For food trucks · KamraiDee
See the true cost of one lunch box.
You buy chicken by the kilo and oil by the tin. Every order needs a box and a bag. KamraiDee shows what one lunch box really costs. Then you can set the price on your window.
Joining costs nothing. There is no waitlist.
What a box really earns
You think you make ฿25 a box. Do you?
Your time counts.
The market run, the cooking, the driving and the selling. Seven hours at ฿100 an hour, over 50 boxes, is ฿14 a box.
Running costs count.
Gas, fuel and the spot cost ฿50 every hour you're open. Here that's ฿7 a box.
The box and bag count.
The box, the bag and the spoon go into the cost of every box you sell.
Food left at the end of the night is money lost. Log it in baht and see what it cost you.
These costs were always there. Add your hours and running costs once, and KamraiDee counts them in every box.
Categories
What do you sell?
Street food
Drinks- Market days
What you track
Four things in every box you hand out
What you buy
Chicken, rice, oil and sauce, at what you paid, shipping included.
Recipes
What goes into a batch, and how many boxes it fills.
Boxes and bags
The box, the bag and the spoon, in the cost of every order.
Waste
Food left at closing, in baht.
Free tools
Free food truck calculators, no signup
Free food cost calculator for one boxPack price plus shipping, how much you use, your time and how many it makes. The same maths as a KamraiDee recipe.
Plan a market day: what to make, what you expect to sell, the stall fee and your break-evenHow much to make, the stall fee, and how much you expect to sell.
Price a box from marginChoose the margin you want and see the price to charge. Margin goes up to 90%.
Check a box's margin and profitEnter your cost and your price. See your profit and margin.
Pizza dough for your ovenDough balls, ball weight, water and starter. Flour percentages. Nothing is saved.
What to charge for deliveryDistance, fuel, your time and a little wear on the bike or car.
They need no sign-up and save nothing.
Adding 50% to the cost does not mean you keep 50%
How to price a box: margin, not markup
On a busy day it's easy to just add 50% to the cost. With made-up numbers, a ฿35 box plus 50% sells at about ฿53 and leaves about ฿18. That is a third of the price, not half.
Real cost of pad krapow with fried egg
Is your busy shop truly profitable?
Why 50% markup is not 50% profitFAQ
Food truck costing questions, from batch to box
How do I calculate the food cost of one box?
Enter each ingredient at the pack price you paid, shipping included, and say how many boxes the batch fills. KamraiDee divides the cost and adds the box and bag, so you see the true cost of one order.
What happens to food left over at closing?
You log it as waste, in baht, and it comes off your profit. So a busy day with lots of food left over shows its real profit.
Is a big sales day the same as a good profit day?
No. Sales is the money customers pay you. Profit is what's left after the true cost of what you sold: food, boxes, bags and, if you count it, your time. KamraiDee lists each product with how many sold and its profit, from your completed orders.
Is KamraiDee free for food trucks?
Yes. KamraiDee is free to join. Every shop type gets the same app. Your chicken and oil go in as stock with shipping in the cost, and each batch as a recipe with how many boxes it fills. You also get products with their profit, packaging included, a waste log in baht, orders and a calendar, and your shop page with your PromptPay QR. See the pricing page at /pricing.
Other shops that cook and sell use the same app.
You think you're making money. Are you?
Free to join. Same price for every shop type. See pricing
Joining costs nothing. There is no waitlist.