[Panonthefire]

[quote=sucrechef;155577]

Originally Posted by Panonthefire

the most profitable item on the menu will be the one with the lowest food cost.
QUOTE]

Unfortunately, not always true. If you have an item with a particularly low food cost, but it doesn't sell, then it is not profitable. Plus, if I make $4.00 on one item, but $10.00 on another item (selling equal amounts of both) then the item on which my margin is $10.00 is more profitable regardless of the food cost percentage.

Why would any chef put an item on the menu that does not sell?

[even stephen]

Let me know when you create a menu with which you can
sell all items well. Sometimes thier are token things you just
have to have. Suffer one for the good of many!

[oldschool1982]

You're absolutly correct. I once had two of them....

A 36oz. Fried Coldwater Lobster tail that sold for 85.00 and a 45oz Porterhouse fro 45.00. You could get them as a Surf and turf for the mere price of 115.00 BTW the menu was ala carte too so this was just the entree's. Money in the bank when they sold.

[kuan]

Originally Posted by oldschool1982

You're absolutly correct. I once had two of them....

A 36oz. Fried Coldwater Lobster tail that sold for 85.00 and a 45oz Porterhouse fro 45.00. You could get them as a Surf and turf for the mere price of 115.00 BTW the menu was ala carte too so this was just the entree's. Money in the bank when they sold.

Yeah, sure, just hook me up with that combo and take me out in a stretcher! Just for kicks, just serve it up with a magnum of wine.

[Someday]

I often get a kick out of these threads that are reborn after 5 or 6 years or so. Wonder if that person ever found a chef job?

[katiebour]

I think ours would be the hot beef sandwich- uses the beef that's falling apart from reheating on the steam table, white bread, mash, gravy, and a spoonful of veggies.

Probably costs less than a dollar to make the whole plate, sells for $3-4 depending on the day/discounts.

That's a healthy 300% profit. Very popular too.

[tsblo]

At my work, its our chicken wings.
We have them supplied from an asian supplier for 4 cents each. Than we sell them on cheap wing nights, lightly coated in Jack Daniels and Diana sauce, for 49 cents each, or our regular 6 wing apps for 9.99 (=1$ something each wing) or our 12 wing entree for 19.99(= 1.66 per wing)