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YOUR CITY TOOLKIT · PRE-RELEASE

Menu Margin Planner

Compare dishes, serving contribution and a revenue-weighted menu margin.

No game presets. Use your own observations and keep values in the same units.
Calculations and suggested sequences are planning aids, not verified game mechanics.

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Every cost is per serving. Quantity is servings sold in the same period.

Dish 1

MENU RESULTS

Total revenue—
Total contribution—
Blended margin—

Contribution = (price − ingredient cost − allocated cost) × servings. Blended margin = total contribution ÷ total revenue. This is not full venue profit unless all costs have been allocated once.

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