Plates per day to break even
Calculate exactly how many plates and how much revenue you need every day to cover all fixed costs and start making profit.
Most restaurant owners have a vague idea that they need "good footfall" to be profitable. Almost none can answer: "How many plates do I need to sell today before I start making money?" Without that number, you cannot tell at 9 PM whether the day was a win or a loss. You cannot set realistic shift targets. You cannot make decisions about staffing, marketing, or hours of operation based on a defensible threshold.
Break-even thinking is what separates owners who scale from owners who survive. A restaurant doing 80 plates a day at ₹400 average might be losing money. The same restaurant doing 65 plates at ₹500 might be hugely profitable. The number on its own is meaningless — you need to know your daily break-even to interpret it. Once you have that number, every operational decision (hours, promotions, staffing) has a clear yardstick.
Fixed cost calculator (rent, salary, utilities, EMI)
Variable cost % (food cost, packaging, commission)
Average cover value entry (or auto-calc from menu)
Break-even plates per day
Break-even revenue per day
Daily profit projection at different volumes
Adjust for 6-day vs 7-day operation
Compare your actual vs target — daily, weekly, monthly
List your monthly fixed costs (rent, salary, utilities)
Add variable cost % (food cost, packaging, commission)
Enter your average bill per cover or per order
FixMenu calculates break-even plates and revenue per day
Compare against your actual daily numbers
Adjust pricing, costs, or volume to hit profit targets
Break-even is the number where you cover all costs and make zero profit. Profit target is break-even plus your desired profit. If break-even is 50 plates/day and you want ₹1L profit/month, your real target might be 65 plates/day. FixMenu calculates both.
Before signing a new restaurant lease — is the rent break-even achievable?
Setting monthly targets for your manager and team
Deciding whether to extend hours or add a daypart
Investigating a loss month — were we below break-even?
Pitching the business to a partner or investor
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