# FrillPick

## Summary
FrillPick is web-based restaurant cost management for independent operators and food service managers. It starts where cost control starts — upload CSV or Excel price sheets from Sysco, US Foods, and local distributors, and FrillPick automatically matches the same products across vendors and shows side-by-side pricing so you can pick the best deal on every line item. Those same live vendor prices then flow into recipe costing, menu analysis, and a printable recipe book, so the number on your plate cost is the number you are actually paying this week.

## Key Facts
- Price: $20/month after a 14-day free trial
- A credit card is required at signup; cancel anytime
- Works with: Sysco, US Foods, Gordon Food Service, Cheney Brothers, Performance Food Group, and any vendor that provides a CSV or Excel price sheet
- Built by restaurant owners for restaurant owners
- Website: https://frillpick.com
- Contact: contact@frillpick.com

## Features

### Vendor price comparison
- Upload vendor CSV/Excel price sheets with automatic vendor format detection
- Cross-vendor product matching using brand, description, pack size, and product codes
- Price comparison per case, per ounce, per pound, and per each
- Variable weight / catch weight pricing support for meat and seafood
- Manual match confirmation and rejection with persistent preferences
- Pick list builder organized by vendor, exportable as a clean order sheet in one click

### Recipe and menu costing
- Recipe costing driven by your live uploaded vendor prices, not typed-in estimates
- Menu item food cost per dish, with food cost percentage against your menu price
- Sub-recipes — prep items, sauces, and batches used as ingredients inside other recipes, with unit and yield handling
- Recipe scaling, and unit conversion across weight, volume, and count
- Recipe book with print and export for the kitchen

### Analysis and reporting
- Menu analysis: food cost percentage for every recipe, grouped by category, with items outside your target range flagged
- Price history and food cost trends over time by category
- Export to CSV, Excel, Word document, or PDF

### Platform
- Dashboard bringing vendor prices, recipes, and menu costs into one view
- Kitchen reference conversion tool
- Cloud sync across devices, with data stored per account

## How It Works
1. Upload Any Vendor CSV — Drop in price sheets from Sysco, US Foods, or any local distributor. FrillPick auto-detects the vendor format.
2. Find the Best Price — FrillPick automatically matches products across vendors and shows side-by-side pricing per case, per ounce, or per pound.
3. Build Your Pick List — Add winning items to your pick list organized by vendor. Export a clean order sheet ready to send to your rep.
4. Cost Your Menu — Build recipes from the items you actually buy. FrillPick calculates true food cost per dish from your live vendor prices and flags where your food cost percentage is drifting.

## Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is FrillPick?
A: FrillPick is web-based restaurant cost management for independent operators. Upload CSV price sheets from multiple food distributors to get automatic product matching and side-by-side price comparison, then use those live prices to cost recipes, analyze menu food cost percentage, and run your recipe book.

Q: How much does FrillPick cost?
A: $20 per month after a 14-day free trial. A credit card is required at signup. All features included. Cancel anytime.

Q: Does FrillPick work with Sysco and US Foods?
A: Yes. FrillPick auto-detects Sysco and US Foods CSV formats including SUPC codes, pack/size fields, and per-pound pricing for variable weight items. It also works with any distributor that provides a CSV or Excel price sheet.

Q: What file formats does FrillPick support?
A: CSV and Excel files from any food distributor. It auto-detects column formats and recognizes most common naming variations for price, description, brand, pack/size, and product codes.

Q: Can I compare more than two vendors?
A: Yes. Upload as many vendor price sheets as you need. FrillPick finds matching products across all uploaded vendors.

Q: How does FrillPick match products across vendors?
A: Smart matching algorithms compare brand names, product descriptions, pack sizes, and product codes. It normalizes different naming conventions across vendors. Users can also manually confirm or reject matches.

Q: What is variable weight pricing?
A: Variable weight (catch weight) items like meat and seafood have prices quoted per pound rather than per case because case weights vary. FrillPick detects these automatically and displays per-pound pricing for accurate comparison.

Q: Can FrillPick cost my recipes and menu items?
A: Yes. Recipes are built from the items you actually buy, so plate cost is calculated from your live uploaded vendor prices rather than typed-in estimates. FrillPick handles sub-recipes, recipe scaling, and unit conversion across weight, volume, and count, and shows food cost percentage against your menu price.

Q: What does menu analysis show?
A: Food cost percentage for every recipe, grouped by category, with items outside your target range flagged, plus price history trends over time. Results export to Excel.

