How Calculating Food Costs Manually Might Hurt your Restaurant

If you’re of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” school of thought, you might still be calculating food cost manually. While that may have worked for you in the past, there are some significant drawbacks to this method over using food cost software.Humans Make ErrorsYou probably don’t do the math for fun in your spare time. You might even detest it. But as the restaurant owner or manager, calculating food cost is your responsibility. But what happens if you miscalculate by even a percent? You may think you’re making more profit for a menu item than you actually are, and then you won’t be able to unravel why your business isn’t making enough profit overall.