The cost of wages is the second highest expense associated with serving a BLT sandwich at Central City Tavern in Alpharetta, Georgia
Revelation 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”
Important Takeaways:
- A restaurant owner has explained how raging inflation means he has to charge $16 for a BLT sandwich – yet makes under $2 on each.
- The ingredients – bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo and bread – cost $5… But Will says spiraling costs for staff, rent and utilities have been a much bigger blow – forcing him to raise the price of a BLT from $13 three years ago.
- He pointed out that in one of his restaurants alone these three costs – along with cleaning, maintenance and accounting – are close to $90,000 a month.
- Selling sandwiches at $16, he said he would still need to sell more than 94,000 a year to generate a revenue of around $1.5 million and break even. That figure covers all the costs plus ingredients.
- ‘If I do $1,499,000, in sales, I lose $1,000. We don’t start making profit until we get above that breakeven point,’ he said.
- He said his situation would be similar to restaurants across the US, where $16 is now a typical price.
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