For all food, you got to pay for ingredients, so this is one of what you need to calculate.
Don't forget the electricity you use. Don't you pay bills for that? So this is #2.
What about your own tax? You need a "service price" don't you? This is #3.
You need to think about those. Any extras are counted.
For fruits and vegetables, you've to calculate the effort's price, like fuel, time, etc...
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Food Cost refers to two concepts and has two basic formulas:1) Plate Cost= total cost of a menu item / sales priceThis is the cost of a menu item including all the ingredients served with the dish divided by the sales price before tax. This is a theoretical food cost used to forecast your budget and determine what price to sell items at.2) Period End Food Cost = (beginning food inventory + food purchases - food credits - ending food inventory) / sales priceThis is the actual food cost for the restaurant for any given period of time (monthly, weekly, etc.) This is an actual food cost which will include "hidden" costs such as waste, theft, over-portioning and a host of other issues which can affect a restaurant's food cost.For more information, visit the Related Links.
Cost Of Food __________ Food Sales Cost of Food Divided by Food sales will give you a decimal amount which you can then convert to a percentage. example: $25,780 Cost of Food Divided by $64,575 Food Sales= .399225 or 39.9% then rounded to 40%
Cost of goods less inventory divided by Gross Food Sales
recipe formulation and calculation service determintion dealing with head counts, food portioning, food cost,menu planning and cost projections there of, inventory establishment,
(125*25 + 50*40)/(125 + 50) = 5125/175 = 29.3 (approx).