Delivery Profit Calculator

Start with net menu revenue (subtotal minus restaurant-funded discount), then subtract food, packaging, commission, processing, packing labour, delivery costs, and refund reserves. What remains is delivery contribution before fixed costs like rent.

Contribution is net revenue minus variable order costs—what the order adds before rent, salaries, and insurance. Full profit subtracts an allocated share of those fixed costs. Use contribution for channel decisions and full profit to judge the whole operation.

Follow your merchant agreement. This calculator applies commission and processing to net revenue after restaurant-funded discounts, which matches most marketplace fee bases. If your agreement charges on gross subtotal, check the settlement statement and adjust.

There is no universal markup. Use: (food + packaging + labour + other delivery costs + target contribution) ÷ (1 − fee rate), then add your planned discount. A dish needing $6 contribution at 28% fees prices very differently from a low-food-cost side.

The dish is the same but the sale costs more: commission, processing, packaging, packing time, and refunds only exist when the order travels. Copying in-store prices into the app leaves those costs uncovered.

Restaurant-funded promos shrink the revenue base before any cost is paid. An item that clears your floor at full price can miss it during a campaign. Always re-run the math on the discounted proceeds.

There is no single good margin. Build your own floor: allocated fixed cost per order plus the retained amount you need for profit or reinvestment. Then compare channels on dollars first and margin percentage second.

No. Rent, salaried management, insurance, and software are fixed overhead. They stay out of contribution and are allocated separately when you estimate full delivery-order profit.

Yes. Enter your actual commission, processing, and promo funding from your agreement and settlement statements. Platform names, tiers, and fee bases differ by market, so replace the teaching defaults with your numbers.

No. Everything runs locally in your browser. Your numbers are not stored, uploaded, or shared, and closing the page clears them.