Information we collect
Food Cost Tools does not currently require accounts, logins, payments, or personal profiles. If you contact us by email, we receive the information you choose to send.
The calculator tools run in the browser and are intended for quick planning. They do not require you to create an account or submit recipe, pricing, or guest-count data to a Food Cost Tools backend.
Technical information
Like most websites, hosting providers may process basic technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages requested, timestamps, and error logs to deliver the site, maintain security, and diagnose performance issues.
Analytics and future advertising
Food Cost Tools does not currently show live ad placements on calculator or guide pages. The site has prepared advertising disclosures so the privacy policy is ready if Google-served advertising or analytics are enabled in the future.
Future Google advertising cookies
If Food Cost Tools enables Google-served advertising, Google and its partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to serve ads, measure ad performance, limit repetitive ads, and help prevent fraud.
Third-party vendors
Future advertising or analytics services may involve third-party vendors that process limited technical information such as cookies, device identifiers, browser information, pages visited, approximate location, or ad interaction data. Those vendors are responsible for their own privacy practices and disclosures.
Personalized and non-personalized ads
If ads are added later, they may be personalized based on information about a visitor's interests or prior activity, or non-personalized based on context such as the page content and general location. Visitors can learn about and manage personalized ads through Google Ad Settings. Google also explains how it uses information from sites and apps that use its services at Google's partner sites policy page.
Cookies and analytics may be added later
Food Cost Tools may add analytics, cookie consent tools, or other measurement features as the site grows. If those features are added, this policy will be updated to explain what is used and what choices visitors have.
Ads.txt
Food Cost Tools uses an ads.txt file to identify authorized advertising sellers for this domain. The file is maintained at foodcosttools.com/ads.txt. The presence of ads.txt does not mean that every page currently displays ads.
Email retention
Messages sent to the contact email may be retained so we can respond, track correction requests, improve content, and maintain a record of editorial feedback. You can ask us to delete a prior message unless we need to keep it for security, legal, or operational reasons.
Contact
Privacy questions can be sent to hello@foodcosttools.com.