Free worksheets

Tools your kitchen can use this week.

Practical worksheets and checklists from the Metafoodx team for planning production, measuring waste, knowing your food cost, and evaluating kitchen technology. Fill them in digitally or print them.

Plan

Cook closer to what guests eat

PDF · 2 pages

Commercial kitchen production sheet

Plan one item, station, and service: expected covers, selection rate, first batch, reserve capacity, and the refill trigger.

PDF · checklist

Production planning checklist

Practical steps for campus, corporate, hotel, and cruise kitchens, starting with the three numbers to record for every menu item.

Measure

See where food goes after it's made

Excel template

Kitchen production & leftovers log

Log prepared, unserved, reused, donated, and discarded food by item. Unserved % and served quantities calculate for you.

PDF · 2 pages

Seven-day food waste review

Run a one-week checkpoint that keeps prep waste, unserved food, and plate waste separate, then work out waste per cover.

Cost

Know your numbers before you change them

PDF · 2 pages

Food cost & overproduction baseline

Work out food cost, food cost %, and cost per meal for one period, then connect it to overproduction. Pairs with our food cost calculator.

Evaluate vendors

Compare kitchen technology on evidence

PDF · 2 pages

Kitchen technology pilot scorecard

Score every vendor against the same requirements: capture workflow, measurement coverage, planning usefulness, and integration.

PDF · checklist

Buyer's checklist: 12 questions for any food waste vendor

Bring it to every demo, including your current provider at renewal. Ask each vendor to show, not tell.

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