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Let me explain why you don’t add un-necessary steps to your workflow. Labor is time. Some thing as simple as the unnecessary task of scalding milk, “blooming” instant yeast”, or jerry rigging equipment has a real cost in labor.
Where I live the average wages are $15/hour
Let say your employee wastes 5 minutes scalding milk and blooming yeast.
Divide the number of minutes worked into 60 minutes to calculate the wage per minute.
5 ÷ 60 = 0.833 = 1.249
$1.25 per minute (rounded up)
$1.25 x 5 = $6.25
You pay $6.25 to perform a 5 minute task.
How many times in a work day are these unnecessary tasks repeated?
Labor is not free. The margin of profit is so small on baked goods the vast majority of bakers are actually selling at a loss—and don’t even realize it.
Where I live the average wages are $15/hour
Let say your employee wastes 5 minutes scalding milk and blooming yeast.
Divide the number of minutes worked into 60 minutes to calculate the wage per minute.
5 ÷ 60 = 0.833 = 1.249
$1.25 per minute (rounded up)
$1.25 x 5 = $6.25
You pay $6.25 to perform a 5 minute task.
How many times in a work day are these unnecessary tasks repeated?
- 5 batches: $31.25
- 10 batches: $62.50
- 15 batches: $93.75
- 20 batches: $125.00
Labor is not free. The margin of profit is so small on baked goods the vast majority of bakers are actually selling at a loss—and don’t even realize it.