— Costing calculator 🧮
Know what every meal
really costs you.
Arnoks Essentials prices are filled in. Type what you pay for chicken, flour, rice and packaging in your town, and see the cost of every piece and meal, your markup, what's left after LPG, labor and the 3.5% royalty, and how many meals a day cover your rent and bring the profit you want.
1. What one fried piece costs you (original)
Arnoks Essentials prices are filled in (price list as of October 22, 2026) and change when Arnoks changes them. You type what you pay in your own town.
Chicken
| Price per kilo | — |
| Average weight per piece | 125 g (1,000 g ÷ 8) |
| Cost per piece | — |
Breading mixture (original)
For Original and Spicy alike: 1 pouch of Arnoks premix + 5 kg first-class flour + 2 kg cornstarch coats 300 pieces. Type the flour and cornstarch prices in your area.
| Ingredient | Uses | Your price | Per g / ml | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnoks Original Premix (Arnoks Essentials) | 1 pouch | ₱878.00 / pouch | — | ₱878.00 |
| First-class flour | 5 kg | — | — | — |
| Cornstarch | 2 kg | — | — | — |
| Total | — | |||
| ÷ 300 pieces = per piece | — | |||
Original: — per piece · Spicy: — per piece.
Cooking oil
Type the price per liter to see the cost per piece.
One piece of Arnoks cooks with about 15 ml of oil. This costing assumption is based on the actual operation of Arnoks stores in Tarlac City from 2019 to 2024.
LPG or electricity
Based on the Arnoks Sta. Cruz branch: about 180 pieces a day, and one tank lasts 4 days. Change them to your own numbers.
Labor
Labor per piece = the day's wages ÷ the pieces sold that day. An average store sells about 150 pieces a day; the more you sell, the lower the labor in every piece.
2. Gravy, rice and drinks
Arnoks Gravy
One 500 g pack of Arnoks Gravy + 100 ml butter + 2 Knorr chicken cubes makes 5 liters. A serving is 20 ml, so one batch gives 250 servings.
| Ingredient | Uses | Your price | Per g / ml | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnoks Gravy, 500 g (Arnoks Essentials) | 1 pack | ₱289.00 / pack | — | ₱289.00 |
| Butter | 100 ml | — | — | — |
| Knorr chicken cube | 2 pc | — | — | — |
| Total | — | |||
| ÷ 250 servings = per serving | — | |||
Rice
About 5 cups of uncooked rice in a kilo, and each cooks to 2.5 to 3 cups: about 12 to 15 cups of cooked rice per kilo. Count your own rice cooker once and type the real number.
Drinks for bundles
For meals bundled with a drink. Type what a bottle or a batch costs you and how many ml it holds; each meal then says how many ml it serves.
3. Packaging and utensils
The price you pay for a pack, and how many pieces are in it. Every meal shows each item's cost and its share of the price.
Type the price and how many it makes
Type the price and how many it makes
Type the price and how many it makes
Type the price and how many it makes
Type the price and how many it makes
Type the price and how many it makes
4. Ingredients for your own products (optional)
Selling spaghetti, fries or dessert too? List their ingredients here (price and how many servings each makes), then add the product in step 5 and type how much of each goes in.
5. Your meals and menu
Type your selling price. Tap a meal to change its flavor, pieces, sides, packaging and drink bundle.
1 pc · original
Costs typed so far: ₱1.93. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Rice, Arnoks Gravy, Meal box or plate liner, Sauce cup with lid, Spoon, fork and tissue, LPG tank price, daily wage.
2 pc · original
Costs typed so far: ₱3.33. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Rice, Arnoks Gravy, Meal box or plate liner, Sauce cup with lid, Spoon, fork and tissue, LPG tank price, daily wage.
1 pc · spicy
Costs typed so far: ₱2.00. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Rice, Arnoks Gravy, Meal box or plate liner, Sauce cup with lid, Spoon, fork and tissue, LPG tank price, daily wage.
2 pc · spicy
Costs typed so far: ₱3.47. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Rice, Arnoks Gravy, Meal box or plate liner, Sauce cup with lid, Spoon, fork and tissue, LPG tank price, daily wage.
2 pc · half original, half spicy
Costs typed so far: ₱3.40. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Rice, Arnoks Gravy, Meal box or plate liner, Sauce cup with lid, Spoon, fork and tissue, LPG tank price, daily wage.
1 pc · original
Costs typed so far: ₱1.58. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Meal box or plate liner, LPG tank price, daily wage.
1 pc · spicy
Costs typed so far: ₱1.65. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Meal box or plate liner, LPG tank price, daily wage.
6 pc · follows the tab (original)
Costs typed so far: ₱9.10. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Bucket or take-away box, Bag, LPG tank price, daily wage.
8 pc · follows the tab (original)
Costs typed so far: ₱11.90. The markup and what is left show once every part has a price.
Still needs: chicken price, breading, cooking oil, Bucket or take-away box, Bag, LPG tank price, daily wage.
Your menu at a glance
| Meal | Price | Cost | Markup | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | ₱55.00 | — | — | — |
| A2 | ₱95.00 | — | — | — |
| A3 | ₱57.00 | — | — | — |
| A4 | ₱99.00 | — | — | — |
| A5 | ₱97.00 | — | — | — |
| S1 | ₱45.00 | — | — | — |
| S2 | ₱47.00 | — | — | — |
| T1 | ₱260.00 | — | — | — |
| T2 | ₱340.00 | — | — | — |
Cost = food and packaging. Left = what remains after food, packaging, fuel, labor and the 3.5% royalty, before rent and the other monthly costs.
6. Your store: what you must sell a day
Your monthly costs that do not change with sales. Labor and fuel are already inside each meal above, so do not type salaries here.
The picture of your store
Price your meals and fill in their costs first.
Markup vs margin, simply: a meal that costs you ₱50 and sells for ₱100 has a 100% markup but a 50% margin. Same meal, two ways of saying it.
Food cost % is food and packaging as a share of the price. Watch it every month; if it climbs, check portions, wastage and supplier prices.
These are your own numbers: Arnoks fills in only its Essentials prices and the recipe yields. This is a costing tool, not a forecast of your sales, income or profit, and Arnoks does not promise any. Sample selling prices come from Arnoks store menus; you set your own. If your business is VAT-registered, part of each selling price is VAT for the BIR; ask your accountant how to count it. Your numbers are saved only on this device. The Arnoks marinade and special vinegar costing are in the franchisee portal.
Franchisees: the same calculator with the Arnoks recipe filled in is in your portal → All my tools.
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