Menu Pricing Calculator
Dish + recipe + city → minimum viable price + recommended price using live Agmarknet mandi feed. The same data layer that powers Forkcast Supply Watch.
1. Dish details
2. Ingredients in this dish
Add only the ingredients used in one plate. Onion, tomato, potato, rice, wheat and oil use live mandi prices when available.
3. Monthly fixed costs
These are spread across your expected plates/month so profit is closer to reality.
Result
Includes raw ingredients, per-plate overhead and allocated fixed costs.
Maharashtrian pricing in Meerut
Maharashtrian cuisine runs a 24-30% food cost band when executed well. The most-missed cost line: coastal malvani uses kokum + coconut; mandi linked.
For Meerut specifically: Wedding muhurat peak; Kanwar yatra disruption late Jul.
Worked example: Butter Chicken comes out to a plate cost of ₹82 and a recommended price of ₹320 at a 30% food cost target. The minimum viable price is ₹275 — below this, you're losing money on every plate after kitchen labour.
Next: run the viability score for Maharashtrian × Meerut, and check the opening cost for Meerut.
Common questions
What is the typical food cost % for Maharashtrian restaurants?
Well-run Maharashtrian kitchens land between 24% and 30%. Above this, audit portions and supplier contracts.
What ingredient is the silent margin killer for Maharashtrian?
Coastal Malvani uses kokum + coconut; mandi linked.
How should I price Maharashtrian in Meerut?
Example: Butter Chicken in Meerut has a plate cost of ₹82 and a recommended price of ₹320 at a 30% food cost target. Your channel mix (dine-in vs Zomato vs Swiggy) shifts the recommended price by ₹15-30.
Do mandi price moves matter for Maharashtrian?
Yes. Maharashtrian signals: Ganesh Chaturthi, Gudi Padwa. Watch the sensitivity table — a 25% mandi swing on key commodities moves the recommended price by 8-15%.
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