Market snapshot · November 14, 2026

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Royal Profit Lab · Royal Pricing & Profit Calculator · Excel workbook built, not yet available to customers

What the workbook covers

Eight tabs take a product from costs to a pricing view.

Start Here
Business Settings
Cost Library
Product Builder
Pricing Calculator
Scenario Comparison
Profit Summary
Definitions

Enter ingredients, packaging and other materials, batch yield, labor, allocated overhead, and transaction fees. The Excel workbook has clearly marked input cells, protected formulas, dropdowns, error warnings, and sample data. Its sample values are illustrative, not customer results.

Pricing logic: the suggested selling price solves for the entered target margin after entered price-based and fixed fees. Margin is estimated profit ÷ selling price; markup is estimated profit ÷ unit cost. Fees reduce estimated profit but are not part of the workbook’s markup denominator. The estimate reflects only entered costs and fees; it excludes sales and income taxes, owner draws, financing, and costs not entered. The sales-tax setting is a planning reference and is excluded from price and profit formulas.

Feature-by-feature comparison

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Royal Pricing & Profit Calculator compared with five food-cost and general-pricing spreadsheet listings.
Feature or outcome	Royal Pricing & Profit Calculator Conditional fit Royal Profit Lab · workbook status	Etsy Food Cost TemplateFood-cost listing · [1]	Recipe Costing CalculatorFood-cost listing · [2], [3]	Restaurant Food Cost Calculator Excel TemplateFood-cost listing · [4]	Pricing Calculator for Small BusinessGeneral-pricing listing · [5], [6]	Spreadsheet123 Recipe Cost CalculatorFood-cost listing · [7], [8]
Price and format
Price shown	$49 USD one-time.	Not stated in the visible snapshot.	Free [2], [3].	$39.00 [4].	$3.69 [5].	Not stated in the visible snapshot.
Format and current access	Excel download is released after server verification of the $49 USD payment for this workbook. No app account is required. Google Sheets copy is not created or owner-tested and has no shareable link.	Excel and Google Sheets are named in the listing title [1].	Excel and Google Sheets [2].	Excel workbook [4].	Excel or Google Sheets [6].	Excel 2003 (.xls), Excel 2007 (.xlsx), Google Sheets, and OpenOffice.org Calc (.ots) [8].
Food-cost listings · features and outcomes
Cost basis and yield	Ingredients, packaging, other materials, batch yield, labor, and allocated overhead; transaction fees are entered separately.	Recipe and portion costs [1].	Recipe, portion, and plate costs; quantity × unit price with a yield adjustment [2], [3].	Plate and portion costs; case-to-gram conversion [4].	General-pricing listing; food-cost details were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Plate cost; batch-to-portion conversion and Imperial/Metric support [7], [8].
Calculations and price guidance	Target-margin price after entered price-based and fixed fees; estimated contribution, margin, and markup. The workbook does not list food-cost percentage as an output.	Food-cost percentage, margins, and ideal selling prices [1].	Food-cost percentage, target margin, and suggested menu price [2], [3].	Suggested price based on a target food-cost percentage [4].	General-pricing listing; food-cost outputs were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Food-cost percentage, margin, and net profit [7], [8].
Workflow and additional claims	Eight tabs from Start Here through Definitions; clearly marked blue inputs, protected formulas, dropdowns, error warnings, sample data, scenario comparison, and profit summary.	Listing positions the template for multiple food-business types [1]. Other workflow claims were not surfaced.	Listing claims offline, single-file use, customization, reuse across a menu, and about two-minute re-costing [2], [3].	Snapshot describes an ingredient master list that updates linked recipes when an ingredient price changes [3], [4].	General-pricing listing; see its claims in the next group.	Listing claims printable recipe cards, labor, and utilities [7], [8].
General-pricing listing · features and outcomes
Methods, cost breakdown, and outcomes	The workbook uses a target-margin pricing path with scenarios, margin, and markup; it does not list five pricing methods or an inventory tracker.	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Five pricing methods, margin and break-even calculations, and a target-margin selling-price suggestion [5].	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.
Cost categories and other listed features	Ingredients/materials, labor, allocated overhead, and entered transaction fees. Sales tax is a planning reference only and is excluded from price and profit formulas.	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.	Materials, labor, shipping, and other costs; inventory tracker, bulk discounts, taxes, and fees [5], [6].	Food-cost listing; broader pricing-tool claims were not surfaced in the snapshot.
Displayed rating	No rating claim is included for this product.	Not stated in the visible snapshot.	Not stated in the visible snapshot.	Not stated in the visible snapshot.	4.5/5 displayed in the listing [5].	Not stated in the visible snapshot.

