Ivan catering $$$ problems help

best advice is to break out your original serving size per person, i.e. 2 eggs, three strips bacon, etc. find out what your food cost is per person. After you add all of this together I usually add another 10% of the total food cost (ex. ttl cost = $1.00 * .1 = $1.10) to cover incidentals, paper etc. I then will divide that by .25 - .30 (this is your target food cost percentage)to arrive at a per person charge. I charge for every person I feed no matter whether I fixed for 30 or 60ppl. If you ran out of food then charge for the number of people you estimate made it through the line before food ran out. Obviously you don't want to take advantage of the situation, but you should get compensated for having to feed the extra people.
I am not in the middle of a natural disaster though so I would do what sounds reasonable. Remember that the electric co. isn't going to eat the cost of all the OT they are paying. The price for electricity will be adjusted to allow them to be compensated for their additional expenses and so should you.
Just my opinion
Mark

Putterspit
I'll get Jack on this, too. He's good with food costs. What Mark says sounds good to me. I'd keep really tight on your records. Keep lots of detailed written records and all receipts. This has been a very wearing hurricane season and I bet those electric employees really appreciate your efforts.
Tom said he met you in Alabama and sent us your good wishes. We wish you the best, too.
Peggy
2 Greyhounds....(not SMOKIN yet, but we will be soon)

putterspit,
just got home form 14 hr day. get off at 3.30pm wednesday
will look at this one real good
and send advice
but marks sure looks good
see ya tomorrow
jack

hey before o go lock them into a set number to feed
jack

Well I worked up a price for the coop and sent it, but I still would like to know what someone else would have charged, if you dont mind. Dont put alot of work in to it. I was looking for a general price for Bfast and lunch and Dinner seperately. Put out 1048 meals for the 4 and 1/3 days......so whatta ya think? I did find out what FEMA pays for meals though but I am far below that figure...thanks for the responces and God Bless

putterspit,
well your last post sure took the fun out of this . just kidding
for breakfast (your highest profit meal) i would have hit them for $5.00/person.
lunch i would hit them for $7.50/person unless it was brunswick stew in which case it would have been 8/person.
dinner would have been around $10.00/person
and for gosh sakes don't tell me what FEMA pays.
just got paid today and saw the taxes taken out
jack
ps. i think they were lucky they got you!!!!!!
pps. thanks for watching over tom lol