Restaurants and Cafés BizTools
Free interactive worksheets and calculators built for small business owners running restaurants and cafés — menu decisions, pricing, and cash planning you can actually use during service.
The Menu Move Analyzer
Score a new menu item or menu group 0–100 based on price, food cost, prep/labor, channels, and volume — with a plain-English verdict (Add it, Tweak, Fix first, Test small, Skip it).
Open the BizToolRestaurant Food Cost & Menu Margin Calculator
Cost a dish ingredient by ingredient with a unit-conversion and yield engine, apply waste and packaging, and see food cost %, gross margin, price-pressure readout, and a target-price suggestion — with PDF and CSV export.
Open the BizToolOpening Budget & Cash-Buffer Worksheet
Estimate startup costs, pre-opening expenses, and the cash buffer you may need before sales settle in — with live totals, a funding-gap check, and PDF/CSV export.
Open the BizToolCash Flow Forecast & Weekly Cash Planner
Rolling 4- or 8-week cash forecast that chains week to week — spot tight weeks before they hit, test slow-sales scenarios without losing your data, and export a one-page PDF summary or CSV.
Open the BizToolRestaurant Opening & Closing Checklist Builder
Build custom opening and closing checklists with responsibility labels, priorities, and a printable manager view — a clean routine your team can actually run.
Open the BizToolRestaurant Shift Coverage & Scheduling Planner
Plan the week's shifts and role coverage, catch clopens and single-point-of-failure roles, and stress-test callouts before they break the shift — with PDF, CSV, and print exports.
Open the BizToolRestaurant Portion & Plate-Cost Auditor
Audit target vs. actual plate cost on any menu item, measure portion variance across samples, and see whether it's portion drift, cost drift, pricing mismatch, or a consistency problem — with a clean PDF, CSV, and printable audit worksheet.
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More restaurant BizTools on the way
Prime cost calculator, weekly food-cost variance worksheet, and an off-premise order margin auditor are in the queue.
Related guides
Looking for the full path? Visit the Restaurants / Cafés Growth Hub for plain-language guides that pair with these tools.
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Find the exact sales volume you need to cover costs and start making a profit.
Open the BizToolCash Flow Projection Tool
Map future cash in and out so you can spot trouble before it hits your bank account.
Open the BizToolPricing & Net Profit Calculator
Test prices against food, labor, and overhead so every plate protects margin.
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Visualize front-of-house and back-of-house workflows so your team knows exactly what happens next.
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Open the BizToolR2A2 Job Description Builder
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