CopperApron

Terms of use

Last updated 2026-09-21.

Disclaimer

CopperApron provides pricing estimates based on the costs, quantities, and targets you enter. Labor, waste, overhead, fees, and taxes are included only where specified. Actual costs and profitability may differ. Results do not guarantee profit or customer acceptance of a price. Verify your inputs and account for all relevant expenses before setting prices or issuing quotes.

Using the calculators

  • The calculators are provided free, for general information and planning. You are responsible for the numbers you enter and for the prices you set and the quotes you issue.
  • Results are estimates. They are not accounting, tax, legal, financial, nutrition or food-safety advice, and they are not a contract, invoice or tax document.
  • A price that meets a food-cost target or a margin target is not a prediction of what customers will pay, and it is not a guarantee of profit.
  • Yield percentages, tax rates, fees and other assumptions come from you. The site does not verify them.

Blog and recipes

Recipes on the CopperApron blog are illustrations for cooks to adapt. Unless a post says its recipe has been kitchen-tested, it has not been. Adjust quantities, times and temperatures in your own kitchen, and follow your local food-safety rules.

  • This post was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor before publication.
  • A recipe is described as “kitchen-tested” only if the editor has actually cooked it. Otherwise it has not been tested, and you should test it yourself before serving it to customers.
  • Nothing on the blog is food-safety, health, legal, tax or financial advice. Follow your local health department’s rules.

Availability and changes

The site is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind. Features may change or be removed. Data is stored only in your browser and can be lost, so export backups of anything important.

Limitation of responsibility

To the fullest extent permitted by law, CopperApron is not responsible for losses or damages arising from use of, or inability to use, the site or its results, including pricing decisions, lost data, or reliance on an estimate.

Your content

Recipes, prices, notes and files you create remain yours. If you send a message through the contact form, you allow us to read it and to use suggestions to improve the site without obligation to you.

Acceptable use

Do not attempt to disrupt the site, probe it for vulnerabilities outside responsible reporting, or use the contact form to send spam or unlawful content.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent through the contact form.