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fluufhead t1_je9jifa wrote

Reply to comment by DeviantAnthro in Mill on MacArthur shoutout on r/mildlyinfuriating by hornhead71

A case of tots is 30 pounds (1,440 tots) so their food cost per serving went up 83 cents, according to my back-of-the-napkin calculation based on this wholesale page

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khuldrim t1_je9l67c wrote

Restaurants are a tiny margin business.

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Farmerjoerva t1_jea4d9r wrote

Then you have to add in 20% of the cost for labor. Then you have to add in cost of the oil to fry them. Then you have to ask in the cost of the dipping sauce. Then you have to add in the paper or in containers that they go in which is easily going to make that another dollar 20 and making the cost probably around two dollars

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fluufhead t1_jeajwe8 wrote

What I calc'ed was the change in food cost/serving

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Farmerjoerva t1_jeamswd wrote

That’s how you get actual food cost by adding in all those items.

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fluufhead t1_jeankes wrote

Just missing the base food cost...

Regardless, I don't think anyone is under a false impression that tots are a significant profit driver for restaurants.

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