• MrMamiya@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    That’s for one container of wholesale batter, IHOP is not paying that price because they’re buying a lot more.

    I don’t know if this is helpful, but when I worked at Olive Garden 10 years ago, a spaghetti and meat sauce cost them $1.09. That includes everything, labor, etc.

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      1 year ago

      If the price per pound decreases if they get a special bulk rate, it means you need to eat even more pancakes until they lose money lol.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah exactly! Though the overhead of employment might bring that number back up to about your original estimate.

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      1 year ago

      If that really does include everything, why do I always hear about how thin margins are in the food service industry? That doesn’t sound like a thin margin to me.

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        1 year ago

        Margins are thin on things that aren’t pasta. OG also had a great thing going with the wine focus. You could get a glass of estancia Pinot noir back then for like $7. The bottle was $8 retail.