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Third-Party Delivery Profitability Calculator
See what remains from an order after food, platform fees, packaging and other variable costs, then find a delivery price that matches your in-house contribution.
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Enter a percentage of delivery menu price. Avoid counting a fee already included in another field.
Enter a percentage of delivery menu price. Avoid counting a fee already included in another field.
Enter a percentage of delivery menu price. Avoid counting a fee already included in another field.
Other per-order variable costs, including any direct labor you choose to include; do not duplicate costs above.
Optional. Use your typical in-house card fee for a fair comparison.
Optional. Assumes these orders resemble the representative order.
Your information is not saved or sent to TrueCount Services.
How do third-party delivery fees affect restaurant profitability?
Delivery fees reduce the dollars remaining from each order to cover labor, occupancy and other operating costs. Delivery contribution is delivery menu price minus food cost, commission, processing fees, promotions, packaging, flat platform fees and other variable costs entered. In-house contribution here deducts food and the optional in-house processing fee. Compare these dollar amounts before deciding whether a higher delivery price offsets the added costs.
In-house order vs. delivery order
| Per order | In-house | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Selling price | — | — |
| Food cost | — | — |
| Platform / transaction costs | — | — |
| Packaging | — | — |
| Other variable costs | — | — |
| Contribution dollars (after entered costs) | — | — |
| Contribution margin % (after variable costs) | — | — |
Estimated monthly contribution multiplies the representative order by the monthly order count. It is an estimate, not a channel-wide result when order sizes or product mix vary. Labor, occupancy, taxes and fixed overhead are excluded. The price increase uses the in-house menu price as its base. A negative value means the matching delivery price is below the in-house price. Markup compares a price increase with the base price; contribution margin compares dollars left with the selling price.
Need to cost the food in an order first? Use the Restaurant Menu Pricing Calculator. To review the sales needed to cover operating costs, use the Restaurant Break-Even Sales Calculator.
Results are estimates based on the figures entered and are for restaurant management and planning.