Cost and margin
Business day Tue Oct 6, 2026, as of 2:14 pm · Marcus Bell, owner

Cost and margin

  • Cost is ingredients and packaging, from the lots each batch actually used
  • Labor and overhead are not in it
  • Last 7 days
Kept after ingredients
69.7%of $33,345 in sales of these products
Costing more than the recipe says
3everything with chocolate in it, since Sep 1
Pizza cheese
+7.0%used over what the pizzas sold should have taken
Waste, last 7 days
$742.10at cost. 61% of it is end-of-day case
Best keeper
Pizzaa large cheese costs 3.10 and sells for 17.00

Made to stock: what each one costs and keeps

ProductRetailWholesaleRecipe saysBatches sayDriftKeeps, retailKeeps, wholesaleSoldSalesKept
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie3.952.100.850.89+4.7%77%58%9102,462.301,652.40
Double Chocolate Cookie3.952.100.900.97+7.8%75%54%251991.45747.98
Fudge Brownie4.502.501.041.12+7.7%75%55%7982,619.001,725.24
Lemon Bar4.502.501.021.05+2.9%77%58%3481,278.00912.60
Cupcake4.252.400.950.98+3.2%77%59%5081,937.001,439.16
Blueberry Muffin3.952.200.820.84+2.4%79%62%8012,533.951,861.11
Butter Croissant4.502.601.001.02+2.0%77%61%8083,088.802,264.64
Chocolate Layer Cake, 8 inch54.0036.0012.9013.40+3.9%75%63%693,042.002,117.40
Carrot Cake, 8 inch54.0036.0013.8014.10+2.2%74%61%482,124.001,447.20
New York Cheesecake, 10 inch58.0038.0012.6012.75+1.2%78%66%853,710.002,626.25
Apple Pie, 9 inch26.0017.006.056.20+2.5%76%64%1302,732.001,926.00
Pumpkin Pie, 9 inch24.0015.505.305.35+0.9%78%65%1092,106.001,522.85
These 13 products, last 7 days33,344.9523,245.57

"Recipe says" is the cost worked out from the recipe at standard prices. "Batches say" is the average of the last 5 real batches. Valmont put chocolate up 4.9% on Sep 1 and the recipe estimates have not been refreshed.

Made to order: what a pizza should cost

Pepperoni, large, takeoutPortionCost
Pizza dough ball, large10.58
Pizza sauce170 g0.24
Cheese blend225 g1.80
Pepperoni60 g0.54
Pizza box, large, printed10.48
Should cost. Sells for 19.50, keeps 81%3.64

What the pizza line really used, last 7 days

ComponentShould have usedDid useOverCosts
Cheese blend412.0 lb441.0 lb+7.0%104.98
Pepperoni61.0 lb66.4 lb+8.9%22.14
Pizza sauce268 qt274 qt+2.2%8.10
Pizza dough ball, large1,1901,204+1.2%8.12
Heavy hands on the line, in a week143.34

"Should have used" is every pizza sold, times its portions, with its add-ons and removals. "Did use" comes from the counts.