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Free restaurant calculators

Five calculators for the arithmetic a kitchen does every week. They run in your browser, need no account, and keep your inputs in the page link so a result can be shared.

  • Food cost calculator

    Actual food cost from an opening count, purchases, a closing count, and food sales, with an optional gap versus theoretical cost.

    You enter
    Opening inventory, purchases, closing inventory, food sales
    You get
    Cost of goods sold, food cost %, variance in points
    Open the calculatorFood cost control

  • Menu price calculator

    A menu price from recipe cost and a target food cost percentage, with GCC VAT and rounding, and the real food cost after rounding.

    You enter
    Cost per portion, target food cost %, VAT country, rounding
    You get
    Price excl. and incl. VAT, actual food cost %, gross margin per portion
    Open the calculatorRecipe costing

  • Food waste cost calculator

    What kitchen waste costs per day, month, and year, per branch and for the group, and as a share of food purchases.

    You enter
    Waste per day (kg × cost, or value), days open, branches, purchases
    You get
    Waste cost by period and by branch, % of purchases, savings at your own target
    Open the calculatorWaste and variance

  • Par level calculator

    A par level and a reorder point from average daily usage, supplier lead time, days between deliveries, and a safety buffer.

    You enter
    Daily usage, lead time, days between deliveries, safety buffer in units or percent
    You get
    Par level and reorder point, each with the calculation
    Open the calculatorMulti-branch inventory

  • VAT calculator for menu prices

    Add or remove VAT on a menu price with the GCC rates as of 25 September 2026, each linked to its tax authority.

    You enter
    A price, add or remove, country
    You get
    Price excl. VAT, VAT amount, price incl. VAT
    Open the calculatorRecipe costing

Restaurant food cost and food waste statistics

Sourced figures on food waste worldwide and in the GCC, published food cost and prime cost benchmarks, the food safety regulators, and the VAT table the calculators use. Every figure links to its original publisher.

Read the statistics page

How the calculators work

Each page shows its formula in the HTML, next to a worked example, so the method is readable without JavaScript. The calculator itself is client-side: what you type is written into the page’s query string and nowhere else. Copy the link and the numbers travel with it. Inputs are validated (no negative quantities, no division by zero, food cost between 1% and 100%), and results are announced to screen readers as they change.

The currency is a label, not a conversion. VAT rates come from one list, checked against each tax authority’s site, and shown with the date they were last verified. Worked examples are illustrations; AKLI does not publish customer results.

Questions

Are the calculators free, and do they need an account?

Yes, and no. Every calculator runs in your browser. There is no signup, no email gate, and nothing you type is sent to a server. The inputs stay in the page link so you can share a result.

Which currencies do the calculators support?

The currency is a label (SAR, AED, QAR, BHD, OMR, or KWD) so the result reads the way your menu does. Nothing is converted between currencies.

Where do the VAT rates come from?

Each rate was checked on the tax authority's own site on 25 September 2026: ZATCA for Saudi Arabia, the Federal Tax Authority for the UAE, the National Bureau for Revenue for Bahrain, and the Oman Tax Authority. Qatar and Kuwait have no VAT in force.

Do the calculators use AKLI customer data?

No. AKLI does not publish customer benchmarks. The worked examples are illustrations, and the statistics page links every figure to its original source.

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

The same arithmetic, on live data

AKLI runs food cost, waste at cost, and menu margins per branch from your counts, invoices, and recipes. Book a demo when the spreadsheet stops being enough.

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