Restaurant · The Cost out my menu Dae

How do I work out the food cost of each dish on my menu?

A Dae reads your supplier invoices in Gmail and your recipes sheet, works out what each plate costs and its food cost percentage, and hands you an Excel file with the dishes that earn the least and what a price change would do.

Gmail
Google Sheets
Files

Menu costs

Menu costsWorks out what each dish costs to make from your supplier invoices, and shows which ones earn the least.

Message Menu costs

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What it did

Searched email · Gmail
Read sheet · Google Sheets
Ran Python · computer

What waited for you

Nothing. It only read, worked and reported, so it needed no OK.

Use this DaeA sample chat. Names and numbers are made up.

Set it up in a few minutes.

Use this Dae

1Connect Gmail and Google SheetsSign in to Gmail and Google Sheets once from daework. No API keys, no MCP servers, nothing to install. You choose which Daes may use each App.
2Tell a Dae the jobStart a new Dae and say it in plain words: “Cost out the menu from this month's Sysco and Depot invoices. Which dishes earn the least?”
3Read the resultIt only reads, works and reports, so it needs no OK. The result stays in the chat and in your Files.

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Sysco3

PPork shoulderAl pastor sold out at 8 pm last game day140 lb

CChicken thighsWalk-in has 30 lb90 lb

TCorn tortillasSame as last weekend40 packs

Depot2

AAvocadosSysco up 30%; $11 a case less at Depot6 cases

LLimesWalk-in has 1 case3 cases

Skip1

OOnionsWalk-in has enough0

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Schedule, week of Oct 26

11 people · forecast from 4 weeks of Square sales

Covered3

FFriday2 cooks 6–9 pm: Carmen and Luis38 h

SSaturdayGame day: one more server, 4–10 pm42 h

TTuesdayTaco night: 4 people24 h

Swapped1

SSundayDiego asked off; Ana covers30 h

Lean1

MMondaySlowest day: 3 people18 h

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Questions

Does it send or change anything without me?

No. This job only reads, researches and reports. If it ever needs to send an email, pay or post, that waits for your OK.

Do I need an API key or MCP server for Gmail and Google Sheets?

No. You sign in to Gmail and Google Sheets once from daework and the Dae uses it. There is no API, MCP or Zapier setup.

What does it cost?

Every plan includes every App and every Dae. Plus is $30 a month and covers a full week of everyday jobs like this one. There is no free plan.

Are these numbers real?

No. This is a sample run at a made-up business, played in a copy of the app. Every step is something a Dae does with the Apps shown.