Our Bistro features a popular French Country Meatball Sandwich on the lunch menu. We are open six (6) days a week and sell 80 sandwiches per day. The chef’s meatball recipe makes 60 meatballs. It calls for 8 lbs. of ground sirloin, and the food cost of that recipe is $81.70. We serve three (3) meatballs on each sandwi

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To determine various details about the French Country Meatball Sandwich, let's break down the information step-by-step.

Daily and Weekly Sales

  • Daily Sales: You serve 80 meatball sandwiches each day.
  • Weekly Sales: Since you are open 6 days a week: \[ \text{Weekly Sales} = 80 \text{ sandwiches/day} \times 6 \text{ days/week} = 480 \text{ sandwiches/week} \]

Meatball Requirement

  • Each sandwich has 3 meatballs.
  • Therefore, the total number of meatballs sold per day is: \[ \text{Daily Meatball Requirement} = 80 \text{ sandwiches} \times 3 \text{ meatballs/sandwich} = 240 \text{ meatballs/day} \]
  • And for a week: \[ \text{Weekly Meatball Requirement} = 240 \text{ meatballs/day} \times 6 \text{ days/week} = 1440 \text{ meatballs/week} \]

Meatball Yield

  • The chef’s recipe makes 60 meatballs at a time.
  • To determine how many batches of meatballs are needed per day and per week:
    • Daily Batches Required: \[ \text{Daily Batches} = \frac{240 \text{ meatballs}}{60 \text{ meatballs/batch}} = 4 \text{ batches/day} \]

    • Weekly Batches Required: \[ \text{Weekly Batches} = \frac{1440 \text{ meatballs}}{60 \text{ meatballs/batch}} = 24 \text{ batches/week} \]

Food Cost Analysis

  • The food cost for one batch of meatballs is $81.70.

  • Daily Cost of Meatballs: \[ \text{Daily Cost} = 4 \text{ batches} \times 81.70 = 326.80 \text{ per day} \]

  • Weekly Cost of Meatballs: \[ \text{Weekly Cost} = 24 \text{ batches} \times 81.70 = 1960.80 \text{ per week} \]

Summary

  1. Weekly sandwich sales: 480 sandwiches
  2. Daily meatball requirement: 240 meatballs
  3. Weekly meatball requirement: 1440 meatballs
  4. Daily batches of meatballs needed: 4 batches
  5. Weekly batches of meatballs needed: 24 batches
  6. Daily food cost for meatballs: $326.80
  7. Weekly food cost for meatballs: $1960.80

This breakdown can be useful for inventory planning, cost management, and understanding the operational needs of the kitchen to meet customer demand for the French Country Meatball Sandwich.