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Name: What are you actually making on that?
Uploaded: 2026-07-17
Description: Cost one product by hand, ingredient by ingredient, and find your real food cost percentage.

Food cost, menu pricing, and the numbers behind a food business that pays you, in plain language with real math. Most guides have a matching video on YouTube.

September 2026 What Does a Restaurant Consultant Do? (And When You Actually Need One) The main kinds of restaurant consulting, how consultants charge, the signs you need one (and don't yet), and six questions to ask before you hire anyone. Read the guide → September 2026 How to Price Menu Items: Markup vs. Margin and the Formula That Works The one formula for menu pricing, how to pick a target, why markup and margin get mixed up, and why the 3x rule lets food businesses down. Read the guide → September 2026 How to Calculate Food Cost Percentage (With a Real Example) The food cost percentage formula, a fully costed breakfast burrito, what the number actually tells you, and the three mistakes that throw it off. Read the guide →

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The One Pricing Formula Every Food Maker Needs Markup vs. margin, the 3x trap, and the formula that turns your cost into a price that actually pays you. Watch on YouTube What are you actually making on that? Cost one product by hand, ingredient by ingredient, and find your real food cost percentage. Watch on YouTube

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