Royal Pricing & Profit Calculator

Royal Profit Lab · workbook status

Conditional fit

Price and format

Price shown: $49 USD one-time.
Format and current access: Excel download is released after server verification of the $49 USD payment for this workbook. No app account is required. Google Sheets copy is not created or owner-tested and has no shareable link.

Food-cost listings · features and outcomes

Cost basis and yield: Ingredients, packaging, other materials, batch yield, labor, and allocated overhead; transaction fees are entered separately.
Calculations and price guidance: Target-margin price after entered price-based and fixed fees; estimated contribution, margin, and markup. The workbook does not list food-cost percentage as an output.
Workflow and additional claims: Eight tabs from Start Here through Definitions; clearly marked blue inputs, protected formulas, dropdowns, error warnings, sample data, scenario comparison, and profit summary.

General-pricing listing · features and outcomes

Methods, cost breakdown, and outcomes: The workbook uses a target-margin pricing path with scenarios, margin, and markup; it does not list five pricing methods or an inventory tracker.
Cost categories and other listed features: Ingredients/materials, labor, allocated overhead, and entered transaction fees. Sales tax is a planning reference only and is excluded from price and profit formulas.
Displayed rating: No rating claim is included for this product.

Etsy Food Cost Template

Food-cost listing · [1]

Price and format

Price shown: Not stated in the visible snapshot.
Format and current access: Excel and Google Sheets are named in the listing title [1].

Food-cost listings · features and outcomes

Cost basis and yield: Recipe and portion costs [1].
Calculations and price guidance: Food-cost percentage, margins, and ideal selling prices [1].
Workflow and additional claims: Listing positions the template for multiple food-business types [1]. Other workflow claims were not surfaced.

Recipe Costing Calculator

Food-cost listing · [2], [3]

Price and format

Price shown: Free [2], [3].
Format and current access: Excel and Google Sheets [2].

Food-cost listings · features and outcomes

Cost basis and yield: Recipe, portion, and plate costs; quantity × unit price with a yield adjustment [2], [3].
Calculations and price guidance: Food-cost percentage, target margin, and suggested menu price [2], [3].
Workflow and additional claims: Listing claims offline, single-file use, customization, reuse across a menu, and about two-minute re-costing [2], [3].

Restaurant Food Cost Calculator Excel Template

Food-cost listing · [4]

Price and format

Price shown: $39.00 [4].
Format and current access: Excel workbook [4].

Food-cost listings · features and outcomes

Cost basis and yield: Plate and portion costs; case-to-gram conversion [4].
Calculations and price guidance: Suggested price based on a target food-cost percentage [4].
Workflow and additional claims: Snapshot describes an ingredient master list that updates linked recipes when an ingredient price changes [3], [4].

Pricing Calculator for Small Business

General-pricing listing · [5], [6]

Price and format

Price shown: $3.69 [5].
Format and current access: Excel or Google Sheets [6].

General-pricing listing · features and outcomes

Methods, cost breakdown, and outcomes: Five pricing methods, margin and break-even calculations, and a target-margin selling-price suggestion [5].
Cost categories and other listed features: Materials, labor, shipping, and other costs; inventory tracker, bulk discounts, taxes, and fees [5], [6].
Displayed rating: 4.5/5 displayed in the listing [5].

Spreadsheet123 Recipe Cost Calculator

Food-cost listing · [7], [8]

Price and format

Price shown: Not stated in the visible snapshot.
Format and current access: Excel 2003 (.xls), Excel 2007 (.xlsx), Google Sheets, and OpenOffice.org Calc (.ots) [8].

Food-cost listings · features and outcomes

Cost basis and yield: Plate cost; batch-to-portion conversion and Imperial/Metric support [7], [8].
Calculations and price guidance: Food-cost percentage, margin, and net profit [7], [8].
Workflow and additional claims: Listing claims printable recipe cards, labor, and utilities [7], [8].

Source notes

Visible listing sources

[1]Food Cost Template — Etsy listing
[2]Recipe Costing Calculator — APICbase listing page
[3]Recipe Costing Calculator — APICbase page
[4]Restaurant Food Cost Calculator Excel Template — Excel Highway
[5]Small Business Pricing Calculator — Etsy listing
[6]
Additional format and feature claims for Pricing Calculator for Small Business; source URL is not present in the visible research packet.
[7]–[8]
Spreadsheet123 Recipe Cost Calculator claims; source URLs are not present in the visible research packet.

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