Food, Beverage & Bar

Menu/Cost Card

Cost the item. Prepare the team. Compile a corporate submission with the details needed for review and POS setup.

Workflow

One item. Three connected documents.

Complete every step, choosing N/A or None where appropriate. Generate your cost card, pre-shift menu card and corporate submission from the same information.

Workflow incomplete · Finish the required details before printing.

1 · Item details

Required on the cost card and corporate submission. Enter every printer / station that must receive this item. If none, explicitly enter No print — KDS only or No production routing.

2 · Ingredients & portion costs

Enter the cost of the actual listed portion, rather than a package price. Dollar inputs allow up to two decimals. Zero is valid.

Ingredient 1

Main item cost: Pending | Food cost: Cannot calculate yet

3 · Operating procedures

Address each procedure below or choose N/A. Use approved venue procedures. This tool does not generate safety instructions.

4 · Allergen review

Local keyword suggestions are incomplete and may be wrong. Check every recipe, purchased product, subingredient, garnish, and included side. A suggestion is never a confirmed allergen.

Suggested only

No keyword matches. This does not establish absence of allergens.

Operator-selected ingredient allergens

Incomplete information will be clearly identified on both cards. No allergen-free claim will be made.

Enter a reviewer name, specify selected allergen types, and complete individual ingredient/side reviews if you marked the recipe complete.

Review pending. Final document downloads and printing are locked.
FDA allergen reference

5 · Notes & review status

Notes are specific to each document. The review status and reasoning appear on all three forms. Leave the status unselected for a reviewer to check by hand.

Review status — choose one

This is a manually entered review record. Selecting Approved does not submit anything to corporate or update the POS.

6 · Preview & print

0 card(s). Long content continues at the same readable print size. Preview scales to fit your screen.

Before printing:
  • Enter Venue Name.
  • Enter the item name.
  • Enter menu location.
  • Enter POS position.
  • Enter kitchen / bar printer route(s), or explicitly enter No print — KDS only / No production routing.
  • Select Quantity Available.
  • Menu price must be a nonnegative dollar amount with up to two decimals.
  • Enter each ingredient and its portion.
  • Enter a valid cost for each listed portion.
  • Choose included sides or None.
  • Complete prep procedures or select N/A.
  • Complete cooking procedures or select N/A.
  • Complete storage procedures or select N/A.
  • Choose consumer warnings or None.
  • Select ingredient allergens or explicitly confirm None identified after review.
  • Document cross-contact information, or enter Not documented if it is unknown.
  • Complete and confirm the allergen review, including reviewer name.

Select matching paper, 100% scale, and disable browser headers/footers. For 4 × 6, your printer must support that paper size. Enable background graphics for shaded menu/POS information.

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