Free tool / food truck service

How many meals must this service sell?

Enter the price and costs for one service. See the number of meals needed to cover its fixed costs.

01 / Service inputs

Enter the service numbers

Menu price per mealbefore sales tax / $

Variable cost per meal$ / meal

Include ingredients, packaging, and any spoilage reserve.

Fixed costs for this service$ / service

Include labor, event fees, and allocated operating costs.

Processing fees

User-adjustable estimates: 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. Replace either amount with your processor's rate.

Percentage fee%

Applied to the menu price per meal.

Fixed fee per transaction$ / transaction

Divided across average meals in each transaction.

Average meals per transactionmeals / transaction

Use an average greater than zero to allocate the fixed fee.

02 / Break-even

BREAK-EVEN MEALS

Meal count unavailable

Enter all six values. Use 0 for a cost that does not apply; average meals per transaction must be greater than zero.

Scope of this free estimate

A narrow service break-even estimate

Enter menu price before sales tax. This estimate does not model sales tax or verify that your costs are complete or accurate. The result depends on the assumptions you enter. It does not provide accounting, tax, or legal advice.

The formula

BREAK-EVEN MEALS

Contribution per meal = menu price − variable cost − (menu price × (processing fee % ÷ 100)) − (fixed processing fee ÷ average meals per transaction)

Break-even meals = ceiling(fixed service costs ÷ contribution per meal)

If contribution per meal is zero or less, more meals cannot cover the fixed service costs under these assumptions.