Track real daily profit, food cost, and cash position
Calculate true daily profit or loss across sales, operational costs, monthly overheads, and pending payments. Smart cash-flow analysis, food cost benchmarks, and AI-style insights — all free to try.
Most restaurant owners cannot answer a basic question at the end of the day: "Did we actually make money today?" Sales numbers are visible. Expenses are scattered. Monthly rent and salaries hide in a separate mental bucket. Supplier dues sit on WhatsApp. Cash in the drawer feels like profit. By the time the month closes and the accountant tallies everything, you find out the busy week was actually a loss week — and it is already too late to do anything about it.
A daily P&L is the single most underused control system in independent restaurants. Chain operators run one every single day — it is how they catch a food cost spike on Tuesday instead of finding out at month-end. It forces you to count overheads as real costs (not "fixed and unchangeable") and to separate paper profit from actual cash position. Owners who run a daily P&L for 30 days straight typically find at least one category — wastage, delivery commission, miscellaneous — that is leaking 2-5% of revenue without anyone noticing.
Four input sections: Sales, Operational Costs, Daily Overheads, Outstanding Payments
Monthly overheads (rent, salaries, EMI) auto-converted to daily share by ÷30
Smart cash-flow toggle — see profit on paper vs cash in hand
Live food cost % with Good / Warning / Dangerous benchmarks
Profit margin % with Excellent / Healthy / Low / Loss classification
Break-even sales target — the number you need to hit to cover costs
Cash position calculation including incoming and outgoing dues
Smart insights flagging high commission, wastage, supplier dues, aggregator dependency
Expense breakdown pie chart and Sales vs Expense bar chart
Add unlimited custom rows in every section — every restaurant has different expenses
PDF and image export of your daily snapshot
Enter today’s sales by channel — dine-in, Swiggy, Zomato, others
Add direct expenses — raw material, packaging, staff wages, gas, commissions
Add monthly overheads — rent, salaries, EMI — auto-divided by 30 for daily share
Add outstanding payments — supplier dues, staff pending, customer credits
Toggle "include outstanding in cash calculation" to see real cash position
Read your net profit, food cost %, margin, and smart insights instantly
For a daily P&L, ÷30 is the industry-standard approximation — simple, consistent, and matches how most operators think. The 1-day variance vs actual month length is negligible against the volatility of daily sales.
Daily end-of-day review by the owner or manager
Catching food cost spikes within 24 hours instead of at month-end
Pre-festival planning — modeling expected sales vs cost ramp
Comparing weekday vs weekend profitability
Building a daily review habit with a new partner or manager
Pitching better terms to suppliers based on actual cost data
Run Daily P&L Calculator on your real menu data. Upgrade to Pro for advanced features.