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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

$1 grilled cheese

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$1 grilled cheese

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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    21•2 years ago

    I realize this is a joke but how could this be profitable? The ingredients alone are more than a dollar.

    • @[email protected]
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      43•2 years ago

      Yes, it’s profitable. They lose money on each sale, but make up for it in volume.

      • @[email protected]
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        13•2 years ago

        He did the math

        • @[email protected]
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          2•2 years ago

          He did the melty math

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      32•2 years ago

      Where are you where it would cost more than $1. Buying product in bulk would be very cheap.

      • @[email protected]
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        21•2 years ago

        Because I have no life, I looked it up.

        Bread in Finland is about 0.1 usd per slice Low quality cheese is about 8 usd / kg, assuming you need about 20g/portion that’s 0.16 usd. Total is about 36c per portion.

        If we assume power consumption of 5kw for the whole operation and power cost of 20c/kWh, that’s 1usd/h

        Assuming sales of 60 units per hour -one per minute, thats 60 usd of revenue per hour and 22.6 usd of non labor cost, it leaves 37.4e for labor, taxes, permits, tools, fuel.

        It’s at least only feasible in high volume locations.

        • @[email protected]
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          13•2 years ago

          I was with you until you suggested it would use 5kWh every hour. That’s an insane amount of power even if they were using an electric griddle, which is unlikely. A small generator would be enough to power the lighting and refrigeration and then the griddle would run on gas, which is way cheaper than electricity (or the petrol for the electric generator).

          I’d imagine energy costs would be a fraction of what you’ve calculated, and would scale up along with any increase in sales volume.

          • @[email protected]
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            3•2 years ago

            I make 37.4$ per hour? But what if I save on these 1$ per hour electricity costs

          • @[email protected]
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            1•2 years ago

            Depends on where you are, gas use is very rare here. Anyway the energy cost is a negligible part, you can halve or double it and it won’t change the business case.

        • Che Banana
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          5•2 years ago

          When allocating food cost (in your costs) 36% is around where you want it-30% would be more ideal, but you can get that through sales, bulk discount etc. So, regardless of volume food cost % is basically where it should be.

          Some numbers in spain: slice cheese .19/slice bread .08/ slice (.16) Margarine (because: costs!) .04/10g .39

          To get closer to a feasible food cost you’d have to sell at 1.25

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        • @[email protected]
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          6•2 years ago

          Labor for a single grilled cheese is super easy. If you’re selling a lot of them this could be decently profitable.

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          4•2 years ago

          Gas for the generator is where it would kill you. Your best bet is to make all the grilled cheese as fast as possible to save on gas and dispense them throughout the day.

      • @[email protected]
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        I live on earth. Even if you’re buying bulk, it will still be more than a dollar to make. The bread alone bought in bulk would still be around $0.25 per slice. That’s 50 percent of the cost right there.

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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          40•2 years ago

          You’re getting ripped off.

          Who’s your bread guy?

          • Dravin
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            12•2 years ago

            Indeed. I can grab a loaf of cheap white bread from my local grocery store for under $2 which is cut into 22 slices.

            • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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              10•2 years ago

              Cut those in half again and double your profit!

            • @[email protected]
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              3•2 years ago

              You are getting 22 slices? What brand are you getting? I feel like 16 is the standard but about 50% of the time I’m fairly certain it’s only 15 or 17.

              • Dravin
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                7•2 years ago

                Meijer and Walmart store brands of cheap ass white bread are 22 slices, Kroger is 21, and for a name brand example Sunbeam is 22. Nicer bread like Pepperidge Farm or Brownberry/Oroweat tends to be in the range of 16 slices per loaf (baring the thin sliced stuff) though.

          • @[email protected]
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            -9•2 years ago

            I would love to see your source. I don’t buy bread in bulk but I have a friend who owns a local restaurant in my town. I know how much he pays for the bread he serves for breakfast and it doesn’t get cheaper than that.

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              14•2 years ago

              https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.960013141.html

              This is not the cheapest, you can get better pricing than this with a Costco business account. Your friend is probably not serving the lowest price bulk bread available, they probably have some self respect.

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                -9•2 years ago

                Well even with that bread you are still spending about $0.25 per sandwich on bread. I still don’t see how that’s profitable after adding cheese and butter. You could do it by drastically reducing the amount of cheese and butter but is it really a grilled cheese when you put a single shred of cheese on it?

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                  6•2 years ago

                  Honestly the cheese and butter together will probably cost less that $0.25 bulk cheese is cheap as hell and you’re using almost no butter per sandwich

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                    3•2 years ago

                    If you buy enough cheese, it’s essentially free on a per serving basis with the expense being the shipping.

            • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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              7•2 years ago

              I fight seagulls for it.

              Youth these days think you buy everything and don’t understand a little labour goes a long way.

              • @[email protected]
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                2•2 years ago

                I imagine fighting the seagulls would be like living in a post-apocalyptic future scavenging for food.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                  It’s great practice to keep my katana skills sharp.

            • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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              I don’t buy in bulk, and I pay under $2usd for a loaf of basic white bread from any supermarket. After taxes, to be clear.

              If I were to bulk buy / business discount, it would be less.

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              https://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod22990913&mobiledetect=false&pid=092410_RFI|ANDROID|Featured_Products|Sara Lee Classic White Bread (20oz%2F2pk)

              • @[email protected]
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                -4•2 years ago

                I’ll take your word for it. I’m not a member so it doesn’t show me the price. Looking forward to all the profitable $1 grilled cheese trucks coming soon.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                  10•2 years ago

                  You might be right about the profitability of the grilled cheese truck but it’s okay to admit you were wrong on the bread.

                  It’s the internet, not one really cares if you are wrong.

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          https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-White-Sandwich-Bread-20-oz/10315752?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=2588&adid=2222222227810315752_117755028669_12420145346&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9005929&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=10315752&wl13=2588&veh=sem_LIA&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=2222222223810315752_117755028669_12420145346&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=pla-306310554666&wl5=9005929&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=10315752&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6vaqBhCbARIsACF9M6lsjjxYststWrOt0rkEa2_jbKniaQPE8ehNZ5B7Ul3-XkKa2Qn68igaAn-EEALw_wcB

          Here’s bread from Walmart for about $0.06 per slice.

          https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Singles-American-Pasteurized-Prepared-Cheese-Product-16-oz-24-Count/10452423?athbdg=L1600&from=/search

          Here’s cheese for $0.10 per slice

          https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Sweet-Cream-Salted-Butter-16-oz/132893363?athbdg=L1200

          And butter for about $0.25 per ounce (you might use .5 oz per sandwich.) EDIT: checked my butter in my fridge, you’re probably using 1/4 of an ounce per sandwich if that.

          And none of these are in bulk, you can probably cut the cost in half or less buying even more generic products in bulk.

        • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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          5•2 years ago

          25¢ per slice.

          You’re paying ~$5usd for a loaf of basic white bread? Wow.

          • @[email protected]
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            Where I live, it’s currently $4Cdn for a loaf of basic white Wonder bread, it’s $8.50Cdn for a stick of salted butter, and $5.50Cdn for a pack of 22 slices of processed cheese (not the thick slice type). My country is currently going through a bit of a cost of living crisis because shelter, heating, food costs are becoming insane. How much are those things where you live? I think it’s interesting the differences based on where we all are. 1$ for an entire grilled cheese sandwich in Canada would be considered an incredible deal for takeout food pricing.

            • Tippon
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              1•2 years ago

              In the UK I can currently buy an 800g loaf of bread for 45p (£0.45), a 500g tub of soft spread butter substitute for 99p (£0.99), and a 200g pack of 10 cheese slices for 65p (£0.65).

              Each sandwich would cost about 12p (£0.12) to make, excluding the energy costs.

              Doubling up on the cheese, or using higher quality cheese would still keep it under 20p per sandwich, and that’s off the shelf costs, no bulk discounts.

              Excuse me while I write up a business plan…

            • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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              (presuming you mean $CAD for Canadian dollars, not cdn)

              $4cad = $2.90usd = 13.2c/slice

              $5.50cad = $4usd = 18.2c/slice

              That’s 44.5c each.

              That’s 125% profit. Given that a common margin aimed for is 100%, this is a good deal with your over priced products. And I don’t believe you can’t get basic white bread for less than $4cad in Canada.

              Also, $1usd is $1.37cad

        • @[email protected]
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          5•2 years ago

          I think this meme is older than COVID, so it might’ve been slightly profitable back when it was first photoshopped?

          • ASeriesOfPoorChoices
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            July 7, 2019 - so yep.

            But still profitable after 4 years.

            Would make more money renting the food truck out as capsule sleeping for 6 people though, these days.

        • @[email protected]
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          5•2 years ago

          I just priced it out from ingredients bought from Sam’s club. 33 cents for two slices of bread, one slice of American cheese, and I added an extra 5 cents for butter substitute.

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      10•2 years ago

      It doesn’t seem too unreasonable. Based on some quick searches, bulk cheese breaks down to about $.19 a slice, two pieces of bread is about $.10, butter is wobbly here because I don’t know exactly how much they’d be using, but let’s say half an ounce/1 Tbsp is about $.25? Probably not a whole lot of profit after the cart and rent for the space, but you could probably get close to breaking even if you sold enough and/or had a better bulk supplier than what I can see with 5 minutes of research.

      • @[email protected]
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        1•2 years ago

        It’s gonna margarine, not butter. Or some other kind of butter flavored spread.

        If you wanted to get a better estimate, go to McDonald’s, order something and add cheese. Whatever they charge you for the slice of cheese is probably double their cost.

    • @[email protected]
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      Umm… what? 2 slices of white bread, 1 slice of American cheese, and some butter is not more than a dollar.

      You must be one of those people who complains about not having enough money when you spend it like an idiot.

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