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Refrigerated Hash Browns vs. Homemade

Product Cost:

100 bag US # 2 Idaho Russet Burbanks

     (average cost delivered price based on 12 months 1999 average)

$13.90

  
Average net yield in-house prep 68 lbs.  
Average net yield after cooking 58 lbs.  

Average product cost per pound ($13.90/58 lbs.)

   $0.240
Labor Cost:

100 lb. bag peeled, cooked and cut

     2 hours labor x $7.50 ($6.00 wage plus 25% for Worker's Compensation,    

     Unemployment, Social Security and basic benefits)

$15.00

  

 Average cost per pound

   $0.259
Other Costs:

Extra space to store raw and cooked product, extra prep space, waste pickup cost,

    down time, inconsistencies, shorts

   $0.003
.

Total cost per pound/Homemade

   $0.529
Refrigerated Hash Browns:
2/10 lb. case    

 Average Hash Brown cost per pound/Refrigerated

   $0.525