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Did Your Cafe Make Money Last Week?
Enter your weekly revenue, wage spend, and supplier invoices. See your food cost %, wage cost %, and whether you covered your fixed costs — in under 60 seconds.
Enter last week's numbers
From your POS export — just the weekly total.
Floor staff and kitchen combined, including flat-rate staff.
All invoices from all suppliers. A rough estimate is fine to start.
Rent (monthly ÷ 4.33), utilities, subscriptions. Unlocks net position.
Enter your revenue and at least one cost to see your results.
How it works
Enter your total revenue for the week
From your POS export — just the weekly total. TapTouch, Square, Lightspeed: look for "Transaction Export" or "Sales Summary". You want the revenue number, nothing else.
Enter your total wage spend
Floor staff and kitchen combined, including any flat-rate staff. If you use a payroll tool, look for the total wages paid in the week. A rough number is fine — this is a health check, not an audit.
Enter your supplier invoices
Total spend across all suppliers for the week — every invoice, every supplier. If you have 14 suppliers like many Melbourne cafes, add them up. A rough estimate is enough to start.
Add fixed costs to see your net position (optional)
If you enter your weekly rent (monthly rent ÷ 4.33), utilities, and subscriptions, the tool shows your estimated net position — what's left after everything.
Why it matters
“Felt busy” and “made money” are different things.
Most Australian cafe owners have a rough sense of whether a week was good or bad. Revenue felt high. The weekend was busy. But a week with $22,000 in revenue can be profitable at 29% food cost and 30% wage cost — or marginal at 34% food cost and 35% wage cost. The revenue is identical. The outcome is not.
This tool makes the calculation instant. You don't need a spreadsheet, a finance background, or a quarterly P&L. You need three numbers from last week — revenue, wages, invoices — and you'll have your answer in under a minute.
Australian cafes face specific structural cost pressures: Fair Work penalty rates on weekends and public holidays, domestic produce and dairy costs that have risen sharply since 2022, and rent in inner-city Melbourne and Sydney that is among the highest in the developed world. The benchmarks in this tool are calibrated for Australian independent cafe operations.
Start today
Get these numbers automatically every Monday — without the manual assembly.
Facit connects your POS export, supplier invoices, and staff roster so your profitability snapshot is waiting for you before the week begins.
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