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Breakfast Cost per Guest
Every item a guest takes, waste, and staff minutes. True cost per guest against the allowance in your rate.
What one guest takes
What goes in the bin at 10:30. Buffets run 10 to 20%.
Set-up, refills, clearing, dishes, spread across the guests served.
What the rate assumes breakfast costs. If you do not know, what you would charge for it.
How this is calculated
Food per guest = Σ(item cost × portions) × (1 + waste). Labour per guest = minutes ÷ 60 × wage.
Gap = true cost − allowance. Yearly leak = gap × guests × 365, halved for quiet mornings.
Prices are before GST/HST. Add tax on top of the price shown, never inside your margin. Estimates, not advice.
Breakfast pays for itself
70% of the $9.00 allowance
- Food, before waste
- $4.47
- Food, with waste
- $5.01
- Labour
- $1.27
- Per month
- $13,180
- Gap vs allowance, per guest
- -$2.72
What an under-priced breakfast costs over a year, assuming half your mornings are this busy.
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