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Why this matters more than it looks
Food cost is the one line a caterer can actually move week to week. Rent is fixed, wages are close to fixed, and the price you can charge is set by what your market will bear. What is left is what you pay for the food and how accurately you order it.
The trouble is that most caterers cannot see the number until the job is done. A menu is priced from memory or last year’s spreadsheet, the shopping is done from a guess, and the margin is whatever is left over. Savrsoft costs the menu before you quote it, so the number above is something you decide rather than something you discover.
Where the points actually come from
Costed recipesEvery dish priced from your own supplier costs, so a menu’s food cost is known before it is sent.
Shopping lists from the menuQuantities scaled to the guest count with a waste buffer you set, instead of ordering to be safe.
Price-book historyWhen a supplier price moves, every menu using it re-costs — you see the squeeze while you can still act.
Per-event P&LFood, labour, rentals and transport against revenue, per job. The ones losing money stop being invisible.
Frequently asked
Does this predict how much I would save?
No, and deliberately. Nobody can honestly tell you how many points you will find in
your own kitchen — it depends on your menus, your suppliers and how you order today. What this
shows is the size of the prize: what one, two or three points are worth against your own volume, so
you can judge whether it is worth your attention.
What counts as food cost?
Everything that goes on the plate: ingredients, and usually the disposables and
packaging for a drop-off. Most catering runs 25–35% of revenue. Under 20% usually means
something is not being counted — often staff food, waste, or the cost of what did not sell.
Is a lower food cost always better?
No. You can cut food cost by serving worse food, and lose the client. The point is
to know the number so the choice is deliberate — a 34% menu you priced on purpose is a
different thing from a 34% menu you found out about afterwards.
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