Manager cards for cost control · Employee cards for consistent builds and portions
Most recipe costing software requires you to log in, build a database, and maintain it yourself. We do it for you — send us your menu and invoices, we return print-ready PDFs.
Platforms like meez, MarketMan, and WISK are powerful tools — for operators with a dedicated manager to run them. If you're an independent operator without a corporate back office, you need a different answer.
Most recipe costing platforms charge $150–$400/month and require you to manually enter every recipe, sync every invoice, and maintain your own database. If protein prices change, you update it. If you hire a new chef, you retrain them on the system. The software is powerful — but the burden is on you. For an independent restaurant or c-store to-go kitchen without a dedicated ops manager, it's one more thing to maintain that doesn't get maintained.
Send us your menu items and prices, plus a few recent invoices from your food supplier — Sysco, US Foods, or any DSD vendor. Tell us your blended labor rate. That's all we need to get started.
AI extracts costs from your invoice, costs every ingredient at actual invoice prices, calculates verified food cost percentages, writes step-by-step build instructions, and flags allergens and margin concerns. A real owner reviews every card before it goes out.
Two PDF sets land in your inbox. Employee cards go in the kitchen. Manager cards go in the office. Send us finished plate photos and we'll add them — along with any chef-specific notes — directly to your cards.
When protein prices spike, resubmit. BuildCard Watch subscribers get automatic cost-change alerts and updated cards on their monthly anniversary whenever any ingredient shifts more than 10%.
Employee cards never show cost data. Manager cards show everything — costed from your actual invoices, not generic estimates.
No platform to log into. The PDFs are yours — print them, laminate them, email them to your manager.
Print. Laminate. Post.
Confidential. Management only.
Every card you order is filed against your kitchen's portfolio. If you come back for a second card, a third, or a full menu later, we already know your vendors, your invoices, and your style. Our $35-per-card pricing isn't a one-shot deal — it's a relationship that gets faster and more accurate every time you use it.
If you don't have a corporate office doing this for you, and you don't want to pay $300/month to learn software — this is for you.
Full-service restaurants that don't have a corporate office doing their costing for them.
Hot food programs in convenience stores and delis with rotating menus and DSD vendor invoices.
High-volume operations where portion control and build consistency directly protect margin.
High-turnover environments where new staff need clear, fast-reference cards from day one.
Multi-concept operations that need costed recipe cards for each program without a shared back office.
Compare to $150–$400/month for software you have to operate yourself. Our cards are yours to keep — forever.
* Additional cards beyond the included 3 are $35 each.
A 5% margin slip on a $10,000/week food program is $500/week walking out the door. Most operators find at least one mistake in the first card set.
Submit Your Menu TodayFill out the form below. We confirm receipt within 2 hours with a secure payment link for your selected service. Once payment clears, your finished cards arrive by email within 24 hours. No accounts, no logins — just email.