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A bit of math - I worked pizza. A large pizza was about 18. Labor made up, at most, 21% of that - so $3.78 per pizza. Which means we could literally double the number of staff for the difference between an $18 pizza and a $21.78 pizza. Additional staff can be added essentially for free, and that /

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Moon-faced Assassin of Joy's avatar Moon-faced Assassin of Joy @nome.bsky.social
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Is if you pass all of the cost onto the customer, instead of accepting slightly smaller profits. Profit at your average full service restaurant is ~5%, quick service is ~8%, and bars are in the 10-15% range.

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Library Lagomorph's avatar Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social
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I am always puzzled by the part where the local shop paying their staff under the table so they can evade minimum wage rules have to charge so much for their pizza. (Yes, I lived with someone who worked pizza delivery.)

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Mark's avatar Mark @marksimploding.bsky.social
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And chicken wings have zero labor. Your analysis is starting out incorrect. Its not done on a per item basis. Its an average of your entire menu. Its based on revenue total. Not item. Adding another person will cost 40grand a year. Thats 50% of the owners take home.

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