Costs outside the recipe
Include packaging, waste, fees, and consumables that often stay out of a product's cost.
Costs and margins for restaurants, cafés, and bakeries
Know what each product is really earning.
Upload supplier invoices, recipes, menus, and sales. Karu turns messy files into cost truth, flags what still needs review, and shows what to fix, push, or reprice. Nothing changes your numbers until you confirm it.
Analysis example
Demo dataProduct
Needs attentionAlmond croissant
Cost
€1.81
Price
€4.90
Margin
63%
Margin trend-5 pts · 30d
Target
68%
-5 pts
InputMoveSource
Butter+18%Supplier A
Almond flour+4%Stable
Box 12cm-7%New invoice
Option to review
Butter rose 18% from Supplier A. The latest Supplier C invoice shows a lower cost for the same purchase format. Confirm the terms and yield before switching.
Suggested action
-€0.29/unit
If price and yield are confirmed, switching suppliers restores margin without raising the selling price.
Inbox
7 files parsed
Supplier prices
3 price changes
Sales data
42 lines matched
Staff Binder
24 recipes offline
Decision log
Keep the price. Review the supplier. Publish recipe v4 to the team.
Free checklist
Margin problems usually show up before the monthly report does.
Use the checklist to spot old prices, hidden costs, and weak evidence before you touch the menu. If you want a faster read, send three real documents and Karu will show what is confirmed, what is weak, and where to act first.
Popular items with weak contribution
Find products that sell well but do not leave enough money behind once cost catches up.
Numbers with a clear source
Separate invoice-confirmed values from estimates and data that still needs review.
One concrete next action
Decide what to fix, what to push, and what to reprice without rebuilding the whole operation first.
How it works
From messy files to a decision you can trust.
Karu works with the files your business already has, then keeps the math and the decisions reviewable before anything becomes official.
Drop in the files you already have
Invoices, recipes, menus, photos, PDFs, and spreadsheets all go through the same intake flow.
Approve the truth before it spreads
Karu organizes ingredients, units, suppliers, prices, and products into drafts that wait for your confirmation.
See what to fix, push, or reprice
Once the data is approved, Karu ranks the products and costs that deserve action first.
For the kitchen
Recipes for the team. Costs for managers only.
Publish approved recipe versions only. The team can see preparation, allergens, yield, and plating without access to margins, suppliers, or billing data.
Offline
Recipes stay usable when the kitchen Wi-Fi is weak.
Locked down
Staff logins cannot edit prices, margins, or suppliers.
Versioned
Published recipes remain stable until a new version is approved.
Pricing
Start with one menu. Move to Pro when you want the full margin picture.
Free
For learning the workflow and getting the first trustworthy cost read on one menu.
0
- 10 products or recipes
- 30 ingredients
- 3 AI uploads per month
- Basic costing and recipe publishing for staff
Pro
For businesses that need to track price changes, compare suppliers, and connect costs with sales and fixed costs.
€19
per month
·EUR 190 yearly
More recipes, products, and ingredients, with up to 25 staff members
Invoice extraction and AI draft review
Complete price history and supplier comparison
Margin recommendations and PDF export