Weekly Prime Cost Flash: Free Starter Sheet for Food Cost Plus Labor

Food cost plus labor is prime cost: the two numbers that decide whether your week made money. Most operators only see them at month-end, when the damage is already done.

This free starter sheet takes ten minutes, once a week. Drop in your sales, purchases, inventory counts and labor dollars, and it shows your food cost %, labor % and prime cost % against your own targets, with a plain-English call on what to fix first.

WHAT'S INSIDE (free starter version):

Weekly Prime-Cost Flash tab: sales, purchases, inventory, labor in: food %, labor %, prime % outAuto status flags vs the targets you set (28-34% food, 25-32% labor, under 65% prime as defaults)

Fix-it-first note: the one line item costing you the most this weekSetup tab with step-by-step instructions and example numbers already filled in

Built by a chef with 38 years in kitchens and multi-unit restaurant operations. The formulas in this sheet are the same weekly check I ran in every unit.

UPGRADE PATH: Want more tools? The RestaurantOpsHQ Etsy shop offers a separate back office bundle of 12 Excel workbooks, plus individual workbooks and custom spreadsheet work. View the current Etsy listings for exactly what is included, the price and any promotion. This free Prime Cost Flash is a separate starter download.

Instant download after checkout. Works in Excel, Google Sheets and Numbers. No subscription. Payhip collects your email at checkout: that's the deal for the free version, and it means you get the update when the sheet improves.

Questions before you download? Message me through the store.