Gary in VA
Head Chef
ok.. a friend called me and asked for pork and chicken (just the meat) for 50-75 people... to be delivered hot.
I am comfortable with just selling the pork at $7.00/lb like I normally do .. I am figuring 20 lbs of pork. But I don't know what to charge for the chicken.
I was thinking 60 thighs and 30 legs.. thats 90 pieces.. cost would be about 30 bucks... so 90 bucks????? It seems kinda high if you think thighs and legs for a buck a piece if I was buying it... but it seems low to be charging only getting 60 bucks for 2-3 hours of work cooking chicken.
I also thought for the same 30 bucks I could do 10 whole chickens.. maybe beer can chicks... but some would say.. you can get rotis chicken at walmart for 6 bucks each... I feel I'd have to charge 10 bucks each to make it worth my while...
I have never been good at pricing chicken... HELP
I am comfortable with just selling the pork at $7.00/lb like I normally do .. I am figuring 20 lbs of pork. But I don't know what to charge for the chicken.
I was thinking 60 thighs and 30 legs.. thats 90 pieces.. cost would be about 30 bucks... so 90 bucks????? It seems kinda high if you think thighs and legs for a buck a piece if I was buying it... but it seems low to be charging only getting 60 bucks for 2-3 hours of work cooking chicken.
I also thought for the same 30 bucks I could do 10 whole chickens.. maybe beer can chicks... but some would say.. you can get rotis chicken at walmart for 6 bucks each... I feel I'd have to charge 10 bucks each to make it worth my while...
I have never been good at pricing chicken... HELP