What do invoices, price creep and waste actually cost your hotels?
Five questions about your properties, and the maths happens in front of you: invoice handling, price creep, menu drift, short deliveries and food waste, against public 2026 benchmarks. Two minutes, and a PDF of your own numbers at the end.
Every number, and where it comes from
Nothing here is a vendor claim. Each figure is calculated from your answers and a public benchmark, and the working appears on screen as it runs.
| What it works out | How | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice handling | Your invoice volume × the gap between your cost per invoice and best in class | Ardent Partners 2025 |
| Price creep | Your purchasing × a drift rate from how often you compare prices | Report Chapter 3 |
| Menu drift | Your F&B revenue × the margin points lost to stale recipe costs | USDA ERS, Aug 2026 |
| Short deliveries | Your purchasing × the share never credited, from your receiving answer | Report Chapter 5 |
| Food waste | Outlets × the WRAP benchmark per outlet × how you count stock | WRAP |
Your figures, worked out in front of you
- Answer five questions. Everything else is estimated from them, and every estimate is editable.
- Watch the maths. The formula for each step appears on screen with its source and date.
- Score your controls. Then move the recovery slider to see what closing part of the gap is worth.
- Take the PDF. Your number, the working, your answers and a 90-day plan.
Fair questions about the calculator
Is the hotel cost calculator free?
Yes. No payment, no trial and no sales call. You give a name and work email so the PDF can be sent.
What does it calculate?
Five costs: invoice handling, price creep, menu drift, short deliveries and food waste, plus the total per property, per room and per day.
Where do the benchmarks come from?
Public sources only: Ardent Partners 2025 for invoice cost, USDA ERS for food prices, WRAP for waste, and your own country's statistics office for inflation and tax.
How accurate is it?
It is an estimate for planning rather than accounting. Every formula and constant is published, so you can challenge any of them.
Do you see our numbers?
The figures are worked out in your browser. We ask for an email only so the PDF can be sent.
What do I get at the end?
A five-page PDF: your number, the five leaks with their working, your answers, your control score and a 90-day plan.
Two minutes to your own number
No spreadsheet, no sales call, no pricing. Just what it costs you today, from public benchmarks.