Cost control for your restaurant

Cost your dishesin under 5 minutes

Valu turns ingredients, shrinkage and prices into a clear panel. Track costs, compare prices and edit your menu without losing your financial pulse.

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No credit card
Digital menu included
English support
Example · Recipe card
healthy margin

Chicken tikka masala

Main course · 8 ingredients · 4 servings

Raw cost

$ 3.20

Suggested price

$ 10.90

Net margin

32.5 %

Food cost

29.4 %

Suggestion: Raise the menu price to $11.50 — your margin goes up to 33.5% with no cost change.

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Pre-loaded products

Base catalog with industry-standard shrinkage.

< 0 min

First dish costed

From signup to seeing your real food cost.

0 sheets

Of spreadsheets needed

The full cycle in one platform.

Your whole restaurant, in one platform

Recipes, purchases, costs, margins, QR menus and alerts connected in one flow. Fewer loose sheets; better decisions with context.

Dish costing

Enter ingredients, shrinkage and purchase units. Get the real cost of every recipe — converted and adjusted by you.

Live margin

Profit, suggested price and the variables that drive your earnings — no spreadsheets.

Pareto analysis

Identify which ingredients account for 80% of your cost with clear charts.

Purchase log

Monthly records, price comparison and automatic cost transfer.

Digital menu with QR

Share your digital menu with a link or QR code. Update prices in Valu and they go live instantly.

Price alerts & suggestions

Reads your data, alerts you when something is off and suggests prices that actually work.

Six flows,no friction

See how Valu feels from the first purchase to the suggested price. Each flow is built for speed without losing clarity.

01

Guided setup

From purchase to costed dish in one clear sequence.

02

Fast purchase

Capture prices and keep a trail for the next costing.

03

Dish card

Cost, margin and suggested price in one view.

04

Live catalog

Ingredients organized with units, shrinkage and prices.

05

Visual analysis

Quick signals to understand what drives profitability.

06

Simulation

Test price changes before touching the menu.

Built for

Traditional cuisine

Fine dining

Pizzeria

Specialty coffee

Bar & cocktails

BBQ & grill

Built for the whole restaurant team

Everyone sees what they need. Kitchen handles recipes, purchasing logs prices, accounting pulls reports. No overlap.

O

Restaurant owner

See profitability per dish, control food cost and make pricing decisions without relying on an outdated spreadsheet.

C

Executive chef

Manage recipes with precision: portions, real shrinkage and menu versions. Adjust ingredients and see the cost impact instantly.

A

Accountant or admin

Cost reports by period, purchase logs and supplier price comparisons. Financial data ready for the balance sheet.

From first ingredient to live menu

Set up a real recipe, validate the margin and publish your digital menu in one short session, without an accountant at your side.

Build your recipe book

Log ingredients with real purchase units. Valu calculates shrinkage and converts automatically from kilo to portion.

Set up your menu

Assign recipes to sections. Compare calculated cost to your selling price and spot where you're losing margin.

Monitor your margins

Valu analyzes patterns, suggests optimal prices and alerts you when a supplier raises prices above your threshold.

Share your menu

Generate a public digital menu with a print-ready QR. Update prices in Valu and the menu updates in real time.

The marginstarts with the numbers.

Create your account, log your first dish and see the real food cost. Free to start, no credit card required.

By starting you accept the Terms of service and the Privacy policy.
No credit card
Digital menu included
English support