Introducing Serving Size-Based Food Costing in Galley
A Smarter Way to Calculate Food Costs
Accurate food costing is critical for any food business, but traditional approaches can be rigid—often forcing operators to input sales prices based on bulk batch sizes rather than individual servings. At Galley, we understand that food businesses sell in various ways, from large-scale batch production to individual portioning. That’s why we’re introducing Serving Size-Based Food Costing, an enhancement designed to make food cost calculations more precise and aligned with real-world sales.
What’s Changing?
Previously, Galley required users to enter a total aggregate sales price for a full recipe batch to determine food cost percentages. This worked well for businesses that structured their recipes for single portions but posed a challenge when building recipes to bulk scales.
With this update, food costing can now be calculated based on serving size. Instead of defining food costs at the batch level, operators can now specify:
Serving Size – The portion they sell to customers (e.g., 1 cup of soup).
Servings Per Container – How many servings are sold together (e.g,. a 2 cup container). .
Sales Price Per Serving – The price assigned to how the customer buys the dish.
By structuring food costing in this way, Galley automatically calculates cost per container, allowing operators to see accurate food cost percentages per serving instead of just per batch.
Why This Matters
This enhancement significantly improves cost accuracy, pricing flexibility, and operational efficiency:
🔹 More Accurate Profit Margins – With serving-size-based costing, users get a true food cost percentage for each item sold, rather than relying on manual calculations.
🔹 Better Pricing Strategy – Businesses can now set sales prices at the portion level without estimating or adjusting for batch-based pricing, making it easier to optimize margins.
🔹 Less Manual Work – No more cumbersome math or adjustments—Galley does the heavy lifting, reducing errors and improving workflow efficiency.
Who Benefits?
This update is especially valuable for food businesses that:
✔️ Sell batch recipes but price them by individual servings (e.g., soup, sauces, prepared meals).
✔️ Want to improve pricing accuracy without relying on spreadsheets or manual workarounds.
✔️ Need a clearer view of food cost percentages at the portion level.
Since this is an opt-in feature, businesses that prefer batch-based pricing can continue using the current system without any disruption.
Next Steps
This feature is available now and can be enabled at the company level. If you’d like to start using Serving Size-Based Food Costing, reach out to your Galley representative or explore the feature in your account settings.
At Galley, we’re always looking for ways to make food costing smarter and more intuitive. This is just one of many enhancements coming your way—stay tuned for more updates!
Reserve a demo below to see the new feature in action or discuss an upgrade to make sure you have access to the new feature.
