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$2,810 ▲ 6.4%vs. your usual Tuesday ($2,640) · 312 tickets AGAINST LAST YEAR | gray is last year | SALES | PROFIT |
| Same Tuesday | $2,810 ▲ 8.5% $2,590 | $314 ▲ $62 $252 |
| Last 7 days | $19,600 ▲ 4.3% $18,800 | $2,135 ▲ $175 $1,960 |
| Month to date | $55,400 ▲ 3.9% $53,300 | $6,050 ▲ $430 $5,620 |
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THE ONE THING TODAY You kept about $314 yesterday after every bill. You threw out $96: 38 croissants and 14 loaves baked for a rush that was over by 10:30. Day-old sold 9 of 40 at half price. That runs about $35,000 a year. Bake the 8:30 croissant batch at 30, not 60, and put day-old on the counter by 7 at $2: about $420 a week, steps 1 and 3. |
SALES → PROFIT YESTERDAY LAST 7 DAYS For the week: labor is an estimate until payroll posts, fixed bills until the bills post. Prime cost 61.7%, with what was thrown out. |
THE LEDGER | Tickets | 312 ▲ 4.0% 6 to 11 AM 214, 11 AM to 3 PM 98. |
| Labor | 33.1% Bakers 14.2%, counter 18.9%. |
| Invoice prices | $63 a week more ▲ 4 up, 1 down 7 invoices this week, every line against last week’s. Butter is $41 of it, flour $22.50. |
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Labor. Four on the counter from 1 to 3 PM rang 31 tickets, $214: $108 of counter labor. Two can carry 31 tickets. The other two cost $54. Invoices. Butter hit $4.85 a pound on Monday’s Valley Dairy invoice, $4.45 last week; 102 pounds a week is $41 more. Flour went from $21.40 to $22.90 a 50 lb bag, 15 bags a week, $22.50 more. A croissant now costs $1.40 to make, up from $1.31, and still sells for $3.75. The bake. The second croissant batch went in at 8:30, 60 pieces. The rush was over by 10:30 and 38 were left at close. Your last four Tuesdays sold 22 after 9 AM. Reviews and competition. 9 new reviews average 4.7; two said the line reached the door at 7:45, your 40-ticket half hour. A coffee kiosk opened in the train station Monday; your 7 to 8 AM did 74 tickets against a usual 76. Events and weather. Saturday’s farmers market is on the square; the last three market Saturdays did about $3,900 against a usual $3,300. Cold and clear all week. CATERING · WHAT’S BOOKED | Thursday 7:30 AM | 2 dozen Office pastry box, confirmed, $96. |
| Friday 8 AM | 40 people School breakfast, coffee and pastries, deposit paid. |
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FROM THE LOGBOOK · YESTERDAY’S CLOSE Grinder 2 drifting; shots running 34 seconds. Out of oat milk at 9:50. Priya, shift lead, 2:40 PM. 48 tickets came after 9:50; 1 in 5 takes oat milk, so about 9 lost at $5.25. |
MENU SANDBOX · TRY IT BEFORE IT GOES ON THE MENU | Day-old pastries $2.00 instead of half price, on the counter by 7, if they sell. | +$126 a week |
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THE ACTION LIST · TODAY, IN ORDER | 1. | Cut: The 8:30 croissant batch to 30 today. About $294 a week. |
| 2. | Send: Two of the four on the 1 to 3 PM counter home at 1. About $378 a week. |
| 3. | Price: Day-old at $2.00, on the counter by 7 AM. About $126 a week. |
| 4. | Raise: A croissant to $3.95 today, on about 450 a week. About $90 a week. |
| 5. | Staff: One more on the register Saturday 8 to 11, $40 of labor, so the market’s extra $600 does not wait in line. |
| 6. | Order: Two more cases of oat milk on Friday’s order; you ran out at 9:50. |
| 7. | Fix: Grinder 2: recalibrate before open; shots should pull in 28 seconds. |
| 8. | Stage: Thursday’s pastry box ready at 7:15; Friday’s school breakfast loaded by 7:40. |
| 9. | Make: A third batch of scones by 9; you sold out at 9:20 two days running. |
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