One spreadsheet. 3,575 formulas. Daily P&L, recipe costing, price alerts, budget tracking, invoice scanning, and a live dashboard — everything MarginEdge charges $330/month for. One-time purchase. No monthly fees. Because nothing should go untracked.
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Toast, Square, Clover — they all show you what sold today. None of them show you what it cost, what you wasted, or whether you actually made money this week.
| Feature | MarginEdge | Toast + Inv | Restaurant365 | EveryCrumb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $330–480/mo | $200–500/mo | $249–469/mo | $0/mo |
| Year 1 | $3,960–5,760 | $2,400–6,000 | $2,988–5,628 | $97–497 once |
| Year 3 | $11,880–17,280 | $7,200–18,000 | $8,964–16,884 | $97–497 total |
| Daily P&L | Auto | No | Yes | Yes (manual input) |
| Recipe costing | Auto-priced | No | Yes | Auto from Inventory |
| Waste tracking | Yes | No | Limited | Yes + reason analysis |
| Vendor comparison | Limited | No | Yes | 3 vendors + savings calc |
| Price alerts | Auto email | No | No | Visual alerts in sheet |
| Budget vs actual | Yes | No | Yes | Yes + variance tracking |
| Print count sheet | Mobile app | No | No | Yes — print and walk |
| Setup time | Weeks | Days | Weeks | 15 minutes |
| 3-year savings vs MarginEdge | You keep $11,000–16,500 |
Not mockups. Real formulas. Real data structure. Here's what each tab looks like.
| Day | Sales | Tickets | Avg | Labor % | COGS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | $1,850 | 142 | $13.03 | 29.2% | 28.1% |
| Fri | $2,840 | 218 | $13.03 | 25.5% | 26.4% |
| Sat | $3,100 | 242 | $12.81 | 24.8% | 25.2% |
| Week | $15,490 | 1,196 | $12.95 | 27.5% | 27.2% |
| Item | Category | Par | On Hand | Order | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Breast | Food - Raw | 10 | 4 | 6 | $12.75 |
| Oat Milk | Dairy/Refrig | 8 | 3 | 5 | $17.45 |
| To-Go Cups | Paper/Pkg | 200 | 80 | 120 | $14.40 |
| Ingredient | Qty | Cost (auto) | Total | % of Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espresso | 2 shots | $0.35 | $0.70 | 14.0% |
| Oat Milk | 8 oz | $0.22 | $1.76 | 35.2% |
| Vanilla Syrup | 1 oz | $0.12 | $0.12 | 2.4% |
| Total Cost | $2.58 | 51.6% |
| Date | Item | Qty | $ Lost | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/3 | Avocado | 6 | $9.00 | Spoilage |
| 4/5 | Pastry | 4 | $11.00 | Expired |
| 4/7 | Oat Milk | 32 oz | $2.88 | Over-prep |
| Total | $22.88 | this week |
"I opened 5 concepts in under 4 years. Some thrived. Some didn't. The one constant was this system — tracking every dollar, every day. I turned it into a spreadsheet so any operator can use it without paying $500/month for software."
If this system doesn't save you time, reduce your costs, or give you better visibility — full refund. No questions. No hoops. Just reply to any email.
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