Most restaurant owners are working off food costs they calculated months even years ago. Your margins have quietly shifted. Forkcast shows you exactly what every menu item costs to make right now, using your actual current vendor pricing — and exactly how much the gap between your assumed cost and your real cost is adding up to.

The problem....
Ingredient prices are up. Your menu prices probably aren't.
The operators who catch this early make small adjustments and protect their margins.
The operators who don't, find out at the end of the month when it's too late.
You can't fix a problem you can't see. Forkcast makes it visible.
The average net profit margin for an independent restaurant. A 2% cost increase across your menu can erase your entire profit.
How far off most operators are per menu item when estimating their true food cost from memory.
What a $0.50 gap per item costs a restaurant selling 300 of that item per day — every single year.
The Solution....
Forkcast is a food cost intelligence platform built by a 15-year restaurant industry veteran. It's not inventory software. It's not accounting software. It doesn't take months to set up. It does one thing exceptionally well and that is telling you exactly what every item on your menu costs to make, using your actual current vendor pricing. When your ingredient costs change, Forkcast doesn't wait for you to notice. It updates automatically and tells you immediately which items were affected and what your margin looks like in real time.
Not an estimate from last year. Not a guess. The actual cost of every ingredient, every recipe, and every menu item — calculated from your real invoices at today's prices.
See the difference between what you assumed your items cost and what they actually cost. Then see what that gap adds up to daily, monthly, and annually. Most operators are genuinely surprised by this number.
When ingredient prices spike, Forkcast alerts you immediately. You decide whether to adjust your price, trim a portion, or hold — but you decide with real information instead of finding out when the damage is already done.
Side by side comparison....
| Item | Forkcast | Other Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $99/month | $300-$500/month |
| Setup fee | $0 | Up to $500 |
| Contract required | No - Cancel Anytime | Often 12 months |
| Setup time | One menu item to start | Weeks of implementation |
| Free audit included | Yes | No |
Here's what happens when Forkcast launches. We take your best-selling menu item. We build its full cost from your actual vendor invoice — every ingredient, every recipe, every portion. We show you what it actually costs vs. what you thought it cost. Then show you the math behind the gap. The daily loss, the monthly loss, and the annual loss. Most operators see this number and can't believe nobody showed it to them sooner.We're finalizing the platform now. Submit your information below and you'll be first in line when we launch.
Launch month audit spots are limited and will be filled in the order requests come in.
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