Observed arrival · 2026-11-02
Genka Watch, a market-price monitor for restaurant menus
A restaurant costing tool that uses published ingredient prices to recalculate menu-item costs and cost ratios.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- Owners of restaurants tracking menu costs
- Worth noticing
- It cites public government price sources and distinguishes published price data from a restaurant’s own entered procurement prices.
Field notes
The workflow starts with menu items and ingredient quantities, with provisional quantities available when the restaurant does not know them. The page names public sources including Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture price surveys and ALIC Vegitan, and says the service covers several ingredient categories. Restaurants can also enter their own procurement prices, so the displayed public-market comparisons are not presented as a substitute for each shop’s actual buying costs.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
○OpenPublic substance visible
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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