References:
Price of wholesale buttermilk pancake batter: https://www.foodservicedirect.com/krusteaz-buttermilk-pancake-mix-25-pound-1-each-74798.html
Average pancake weight: https://www.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_a_pancake_weigh_in_grams So (30 g + 45 g)/2 = 37.5 g
Price of unlimited pancakes as of 2022: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2022/01/15/ihop-all-you-can-eat-pancakes/6540034001/
You also need to factor in employee pay to make and deliver them.
As well as utility cost to run the stove, lighting, pos systems, etc. plus rent/mortgage/taxes on the building, upkeep of fixtures like tables, menus, and cutlery, insurance costs, inspection costs, non sales staff (think like general managers, janitorial staff, plus HR and IT if they have it), any planned building upgrades down the line (whether to the actual building eg renovating dining areas or upgrading kitchen appliances), theft/shrinkage, damage from customers and staff being assholes, from equipment breaking down, from natural disasters, etc
Probably a lot more too. There’s a whole bunch to factor in
That’s too much math and I’m le tired
More like when you hate your pancreas. Damn.
Also: is there a theydidthemath community yet?
If there is, theydidthemonstermath is sure to follow
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.
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.
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.
Wolfram Alpha is crying in binary for being abused like this.
It’s alot less than that, you’re only factoring in raw material, not wages, rent, utilities all that goes into providing the good to the customer who is paying for it. This is nonsense.
Nonsense is a bit of a stretch.
The IHOP exists and is staffed whether or not you are there gorging yourself on pancakes. The rent and staffing is already being spent by IHOP. The factors that can contribute is if the amount of dishes you create make them run the washer an extra time and if the pancakes cool the griddle down enough to increase the cost of heating the griddle. Both of which are negligible.
The only extra cost is the batter itself.
Further reading: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marginalcostofproduction.asp
Why do you hate IHOP? I’m not a fan mind you, I’ve heard people hate McDonald’s and all but this is a first for IHOP for me.
Because unlimited pancakes breaks the laws of physics and decency. Even if you had a machine whose primary goal is to make pancakes and use whatever mass is available to it, eventually there will be no more matter in the universe to make pancakes and it would be finite, not truly unlimited. This is blatant false advertising, hence I’ve got it out for IHOP.
What do you think of the term bottomless instead? Lol
Maybe all you can eat?
Gay pancakes. These are both fantastic and delicious.
