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9 weekly meals
buffet service for 100ppl
food budget was $200-$250 last yr based on 75ppl...
I do all the cooking on site at church or at my apartment and transport it
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Well, you got off to a horrible start. You said your labor and skill were worth a pat on the back and $50 in restaurant coupons. You produced "home cooked" meals for $3.50 pp. Your church probably expects a 400% increase in labor costs; you get $200.
Because you don't know how or what to charge, and are probably a one person operation, simply tell the church committee in charge of this program that the church will purchase all foodstuffs necessary for preparation of each meal and you'll accept an honorarium of $1.75 per meal prepared, minimum 100 meals. It'll put the meal cost for food and your labor at $5.25; about what you'd pay for a bagel and a cup of coffee.
For the nine weeks, you'll pick up $1575, which you probably can use, and the church will get "home cooked" meals for less than a Whopper Meal and a shake.
Be advised: There's no way I'd have ever worked that cheap unless, to quote Dan Ackroyd in the Blues Brother, "I'm on a mission from God!"