Cost price & selling price

The true price of every item.

What does a tartlet, a baguette or an entremets really cost you? Quantara works it out for every recipe, always up to date, and shows you the margin left over. You set your prices knowing the facts.

Lemon meringue tartletPer item
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Cost price1.12 €
Selling price3.90 €
Margin71 %
Ingredients
Labour
Overheads
Margin
IngredientsLabourOverheadsMargin
Count everything, forget nothing

What a recipe really costs

Ingredients are only part of the price. Quantara adds the time spent and the business overheads, to reach the real cost price — the one that should guide your selling price.

Ingredientsat the price you pay Labourthe time spent making it Overheadsrent, energy, general costs Cost pricewhat an itemreally costs you + Marginwhat is left Sellingpricein the shop
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★ Keep an eye on
Recipe by recipe

Your margins, visible at last

All your recipes, ranked by margin. The ones that no longer earn enough stand out straight away, and you see what a price rise on an ingredient changes for each one.

Your margins · pâtisserieIllustrative preview
RecipeCostPriceMargin
Hazelnut financier0.38 €1.90 €80 %
Lemon tartlet1.12 €3.90 €71 %
Chocolate éclair0.96 €3.20 €70 %
Paris-brest1.85 €4.50 €59 %
Fraisier (portion)2.90 €4.80 €40 %

What if an ingredient goes up?

You see straight away which recipes are affected, and by how much.

+12 %on PDO butter
since your last purchase
Hazelnut financier−2 margin pts
All-butter croissant−4 margin pts
Paris-brest−3 margin pts
+ 18 other recipessee the list

Always up to date

The cost follows the prices you actually pay.

Margin alert

Recipes that drop below your threshold stand out.

Impact of a rise

An ingredient goes up: you know what it changes.

Simulation

Test a new price before you put it on display.

New

Your whole range in one table

In one click, all your recipes go to Excel: cost, working time and suggested price, family by family.

NewYour range, ready to review

Cost price, time spent, suggested price: enough to review your prices in an afternoon, with your accountant or your team.

FamilyCostSuggested priceEntremets2.84 €9.90 €Viennoiserie0.41 €1.40 €Macarons0.52 €1.90 €
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Also new
The detailed costSee where every cent of your cost comes from, sub-recipe by sub-recipe.
The margin simulatorChange a price, see your margin straight away, labour included.
Your prices, before or after taxEnter the price the way you think of it, before or after tax: the other is worked out.
From invoice to shop window

A price rise, step by step

Butter goes up. Here’s how Quantara helps you react, from the invoice to the new price in the shop.

Monday7:00
Butter goes up
The invoice is read, and the new price is recorded automatically.PDO butter€9.60 / kgbefore8.57 €rise+12 %
Invoice
Monday7:01
All your recipes follow
Recipes containing butter are recalculated immediately : cost, margin, suggested price.
21 recipes
Monday9:00
Three margins go into the red
Recipes that fall below your threshold stand out, without searching.Fraisier40 %Croissant54 %Paris-brest56 %
Alert
Monday9:10
You try a new price
You simulate without touching the recipe sheet: the margin recalculates before your eyes.Paris-brest4.50 € → 4.90 €margin56 % → 62 %
Simulation
Monday9:20
Or another supplier
The same butter is cheaper elsewhere : you see it in the price comparison.
Purchasing
Tuesday8:00
The new price is on display
You confirm, and the price label in the shop reprints with the right price.
Shop
End of themonth
You see the result
The month’s margin, from turnover to what is really left.
Done ✓

Illustrative example

And also
Decide with confidence

Setting the right selling price

Quantara suggests a price based on your cost price. You compare several prices, see the margin on each, and choose.

  • A suggested price for every recipe
  • Several prices compared, with their margin
  • Your overheads taken into account if you wish
Paris-brest · what price?Illustrative preview
Current4.50 €margin 59%
Suggested4.90 €margin 62%
Premium5.40 €margin 66%

Cost price: €1.85 per item

Overview

The health of your business

From turnover to what’s really left: a single page to see where your money goes, month after month.

September 2026 · from turnover to marginIllustrative preview
48 200 € −19 300 € −11 100 € −7 200 € 10 600 € TurnoverIngredientsLabourOverheadsWhat’s left
Who is it for?

What it changes for your trade

Our advice · in French

Going further

Try it on your recipes

Book a demo

Bring three of your recipes: we’ll work out their true cost and margin together. Surprises are common.

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