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“What does one batch of each cookie cost us to make?”
Materials cost per batch and per cookie for every recipe, from $2.23 to $72.64, and butter is what drives it.
What does one batch of each cookie cost us to make?
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Ingredient cost per batch, using each recipe's bill of materials in Fishbowl priced at current average cost:
| Cookie | Batch size | Cost per batch | Cost per cookie |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oatmeal Chocolate Chip (BB2003) | 200 | $72.64 | $0.363 |
| Chocolate Chip (BB2005) | 24 | $15.18 | $0.633 |
| Chocolate Fudge (BB2002) | 25 | $7.64 | $0.306 |
| Snickerdoodle (BB2004) | 48 | $7.15 | $0.149 |
| Sugar Cookie (FG2200) | 48 | $2.23 | $0.046 |
These are materials only; none of the recipes carry labor or overhead lines.
- Butter drives the cost. It's averaging $0.76/oz (about $12.23/lb), which makes it $30.57 of the Oatmeal batch and $6.11 of the Chocolate Chip batch. Chocolate chips at $4.62/lb are the next biggest line.
- Snickerdoodle uses the default options. That's Shortening Brand Y and Cream of Tartar Brand Z; switching to the cheapest tartar (Brand Y) brings the batch to about $7.08.
- Chocolate Chip doesn't match its inventory value. Finished Chocolate Chip cookies are carried at $0.365 each, well under the $0.633 the recipe rolls up to today. Oatmeal runs the same direction ($0.271 carried vs. $0.363); the other three are within a few cents.
- Custom Cookie BOM (24) is configurable, so its cost depends on the options picked. With defaults it's about $7.05, though $2.80 of that is an 8 oz baking powder line that looks like a typo (the Sugar Cookie batch uses 0.08 oz).
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