Q: How is FrillPick different from a spreadsheet?
A: Spreadsheets require manual product matching, custom formulas for unit conversion, and full rebuilds every week. FrillPick automates matching, remembers preferences, and makes weekly comparison take minutes instead of hours — and your recipe costs update from the same price sheets instead of being retyped.

Q: How is FrillPick different from full restaurant management software?
A: Full suites bundle inventory, POS integration, scheduling, and accounting, and are priced for multi-unit operations. FrillPick does vendor price comparison and recipe/menu costing for independent operators, at $20/month, with no POS integration required.

## Important Pages

### Core
- [FrillPick — Restaurant Cost Management](https://frillpick.com/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://frillpick.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://frillpick.com/terms)

### Guides
- [Restaurant Food Cost Guides](https://frillpick.com/guides/)
- [How to Lower Food Costs in a Restaurant](https://frillpick.com/guides/how-to-lower-food-costs-restaurant/)
- [How to Compare Food Supplier Prices](https://frillpick.com/guides/how-to-compare-food-supplier-prices/)
- [How to Negotiate with Food Distributors](https://frillpick.com/guides/how-to-negotiate-with-food-distributors/)
- [How to Read a Sysco Invoice](https://frillpick.com/guides/how-to-read-a-sysco-invoice/)
- [How to Build a Weekly Food Order](https://frillpick.com/guides/how-to-build-a-weekly-food-order/)

### Benchmarks
- [Restaurant Food Cost Benchmarks](https://frillpick.com/benchmarks/)
- [Food Cost Percentage Benchmarks for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/benchmarks/food-cost-percentage/)
- [Restaurant Food Cost by Type](https://frillpick.com/benchmarks/restaurant-food-cost-by-type/)
- [Food Distributor Markup Percentages](https://frillpick.com/benchmarks/food-distributor-markup-percentage/)
- [Restaurant Gross Profit Margin Benchmarks](https://frillpick.com/benchmarks/restaurant-gross-profit-margin/)
- [Food Cost vs Labor Cost: Restaurant Benchmarks](https://frillpick.com/benchmarks/food-cost-vs-labor-cost-restaurant/)

### Calculators
- [Free Restaurant Food Cost Calculators](https://frillpick.com/calculators/)
- [Food Cost Percentage Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/food-cost-percentage-calculator/)
- [Menu Price Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/menu-price-calculator/)
- [Recipe Cost Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/recipe-cost-calculator/)
- [Prime Cost Calculator for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/calculators/prime-cost-calculator/)
- [Labor Cost Percentage Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/labor-cost-percentage-calculator/)
- [Gross Profit Margin Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/gross-profit-margin-calculator/)
- [Restaurant Break-Even Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/break-even-calculator/)
- [Food Cost Per Serving Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/food-cost-per-serving-calculator/)
- [Beverage Cost Percentage Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/beverage-cost-percentage-calculator/)
- [Inventory Turnover Calculator for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/calculators/inventory-turnover-calculator/)
- [Food Waste Cost Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/food-waste-cost-calculator/)
- [Catering Food Cost Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/catering-food-cost-calculator/)
- [Weekly Food Budget Calculator for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/calculators/weekly-food-budget-calculator/)
- [Markup to Margin Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/markup-to-margin-calculator/)
- [Restaurant Profit Margin Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/restaurant-profit-margin-calculator/)
- [COGS Calculator for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/calculators/cogs-calculator/)
- [Daily Sales Target Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/daily-sales-target-calculator/)
- [Sales Per Labor Hour Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/sales-per-labor-hour-calculator/)
- [Revenue Per Seat Calculator](https://frillpick.com/calculators/revenue-per-seat-calculator/)
- [Tip Pool Calculator for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/calculators/tip-pool-calculator/)

