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Except they don't make 32 drinks an hour for 7 hours straight. They might do that at the busiest times, but that's likely a minor part of their day. Edit: Labo
by ams6110 8y ago
Except they don't make 32 drinks an hour for 7 hours straight. They might do that at the busiest times, but that's likely a minor part of their day.
Edit: Labor cost in fast food is typically about 20% and most places would consider that on the high side. Not sure how well that translates to coffee shops, but assuming a 100% increase in cost of labor, prices would go up about 20% to cover that. So a $5 latte becomes $6.
- Retric 8y ago32 drinks per hour is a low average that’s already including downtime. “8-4 shift with 2 other baristas on a 6 group synesso hydra, is 986 coffees. That place averaged around 750 a day.” 986 / 3 people / 8 hours = 41 per hour. 750 / 3 people / 8 hours = 31 per hour. If your comparing somone making 20$ per hour vs 10$ per hour that’s 24 to 31 cents a drink. Which is not meaningless but does demonstrate that wages are a low percentage of the cost of a coffee.
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoI would argue that that average is probably an extreme outlier. For one, a 6 group synesso hydra is an absolute beast of an espresso machine. I'm a "coffee snob", and I can't think of any of the best espresso shops in my city that have a machine near this big or high-end. For comparison, a 2 group hydra retails for $18k. My guess is only the busiest, highest-end shops could support a machine that big.
- Retric 8y agoWhile true, 3 people just making coffee is also something of an outlier. The average Starbucks sells ~400 cups of coffee a day, but that includes a lot of very low volume locations with less than 3 people.