Check one product margin. Find profit leaks fast.
ProjectEstimator helps food businesses work out what each product costs today, whether it is still profitable, and where cheaper supplier prices could protect the margin.
Start with one product, not a full setup.
Add a product, selling price, daily sales volume and ingredients. ProjectEstimator shows the true daily cost, profit per unit and whether the product is below your target margin.
Example Product Check
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A simple workflow for real food businesses
Keep the first run simple: add one product, understand margin, then compare supplier prices.
1. Choose business type
Caterer, bakery, fast food chain or another food business.
2. Add one product
Enter selling price and daily or weekly sales volume.
3. Add ingredients
Build the recipe with quantity, unit and supplier price.
4. Check profit
See cost per unit, daily profit and actual margin.
5. Compare suppliers
Use manual prices, uploads or supplier APIs to find cheaper inputs.
6. Act on warnings
Spot products that are below target margin or losing money.
Start from a real product template
Give early users examples that feel familiar, then let them replace the numbers with their own.
Chicken burger
Fast food product with bun, chicken, cheese, sauce, packaging and daily sales.
Croissant
Bakery item with flour, butter, labour, batch yield and selling price.
Wedding cake
Recipe-based costing for custom cake orders and scaled ingredients.
Buffet for 100
Catering template with food, labour, equipment and delivery costs.
Coffee shop sandwich
Daily margin check with bread, fillings, packaging and waste allowance.
Supplier price upload
Import a supplier list and compare current ingredient prices.
Built to get useful feedback quickly
Early users should understand the result in under a minute, then tell you what pricing data they need next.
Profit per product
Track cost, revenue, profit and margin for each product.
Margin warnings
Highlight products below target margin or at risk after price changes.
Supplier comparisons
Compare current supplier price against cheaper supplier options.
Manual and CSV entry
Start with manual prices or upload supplier lists while APIs are added.
Supplier API ready
Connect live supplier feeds for Booker, Brakes, Bidfood or custom APIs.
Feedback prompts
Ask users what was confusing, what suppliers they use and whether results were accurate.
Who it is for
Start with food businesses that feel ingredient price changes every week.
Caterers
Check buffet, event and menu item margins before pricing jobs.
Bakeries
Cost cakes, pastries and batches as butter, flour and packaging prices move.
Fast food chains
Track daily product profitability across burgers, sides, drinks and combos.
Simple early access pricing
Let businesses try the profit checker first, then upgrade when supplier workflows matter.
Free
✓ 1 product margin check
✓ Example product templates
✓ Manual ingredient prices
✓ Profit per unit
✓ Feedback prompts
Check a productStarter
✓ Unlimited products
✓ CSV and Excel supplier uploads
✓ Save product costs
✓ Margin warnings
✓ Supplier comparison
✓ Basic export
Create accountPro
✓ Up to 3 users
✓ Supplier API integrations
✓ Multi-location product costs
✓ Price-change alerts
✓ Advanced margin reports
Create accountProduct roadmap
Keep the first release narrow enough to market, learn and improve with real users.
Now
✓ Product margin checker
✓ Recipe ingredient costing
✓ Manual supplier prices
Next
✓ Supplier CSV uploads
✓ Saved product library
✓ Feedback capture
Future
✓ Supplier API integrations
✓ Price-change alerts
✓ Multi-site margin dashboards
Get your first real user feedback
Invite one caterer, bakery or fast food operator to check a product margin and tell you what pricing data matters most.
Terms of Service
By using ProjectEstimator, you agree to use it responsibly as a costing and profit-estimation tool for your own business.
Account and data
You are responsible for the accuracy of product, ingredient, supplier and business data you enter or upload.
Supplier information
Supplier prices and integrations must only be used for workspaces you own or are authorised to manage.
No scraping or misuse
You may not scrape, copy, reverse engineer, overload, or attempt to access data from another workspace.
Estimates, not advice
Calculations are estimates based on the data provided and are not financial, tax, legal, or accounting advice.