Built for Malaysian restaurant owners

Know your margins before they eat your profits.

MarginIQ tracks ingredient costs, calculates food cost percentages in real time, and alerts you the moment a supplier price change impacts your menu.

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Recipes
Nasi Lemak
Sells RM 12.00   Cost RM 3.20
26.7%
food cost
Rendang Ayam
Sells RM 18.00   Cost RM 5.80
32.2%
food cost
Butter Prawns
Sells RM 28.00   Cost RM 11.50
41.1%
food cost
Roti Canai
Sells RM 3.00   Cost RM 0.65
21.7%
food cost
Ingredients
Recipes
Impact

How it works

Three steps to total clarity

No training required. No spreadsheets. Just clarity.

1

Add ingredients

Enter your ingredients, suppliers, and pack prices. We calculate cost per unit automatically.

2

Build recipes

Add ingredients to recipes. We calculate food cost percentage instantly with traffic light status.

3

Track impact

When prices change, see exactly which dishes are affected and how their margins shift.

Recipe costing

See your food cost at a glance

Build recipes by adding ingredients and quantities. MarginIQ calculates your food cost percentage in real time and shows a traffic light indicator so you know exactly where each dish stands.

Set your own target food cost %. Default is 30%.

Nasi Lemak Special

Sells RM 12.00   Cost RM 3.20
26.7%
food cost

Rendang Ayam

Sells RM 18.00   Cost RM 5.80
32.2%
food cost

Butter Prawns

Sells RM 28.00   Cost RM 11.50
41.1%
food cost

Ingredient tracking

Track every ingredient, every supplier

Add your ingredients with pack sizes, suppliers, and prices. MarginIQ automatically calculates cost-per-unit so you always know exactly what you're paying, down to the gram.

One-tap "Update Price" when a supplier raises costs.

Tiger Prawns

from Ocean Fresh Supplier

Cost per kg
RM 38.00
1kg @ RM 38.00

Best value ranking

Always buy from the cheapest supplier

MarginIQ ranks every supplier pack by cost per 100g so you can see at a glance which option gives you the most for your money. Prices can vary a lot between pack sizes and suppliers. Now you always know.

Price history graph shows how each supplier's price has moved over time.
Chicken Breast Cost per 100g
1
Ayamas Frozen 2kg Ayamas
RM 1.90 Best value
2
Fresh Wholesale 5kg KL Fresh Mart
RM 2.10
3
Local Pack 1kg Kedai Runcit Ali
RM 2.45
Price history
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Ayamas KL Fresh Mart

Price impact

See which dishes are hit when a price goes up

When an ingredient price changes, MarginIQ shows you a summary right away. You see how many ingredients changed, how many dishes are affected, and exactly how much each dish's margin has shifted.

Results grouped by ingredient, with exact margin shift per dish.
4 ingredients changed recently 9 dishes affected
Tiger Prawns RM 38.00 to RM 45.00/kg
Butter Prawns -13.0pp
Prawn Mee -8.2pp
Tom Yam Seafood -5.1pp
Jasmine Rice RM 3.20 to RM 2.80/kg
Nasi Lemak +2.1pp
Nasi Goreng +1.8pp

Traffic light system

Instant visual clarity on every dish

Every recipe gets a color-coded status based on your target food cost percentage. At a glance, you know what's working and what needs attention.

On target

You're making money on this dish

Slightly over

Keep an eye on this one

Over target

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Built on real conversations

Built from 350+ conversations with
Malaysian restaurant owners

We didn't guess what restaurant owners need. We sat down, listened, and built exactly what they asked for.

50+

restaurant owners interviewed in depth

9 in 10

tracking costs manually on Excel

Zero

existing tools built for the Malaysian market

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