is my C.O.G normal ??

[DukeCrab]

for all my sales, Food 25% Drip coffee 25%, Espresso drinks 25%, others 25%
my overall COG is around 44%

almost $10.00 for a pound of beans, I know it is expensive now, Because I found even starbuck's Bean retail sales is cheaper then my purchase price.

sleeves 7 cent
lids 7 cent
cups 9/12/19 cents for S/M/L

 

[Mr Shave]

Is this all of your menu? Do you have any other drinks?
Or is this just what you have identified as "the issues?"

What is your cost for cream and milk?
Look at the last month, and add eom dairy inventory along with all dairy purchases - bom
Then divide that dollar amount by number of cups you sold (last month)
This will give you a good average dollar amount for dairy per cup

How much coffee are you wasting? Did you account for this?

 

[DukeCrab]

wrong caculation
will redo it and post again

thanks

 

[shadow745]

You pull 3 oz. for a typical double?

 

[DukeCrab]

Thanks for replying;

what all I have is the (drip coffee 25%), (esspress drinks 25%), and (food 25%) and others 25%

my issue is, what is wrong with my cost?
is my beans too expensive ?
is my paper cups too expensive?
is that I do not have enough sales?
is that I put too much grounds to make a cup of coffee ( a shot of espresso)?
should I use less amount of coffee grounds for espresso shot ?
and so on.

 

[DukeCrab]

yes, 3 oz for a double shot of espresso as required by Franchiser; 0.04 LB grounds of coffee to make a single or double shot.

our machines are calibrated to make double shot at one time, so for a single shot order, we will have to waste half of it.

 

[Mr Shave]

here is the C.O.G of my Esspresso drinks

Let just talk about normal one, 2% milk based
Milk cost is
4.53/4000 *240 = $0.272/S
4.53/4000 *330 =$0.374/M
4.53/4000 *450 = $0.510/L

Walk me through this part please

One last question what is your price per syrup bottle? How many pumps do you put in each drink?

I will have a nice present for you later (I'm on vacation!)

 

[DukeCrab]

Walk me through this part please

One last question what is your price per syrup bottle? How many pumps do you put in each drink?

I will have a nice present for you later (I'm on vacation!)

I did not add the syrup price in it;
for espresso drinks, here is the syrup we add in
0.5 oz for S
0.7 oz for M
1.0 oz for L

the price per bottle is almost $11.0/L

 

[DukeCrab]

Walk me through this part please

One last question what is your price per syrup bottle? How many pumps do you put in each drink?

I will have a nice present for you later (I'm on vacation!)

this means how much milk we put into a Latte........

 

[Cobby]

1L cream is $2.19, 1 oz is 30ml;
So cost of cream for drip coffee is: $0.144 / oz $0.288/S $0.36/M $0.432/L
And we do not count in the sugar, napkin, tray and others
The total cost of drip coffee is
0.334 + 0.09 + 0.062 + 0.067 + 0.288 = $0.841 /S
0.446 + 0.112 +0.062 +0.067 +0.36 =$1.047 /M
0.557 +0.185 +0.062+0.067+0.432 =$1.303 /L

I think your math on the cream was a little off. You said the cream costs 2.19/L. If there's 30 ml in 1 oz. It would be 30/1000 * 2.19.= 0.0657/oz NOT .144/oz. I'm not sure if that helps your numbers that much.

 

[Cobby]

The rest of your math seems logical. Maybe the beans are a bit expensive? I'm not really sure.

 

[shadow745]

Not sure if I noticed where you're located. Wholesale we pay $8.25-8.75 per lb. of that is artisan roasted to order, meaning small batch and not mass produced for bulk use. That's a fair price for the selection and quality.

So you must follow rules set by franchiser to that degree? That's why we never bothered going that route. IMO a franchise is not much more than a name that has done some of the demographic legwork to become established regardless of quality control.

 

[coffeemessiah]

As an independent, average about 30-35% across the board. Your overpaying for all your coffee supplies. I get syrups from Monin for around $8 per bottle with free shipping too, sleeves online for 3 cents each and I hide them behind counter. I keep cream behind counter and encourage black coffee drinking. I also roast all my own coffee because I can do it better and for the very reason of paying over $9 per lb. Intelligentisia quoted me for that price at one time, can your franchiser compare on quality? Its time to negotiate.....