We use some plastic bags but our main 'carriers' are shallow cardboard
trays. They arrive flat and we make them up as needed. On busy days we
could almost have one person doing that job.
I think they cost us about 15p each

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Sacha

15p plus the labour cost of making them up. How many can that 'one person'
make up per hour and what is the hourly rate?

So many businesses don't take the full cost of an item into consideration.

I was looking at a Roadside Public House which is on the market and the cost
of what I call 'Dead Money' on the Rent and Rates alone is £207.00 PER DAY.

When I had my factories, I did a 'Dead Money' calculation on Rent, Rates,
Gas and Electric Standing Charge, Telephone Rent, Insurances etc etc, added
it all up for the year and divided by 365. That was the cost, Sundays,
Christmas Day etc that was 'Money down the drain' BEFORE I paid for the
first member of staff to come in and switch a light on, flush the loo, turn
the heating up etc etc.

One of the hidden considerations I included in my book on starting a
business.

Sacha. Have you done a 'Dead Money' calculation? What it costs per day to
run your place as a business? I doubt it, not many do :-( They wait for the
end of the year, hand their books to the Accountant and then a year after
the Financial Year has closed, see how well they didn't do 18 months ago :-(

Mike


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