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GP targets and costing thread

Postby uuuuuuuuuuuu » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:01 am

Can you make 66% GP (forget the VAT) on a main course selling for £6, £7 or £8? If so then lets see the dishes.

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby bingo1 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:31 am

Try the nasty food pic thread.

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby craiga097 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:01 pm

3663 all the way

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby uuuuuuuuuuuu » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:05 pm

craiga097 wrote:3663 all the way


haha

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby basildog1 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:29 pm

i'm getting lamb shanks for £2 a go.

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby uuuuuuuuuuuu » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:34 pm

Basildog wrote:i'm getting lamb shanks for £2 a go.


That's the spirit :)

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby craiga097 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:09 pm

We use Lamb shoulder and beef balde as the gp savior, and we sell moutains of it!!!!

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby mikew1 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:10 pm

Hear about the one pound beef and onion pie some pub near birmingham (i think) is doing?

30p to make.

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby chef99 » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:19 pm

we are using a lot of lamb flank, ham hough,beef shin, and pigs head. tastes bloody awesome and it does save on the g.p

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Re: GP targets and costing thread

Postby uuuuuuuuuuuu » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:38 pm

MikeW wrote:Hear about the one pound beef and onion pie some pub near birmingham (i think) is doing?

30p to make.


haha brilliant :)

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