Your operation sells a lot of cheeseburgers. Calculate the food cost given the following information: Ground beef: 6 oz portion (AP) purchased at $4.10 per lb. Cheese: 1.5 oz purchased at $5.25 per lb. Lettuce: 1 leaf (assume 20 leaves per head) purchased in a case of 24 heads at $27.50 per case. Onion: 1 slice (onion yields 12 slices); 2.5 onions in a pound purchased at $1.74 per lb. Bun: 1 bun in package of 18 purchased at $3.20 per package. Tomato ketchup: 3 oz. average purchased in gallon container (128 oz.) packed 4 gal per case for $28.05.
- Your operation sells a lot of cheeseburgers. Calculate the food cost given the following information:
- Ground beef: 6 oz portion (AP) purchased at $4.10 per lb.
- Cheese: 1.5 oz purchased at $5.25 per lb.
- Lettuce: 1 leaf (assume 20 leaves per head) purchased in a case of 24 heads at $27.50 per case.
- Onion: 1 slice (onion yields 12 slices); 2.5 onions in a pound purchased at $1.74 per lb.
- Bun: 1 bun in package of 18 purchased at $3.20 per package.
- Tomato ketchup: 3 oz. average purchased in gallon container (128 oz.) packed 4 gal per case for $28.05.
Ground Beef:
6 oz portion,
Cost per oz = $4.10 per lb = $4.10 / 16 = $0.25625 per oz.
Cost of Beef in burger = $0.25625 x 6 = $1.53750
Cheese:
1.5 oz ,
Cost per oz = $5.25 /16 = $ 0.328125 per oz.
Cost of cheese in burger = $0.328125 x 1.5 = $ 0.49219
Lettuce:
1 leaf,
Cost per heads = $27.50 per case /24 head = $ 1.145833 per head
Cost per leaf = $1.145833/20 = $ 0.05729 per leaf.
Cost of lettuce in burger = $0.05729
Onion:
1 slice,
Cost per onion = $1.74 / 2.5 onions = $ 0.696 per onion
Cost per slice = $0.696/12 = $0.058 per slice.
Cost of onion in burger = $0.058
Bun:
1 bun,
Cost per bun = $3.20 for 18 pcs = 0.17778 per bun,
Cost of bun in burger = $0.17778
Tomato ketchup:
3 oz,
Cost per gal = $28.05 per case/4 gal = $7.0125 per gallon
Cost per oz = $7.012/128 oz = $0.05478 per oz.
Cost of Tomato ketchup in burger = $0.05478 x 3 = $0.16436
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