### Distributor Comparisons
- [Compare Food Distributors](https://frillpick.com/compare/)
- [Best Food Distributors for Restaurants 2026](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-for-restaurants/)
- [Sysco vs US Foods (2026): Which Is Actually Cheaper?](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-us-foods/)
- [Restaurant365 Alternative for Independent Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/compare/restaurant365-alternative/)
- [FrillPick vs Full-Suite Restaurant Management Software](https://frillpick.com/compare/restaurant-management-software/)
- [Restaurant Depot Prices, Membership & Florida Locations](https://frillpick.com/compare/restaurant-depot-prices/)
- [GFS Marketplace for Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/compare/gfs-marketplace/)
- [Sysco Competitors: Best Sysco Alternatives](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-competitors/)
- [7 US Foods Competitors Compared](https://frillpick.com/compare/us-foods-competitors/)
- [Sysco vs Gordon Food Service (GFS)](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-gordon-food-service/)
- [US Foods vs Gordon Food Service](https://frillpick.com/compare/us-foods-vs-gordon-food-service/)
- [Sysco vs Performance Food Group (PFG)](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-performance-food-group/)
- [US Foods vs Performance Food Group](https://frillpick.com/compare/us-foods-vs-performance-food-group/)
- [GFS vs Performance Food Group](https://frillpick.com/compare/gordon-food-service-vs-performance-food-group/)
- [Sysco vs Reinhart Foodservice](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-reinhart/)
- [Sysco vs Cheney Brothers](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-cheney-brothers/)
- [Sysco vs Ben E. Keith](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-ben-e-keith/)
- [Sysco vs Shamrock Foods](https://frillpick.com/compare/sysco-vs-shamrock-foods/)
- [US Foods vs Reinhart Foodservice](https://frillpick.com/compare/us-foods-vs-reinhart/)
- [US Foods vs Cheney Brothers](https://frillpick.com/compare/us-foods-vs-cheney-brothers/)
- [Cheney Brothers vs US Foods](https://frillpick.com/compare/cheney-brothers-vs-us-foods/)
- [Reinhart vs Gordon Food Service](https://frillpick.com/compare/reinhart-vs-gordon-food-service/)
- [Ben E. Keith vs Sysco vs US Foods](https://frillpick.com/compare/ben-e-keith-vs-sysco-vs-us-foods/)
- [Best Food Distributors for Small Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/compare/small-restaurant-food-distributors/)
- [Best Distributors for Independent Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/compare/independent-restaurant-distributors/)
- [Broadline vs Specialty Food Distributors](https://frillpick.com/compare/restaurant-broadline-vs-specialty-distributors/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Florida](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-florida/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Chicago](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-chicago/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Houston](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-houston/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Los Angeles](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-los-angeles/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Dallas](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-dallas/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Miami](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-miami/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Atlanta](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-atlanta/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Phoenix](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-phoenix/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Seattle](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-seattle/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Denver](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-denver/)
- [Best Food Distributors in Las Vegas](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-las-vegas/)
- [Best Food Distributors for Italian Restaurants](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-italian-restaurants/)
- [Best Food Distributors for Food Trucks](https://frillpick.com/compare/best-food-distributors-food-trucks/)

### Recipe Food Cost Breakdowns
- [Restaurant Recipe Food Cost Breakdowns](https://frillpick.com/recipes/)
- [Chicken Wing Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/chicken-wing-food-cost/)
- [Burger Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/burger-food-cost/)
- [Pizza Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/pizza-food-cost/)
- [Pasta Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/pasta-food-cost/)
- [Salmon Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/salmon-food-cost/)
- [Ribeye Steak Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/ribeye-steak-food-cost/)
- [Taco Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/taco-food-cost/)
- [Caesar Salad Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/caesar-salad-food-cost/)
- [French Fries Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/french-fries-food-cost/)
- [Margarita Food Cost & Pour Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/margarita-food-cost/)
- [Shrimp Scampi Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/shrimp-scampi-food-cost/)
- [Cheesecake Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/cheesecake-food-cost/)
- [Coffee Drink Food Cost & Pour Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/coffee-drink-food-cost/)
- [Fish Taco Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/fish-taco-food-cost/)
- [Fried Chicken Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/fried-chicken-food-cost/)
- [Mac and Cheese Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/mac-and-cheese-food-cost/)
- [Pulled Pork Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/pulled-pork-food-cost/)
- [Nachos Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/nachos-food-cost/)
- [Fish and Chips Food Cost](https://frillpick.com/recipes/fish-and-chips-food-cost/)

### Blog
- [FrillPick Blog](https://frillpick.com/blog/)
- [How to Compare Sysco vs US Foods Prices (2026 Guide)](https://frillpick.com/blog/compare-sysco-us-foods-prices/)
- [5 Ways Restaurant Owners Overpay on Food Orders](https://frillpick.com/blog/restaurant-owners-overpay-food-orders/)
- [Why Spreadsheets Don't Work for Vendor Price Comparison](https://frillpick.com/blog/spreadsheets-dont-work-vendor-comparison/)
- [Variable Weight Pricing Explained](https://frillpick.com/blog/variable-weight-pricing-explained/)
- [How to Calculate Food Cost Using Your Actual Distributor Prices](https://frillpick.com/blog/how-to-calculate-food-cost-distributor-prices/)
- [Restaurant Management Software vs. What Independent Operators Actually Need](https://frillpick.com/blog/restaurant-management-software-independent-operators/)