Food Cost %
Actual food cost as a % of revenue — tracked daily from POS + supplier data.
Restaurants & Food Service · NW Arkansas & Suffolk County NY
Know if you're on track by Tuesday — not when your accountant calls
Food cost %, labor %, and daily sales vs. target in one Power BI view. Most restaurant owners find out about a food cost problem at month-end when it's too late to fix it. We change that.
✓ Food cost % tracked daily
✓ Labor % vs. target
✓ Sales vs. budget by day
✓ POS & QuickBooks connected
✓ NW Arkansas & Long Island
The Problem
Sound familiar?
- You find out your food cost was 38% last month when your accountant sends the report — three weeks after the month ended.
- Labor scheduling is in one app, actual hours are in another, and QuickBooks is somewhere else entirely. Nobody sees the full picture.
- You're making decisions on gut feel — 'it felt like a good week' — instead of actual data.
- A single bad product mix or a catering order gone wrong tanks your margin and you don't find out until it's too late.
The Fix
What you get instead
- Food cost % updated daily from your POS and supplier invoices — see the number before it becomes a problem.
- Labor % as a share of revenue tracked in real time — so you know whether to cut a shift before overtime kicks in.
- Daily sales vs. target dashboard your manager can check on their phone before opening — is today on pace?
- Automatic weekly summary delivered Monday morning: last week's revenue, costs, and what needs attention this week.
What We Measure
Your dashboard will track
Every metric defined in plain English and calculated consistently — no more arguing about which number is right.
Labor Cost %
Labor as a % of sales — by day, shift, and position.
Daily Sales vs. Target
Revenue vs. your daily target — see the gap before the day ends.
Avg Check & Covers
Average check size and cover count — track trends and flag anomalies.
Waste & Variance
Inventory variance and waste — what you ordered vs. what you sold.
Weekly Cash Flow
Cash coming in vs. going out — so you're never surprised by a slow week.
Live Example
See what it looks like
A live, interactive demo with simulated data — watch the metrics refresh and try the date filters. Your real dashboard is built around your own data sources on the DVOPS platform.
"We caught a food cost problem in week one instead of finding out at month end. That alone saved us more than the monthly fee in the first month."
FAQ
Restaurant dashboard questions
How do I track food cost percentage in Power BI?
We pull your POS sales and your supplier-invoice cost data into a centralized SQL hub, then a Power BI dashboard calculates food cost % daily — actual food cost divided by net food revenue. You see the number while you can still react, not at month end.
What POS systems do you connect to?
Toast, Square for Restaurants, Clover, Lightspeed, TouchBistro, Aloha, and most other POS systems with an API or scheduled export. Where the POS has no direct integration, we use a daily file drop.
What restaurant KPIs should I be tracking daily?
Food cost %, labor cost as a percentage of sales, daily sales vs. target, average check and cover count, waste and inventory variance, and weekly cash flow. These six numbers tell you whether a restaurant is healthy long before a P&L is closed.
How do I track labor cost in real time?
We connect your scheduling app (7shifts, Homebase, Restaurant365 Scheduling) and your POS so labor hours and revenue land in the same dashboard. Labor % updates throughout the day so you can decide whether to cut a shift before overtime triggers.
Can the dashboard handle multiple restaurant locations?
Yes. The Professional plan supports multi-location views with side-by-side comparison and per-location drill-down. Each location can keep its own targets and managers see only their store.
Pricing
Straightforward plans
Setup covers connecting your POS, QuickBooks, and building your food cost tracking workflow. Power BI license included in all plans.
Starter
$95/mo
+ $950 setup
1 dashboard · 1 data source · Monthly refresh · Core KPI overview
Get startedGrowth
$125/mo
+ $1,750 setup
3 dashboards · Multi-source · Weekly refresh · Budget vs. actual
Choose GrowthProfessional
$195/mo
+ $3,500 setup
4+ dashboards · Unlimited sources · Daily refresh · Full data hub
Choose ProfessionalReady to see your food cost before it becomes a problem?
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll walk through your current reporting and show you what a restaurant dashboard built for your operation would look like.
📍 Serving restaurants in NW Arkansas (Bentonville, Rogers, Fayetteville) · Suffolk County, NY · nationwide