Bar Cost
Costing, inventory and ordering for bars

Know what every drink costs, what's going missing, and what to order.

Drink costs, menu prices, missing stock, staff counts and distributor orders, all in one place.

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Bar Cost · Menu
The Bar Cost Menu tab: each drink's cost, margin goal, suggested and menu price, profit per drink, how many sold, profit made, and labels like Star and Popular, low profit
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Features

Everything behind the numbers of a bar.

From the cost of a dash of bitters to the bottle that's quietly going missing, and the order you send on Monday.

Cost and price every drink

  • Exact costs down to a dash of bitters, including your own syrups, juices and batches.
  • A suggested menu price that hits your margin goal, rounded up so it never falls short.
  • Cocktails, wine by the glass, beer and neat pours, with "what if prices change?" before you reprice.
  • Printable spec sheets for training and a clean guest menu.
Building a Paper Plane in Bar Cost: each pour's cost, the drink cost, a suggested menu price and the profit per drink

Find what's going missing

  • Compare two counts with your sales: what left the shelf against what was actually poured.
  • See the dollars unaccounted for, worst bottles first, each with a next step to check.
  • Count in stock-take mode: one bottle at a time, in the order you walk the bar.
  • Pars suggested from your Toast sales and counts, so you order what you actually use.
Top losses in Bar Cost: about $37 unaccounted for this week, with Campari and Old Forester flagged as problems and the next step for each
New

Run it with your team

  • Owner, Manager and Staff sign-ins. Staff see bottles and counts, never your costs.
  • Staff count on their phone and send it; a manager reviews and applies it with one tap.
  • Bartenders submit cocktail ideas for R&D, and you see the cost before it goes on the menu.
  • Every bar stays private to its own team.
A staff member counting on a phone in Bar Cost: bottles with an On hand box and a Send count button

Order from every distributor

  • Each bottle, case and keg goes to the distributor that sells it cheapest.
  • Minimums, cutoffs, split-case fees and keg deposits accounted for, with a heads-up when a small switch completes a minimum.
  • A ready-to-send order for each rep, then mark it received to update your stock.
The number that matters

Margin percentage doesn't pay the rent. Profit does.

A pricier cocktail can miss its margin goal and still earn more per glass than a cheap drink that hits it. Bar Cost shows both, and with your sales it labels each drink: Star, Popular but low profit, Profitable but a slow seller, or one to consider removing.

Last Word Below goal
$16 menu price · 77.6% margin
$12.41
Daiquiri Meets goal
$12 menu price · 82.6% margin
$9.92

Profit per drink, from the example bar in the app.

Smart bottle search

Type "vod" and see every vodka you stock. Every bottle choice works this way, or browse by category.

Import your bottle list

Bring in a spreadsheet or an inventory or POS export instead of typing it all in.

Price lists and price history

Paste a distributor's price list to update every bottle, and see which have crept up and by how much.

On your phone, like an app

Works on any phone and installs to the home screen, so counting in the walk-in is easy.

Saved online, safely

Sign in with Google or email to open your bar on any device, with earlier versions to go back to.

Invoice scanning Coming soon

Snap a distributor's invoice to receive a delivery and update your costs.

How it works

From bottle to menu price to order.

Everything saves automatically as you go.

Add your bottles

Import your spreadsheet or inventory export, or type them in with help from the catalog.

Build your drinks

Add each spec's pours, juices, syrups and garnishes. Cost, suggested price and profit update as you type.

Count and order

Count the shelf, see what's missing, and send each distributor its order.

Bring your team

Add managers and staff with their own sign-in. Counts and cocktail ideas come to you.

See your bar's real numbers.

Start free with Google or your email, or explore the example bar first. No card needed.

Paid plans and multiple locations are coming. Join the waitlist for news.