exported for inspections under Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), UAE Food Safety Department, and Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) requirements. The logs do not, by themselves, make a kitchen compliant. Details
- As of
- 22 September 2026
Questions operators ask
How much does AKLI cost?
SAR 299 / QAR 290 / AED 293 / BHD 30 / OMR 31 per branch per month, excluding VAT. There is one plan. Billing is arranged with the AKLI team, not through a self-serve checkout.
Is AKLI priced per user or per branch?
Priced per branch, not per user. Unlimited team members are included. A group with 5 branches pays 5 × (SAR 299 / QAR 290 / AED 293 / BHD 30 / OMR 31) per month, excluding VAT. Adding a supervisor does not add a seat.
Which languages does the AKLI product support?
The product interface supports English, French, and Arabic. You choose the language in the product. This marketing site is available in English, French, and Arabic. French pages live under /fr and Arabic pages under /ar.
Which food-safety jurisdictions are the HACCP logs built for?
Digital HACCP logs are timestamped and built to be exported for inspections under Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), UAE Food Safety Department, and Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) requirements. The logs do not, by themselves, make a kitchen compliant.
Does a supplier price change update every dish?
Yes. AKLI costs recipes at weighted average cost. A new delivery at a new price moves the average, and every recipe that uses the ingredient recalculates, including sub-recipes. A cost card that is typed once a quarter is already wrong the week the protein moves.
Can branches share a recipe and keep different prices?
Yes. The method can be shared. AKLI costs recipes at weighted average cost on the branch that bought the item, which matters when the same SKU is purchased locally.