How many extra portions must this counter sell to earn its space?
Pick a real Craven serve-over, then compare its live price with your own deli, butcher, fish or café counter throughput. The tool shows payback and the daily break-even target.
Category 735live serve-over prices, stock and product links
55–70%food and deli margin preset from Craven’s profit calculator
£/daybreak-even portions, not vague ROI theatre
Your counter trade
Use your own selling price, margin and uplift. The defaults are only a starting point.
Deli portions, butchery packs, fish serves or café counter items.
What better display, frontage or throughput can realistically add.
Craven’s food preset uses £3.50 as an example deli item.
Craven’s food and deli preset gives 55–70% as a typical range.
Use your actual open days.
Used for the “needed portions/day” figure.
Counter commercial case
Strong case
0/d
Finding live counters…
Ranking counters by break-even pressure.
Adjust the inputs to see whether the display counter earns its keep.
Payback0m
Annual upside£0
Live price£0
Finance guideN/A
Visitor-owned sales assumptions drive the ROI. Product price, product link and available specs come from the Craven Store API. Finance is the documented 5-year weekly guide where the live price is over £1,000.
Live counter shortlist
Live from our storeThe list re-ranks by the lowest extra-portions/day needed against your target payback.
Break-even pressure
Extra portions/day vs requiredQuote brief
The numbers Craven should sanity-checkCommercial target0 extra portions/day
Display directionServe-over counter
Fit signalAwaiting product feed
Ask Craven to spec the counter
Send the daily break-even target and live product choice before committing floor space.
Keep the brief
Copy or print your counter ROI case for the site visit, showroom or finance conversation.
This tool estimates commercial payback only. It does not replace checks for footprint, ventilation, access, drain, product temperature, food safety or merchandising layout.