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The Operator's Lab · Ayush Agrawal

Dish Margin Calculator

What does one delivery-app order really leave you?

Dish price on app

₹

Discount you fundcoupon per order

₹

Commission

Food cost

₹

Packaging

₹

Ads per order

₹

Fixed cost per orderrent + salaries + gas ÷ monthly orders

₹

Wastage and refunds

₹

More settings (gateway, GST, monthly orders)

Payment gateway

GST on platform feesnot claimable on the 5% scheme

Orders per month

Left with you, per order

—

Reaches your bank—

Gone to discount, platform and GST—

Per month—

Typical figures for illustration: commission is charged on the price after your discount, GST at 18% applies to the platform's commission and gateway fee, and restaurants on the 5% scheme cannot claim it back. Your contract and costs may differ, so use your own payout statement. Nothing you type leaves this page.

Go deeper with this dish ↓ · AI menu audit

Where every rupee goes

Each cut as a share of the price the customer sees.

What price actually works?

Keeping your costs and discount as entered above.

Profit I want per order (₹)

What if you raise the price and orders drop?

Some customers leave when the price goes up. See whether you still come out ahead.

Orders lost after the change (%)

Same dish, three channels

Delivery app vs your own dine-in vs a direct WhatsApp order.

Dine-in price (₹)

Direct order: your delivery cost (₹)

Direct order: freebie / offer (₹)

Don't know your fixed cost per order?

Add up the month, divide by orders. Tap the button to use it above.

Rent (₹/month)

Salaries (₹/month)

Gas, electricity, other (₹/month)

Your whole menu

Save each dish. The list sorts from worst to best so you know what to fix first. Saved only in this browser.

Dish name

Orders per month (this dish)

AI menu audit: your whole menu in 10 minutes

Let an AI assistant cost every dish and show profit per channel. Works in Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini.

Export your menu from your POS (Petpooja, Posist, DotPe or any other) as Excel or CSV, with dine-in and online prices. A photo of the menu also works.
Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and attach the file. If you have a recipe or portion sheet, attach that too.
Tap Copy prompt, paste it, and send. Your numbers from this page are filled in automatically.
Answer its questions, then replace its estimated ingredient rates with your real purchase rates for the dishes that matter most.

Your city (goes into the prompt, for local ingredient prices)

The AI's ingredient costs are estimates from public prices, not your invoices. Treat the result as a first pass that tells you where to look.

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