Menu Cost Calculations

Fillet uses Price information from the Menu Item’s Components to calculate cost.

Menu Components are Ingredients and Recipes used in a Menu Item.

Error messages

If Fillet cannot calculate cost for a Menu Item, you will see error messages.

Each error message has an explanation and options for resolving the error.

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Error	Resolving the error
Ingredient in Menu Item does not have at least one Price	Go to that Ingredient and resolve the error by adding a Price.
Recipe in Menu Item does not have Food Cost because of its own costing errors	Go to the Recipe and resolve the errors there.
Ingredient or Recipe uses an incompatible unit in Menu Item	Change unit to a compatible unit.You can also go to the Ingredient or Recipe and specify the conversion.

Fillet automatically calculates a Menu Item’s Food Cost, Profit, and Nutrition:

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	Calculation
Food Cost	Total cost of Menu Components (Ingredients' prices and Recipe cost)
Profit	Menu Item Price minus Food Cost
Nutrition	Total Nutrition of Menu Components