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FreedomScale FreedomScale is a recipe costing and menu management app built for chefs, caterers, and food entrepreneurs across Africa.

Stop guessing your food costs — know exactly what every dish costs you, spot your most profitable menu items, and scale your recipes

He Had No Idea What His Food Cost Was.And For Years, That Was Fine.Chef Ben is talented. Really talented.He built his na...
25/05/2026

He Had No Idea What His Food Cost Was.
And For Years, That Was Fine.

Chef Ben is talented. Really talented.

He built his name on high-end private clients — the kind who don't ask the price because asking the price isn't the point. For years, this worked. Clients paid well above what anyone would normally charge, and Chef Ben's business looked — by every surface measure — like a success.

There was only one problem.

Check out The Margin: issue 8 out now.

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So let’s talk honestly 👇🏾If you sell:🍔 Burgers🍗 Kota / wings🍱 Catering plates🥘 Sunday meals☕ Coffee🥩 Braai packsWhat is ...
18/05/2026

So let’s talk honestly 👇🏾

If you sell:
🍔 Burgers
🍗 Kota / wings
🍱 Catering plates
🥘 Sunday meals
☕ Coffee
🥩 Braai packs

What is your CURRENT food cost %?

And don’t guess 😭
Do you actually know it?

👇🏾 Comment yours below:
• Under 30%
• 30–40%
• 40–50%
• Over 50%
• “I honestly don’t know”

I want to see how many foodpreneurs are running the kitchen… without running the numbers. 📉🔥

FreedomScale ChefLife FoodCost HospitalityBusiness SouthAfricaBusiness

11/05/2026

Good food is not enough.

You need the numbers too.

FreedomScale was built for chefs, bakers, caterers and foodpreneurs who are tired of guessing. Guessing recipe costs. Guessing prices.

Guessing whether the business is actually making money.

With tools for recipe costing, shop pricing, expense tracking, quotes, stock and POS, FreedomScale helps you run your food business with more clarity. And now with Ask Freedom, you can start by simply asking the questions you already have.

If you know a food business owner who needs this, share this post with them.

FoodBusiness SmallBusinessSouthAfrica

29/04/2026

FreedomScale has taken her guess work and turned it to reliable and accurate costings so she can defend her margin. Thandi looks forward to going to work because she knows that every product she sells she is making a profit on.

How well do you know your food cost?

You’ve got the fire going, but are you costing everything that keeps your Buy & Braai running? 🔥🥩As the owner, you need ...
28/04/2026

You’ve got the fire going, but are you costing everything that keeps your Buy & Braai running? 🔥🥩

As the owner, you need to look beyond the meat. The price of coal must be built into every portion you sell. Your braai master’s labour must be costed too because someone has to pay for the person working the fire. If you are not including fuel and labour in your pricing, your profits could be burning away without you noticing.

From the fridge to the fire, every cut of meat must make business sense. You need to know your costing, your margins, your portions and what profit is left after all expenses are covered.

FreedomScale helps foodpreneurs record recipes, cost menus and build food businesses with numbers that actually work.

Because numbers don’t lie.

Your braai stand should not just be busy it should be profitable.

Sign up for fee and start costing smarter today.

27/04/2026

🥘 Feed My Tribe: Lemon Cream Rotisserie Chicken
Creamy and Spicy

🌶️ Ingredients (1 portion)
• 15 g butter
• 1 each garlic
• 250 ml cream
• 1 tbsp chicken stock powder
• 1 each lemons
• 1 tsp paprika
• 4 each Woolies Rottiserie
• 30 ml water
• 1 pinch chili
• 10g Parmesan

� Method
1. Mix butter and garlic together.
2. Add 250ml of cream and thicken with chicken stock powder.
3. Squeeze two lemon cheeks into the cream mixture and add paprika.
4. Cut up the chicken thighs and add them into the lemon cream mixture.
5. Add liquid water to loosen the cream consistency if it gets too thick.
6. Finish with chili.

Made with Freedom Scale �

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