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Init Menu Profitability Studio 1.0 is a financial analysis tool designed for F&B businesses. It helps you calculate net profit per item, margin, monthly revenue, sales share, and automatically classify menu items into Stars – Puzzles – Plowhorses – Dogs using industry-standard Menu Engineering. Everything runs directly in your browser with pure JavaScript — no uploads, no backend, no data collection.
Introduction
A menu may look simple, but identifying which items truly drive your profit — and which ones quietly drain it — is not easy. Prices, true cost, platform fees, taxes, and monthly sales volume all affect the bottom line. Init Menu Profitability Studio was built to give you full clarity into both item-level and menu-level performance. With it, you can:
- Enter selling price, true cost, and projected monthly units for each item
- See net profit per item, net margin, monthly revenue, and real cost breakdown
- Analyze sales distribution and item popularity
- Automatically classify items with Menu Engineering logic
- Customize thresholds with Auto (average-based) or Manual mode
- Export clean, professional PDF reports with one click
All results update instantly in real time — helping you optimize pricing and menu structure in seconds.
Practical Use Cases
- Coffee shops: Analyze lattes, cold brews, macchiatos, fruit teas…
- Restaurants: Evaluate main dishes, side dishes, combos, toppings
- Bubble tea brands: Support toppings, size-based portions, detailed costing
- Franchise chains: Standardize menu performance across branches
- Cloud kitchens: Calculate true profitability after taxes & platform fees
Main Features
- Net profit per item: True cost + tax/platform fee adjustments
- Automatic classification: Stars – Puzzles – Plowhorses – Dogs
- Sales analysis: Popularity percentage, sales share, demand levels
- Visual summary: Total revenue, total net profit, average net margin
- Flexible thresholds: Auto (menu average) or Manual settings
- 100% client-side: No login, no data sent, ultra-fast performance
- PDF Export: Generate clean internal reports instantly
How to Use
- Click “+ Add Item” to add menu items
- Enter price, true cost, and projected monthly units
- Enter revenue tax/fees if applicable
- Select Auto or Manual threshold mode
- Review net profit, margin, revenue and item classification
- Export a PDF report for internal use or presentations
Why Choose Init Menu Profitability Studio?
- No account required, no data sent, no tracking
- Built on proven international Menu Engineering frameworks
- Fast, real-time, and easy to understand
- Ideal for small cafés, large chains, restaurants, and cloud kitchens
- Optimize pricing & menu strategy within minutes — no Excel needed
Whether you're launching a new menu, optimizing an existing one, or planning to scale your operation, Init Menu Profitability Studio empowers you to make confident pricing and menu decisions — faster, smarter, and more profitably.