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Price per guest calculator
Enter your costs, get the selling price that protects your margin. Data stays in your browser.
How do you price per guest?
Updated October 4, 2026
Add food, labour and overhead costs per guest, then divide by (1 − target margin). Example: $27 in costs at a 30% margin gives 27 ÷ 0.70 = $38.57 per guest.
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