A vendor prepares 100.00 hotdogs every day and sells at $20.00/piece. For each hot dog, he spends $12.00 in the raw material. Additionally he spends $1.00 for packing each hotdog and monthly $50.00, $20.00, $10.00 as food truck rent, electricity and other expenses respectively. Lost sale are taken as $1 per unhappy customer. Leftover hotdogs can be sold for $5.00/piece. On a particular day in June it rained heavily so the vendor was able to sell only 80.00 hot dogs. Determine the vendor’s profit for that day? Assume there are 30 days in the month.

1 answer

To determine the vendor's profit for that day, we need to calculate his total revenue, total costs, and then the profit by subtracting the total costs from the total revenue.

Step 1: Calculate Total Revenue

The vendor sells 80 hotdogs at $20 each.

\[ \text{Total Revenue} = \text{Number of Hotdogs Sold} \times \text{Price per Hotdog} \] \[ \text{Total Revenue} = 80 \times 20 = 1600 \text{ dollars} \]

Step 2: Calculate Total Costs

2.1 Raw Materials

The vendor spends $12 on raw materials for each hotdog made.

\[ \text{Raw Material Cost} = \text{Number of Hotdogs Made} \times \text{Cost per Hotdog} \] \[ \text{Raw Material Cost} = 100 \times 12 = 1200 \text{ dollars} \]

2.2 Packing Costs

The vendor spends $1.00 on packing each hotdog.

\[ \text{Packing Cost} = \text{Number of Hotdogs Made} \times \text{Packing Cost per Hotdog} \] \[ \text{Packing Cost} = 100 \times 1 = 100 \text{ dollars} \]

2.3 Monthly Fixed Costs

These costs are fixed regardless of the number of hotdogs sold.

\[ \text{Monthly Fixed Costs} = 50 + 20 + 10 = 80 \text{ dollars} \]

2.4 Calculate Daily Fixed Costs

To get the daily fixed costs, we divide the monthly fixed costs by the number of days in the month.

\[ \text{Daily Fixed Costs} = \frac{\text{Monthly Fixed Costs}}{30} = \frac{80}{30} \approx 2.67 \text{ dollars} \]

2.5 Lost Sales

With 100 hotdogs prepared and only 80 sold, the vendor has 20 unhappy customers.

\[ \text{Lost Sales Cost} = \text{Number of Lost Sales} \times \text{Cost of Unhappiness per Customer} \] \[ \text{Lost Sales Cost} = 20 \times 1 = 20 \text{ dollars} \]

2.6 Leftover Hotdogs

He has 20 leftover hotdogs which he can sell at $5 each.

\[ \text{Revenue from Leftover Hotdogs} = \text{Number of Leftover Hotdogs} \times \text{Selling Price per Leftover Hotdog} \] \[ \text{Revenue from Leftover Hotdogs} = 20 \times 5 = 100 \text{ dollars} \]

Step 3: Calculate Total Costs

Now, we can sum up all the costs.

\[ \text{Total Costs} = \text{Raw Material Cost} + \text{Packing Cost} + \text{Daily Fixed Costs} + \text{Lost Sales Cost} - \text{Revenue from Leftover Hotdogs} \] \[ \text{Total Costs} = 1200 + 100 + 2.67 + 20 - 100 = 1222.67 \text{ dollars} \]

Step 4: Calculate Profit

Finally, we can calculate the profit.

\[ \text{Profit} = \text{Total Revenue} - \text{Total Costs} \] \[ \text{Profit} = 1600 - 1222.67 = 377.33 \text{ dollars} \]

Conclusion

The vendor’s profit for that day is $377.33.