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If they spend $1,000,000 for 6,600 guests for 7 days then it only costs $21.60 in supplies to feed each guest per day.

by johnz 7y ago

throaway9912 7y ago
Interesting to compare with the valley. Google food and drink cost per employee per day was around $16 when I last heard. Dropbox was the highest around $60, although this was a few years ago.
- Aunche 7y ago
  $1 million is just for supplies. It doesn't account for labor and other expenses.
- indecisive_user 7y ago
  Cruises are generally feeding each passenger 3+ meals per day though. And people tend to overeat on vacation as well. How many meals does the average tech employee eat at work per day? My initial guess would be around 1.5, with the biggest meal of the day, dinner, usually being eaten outside of work. That would mean google spends more than twice as much per meal than cruises do.
- ckdarby 7y ago
  Where did you find $16 per employee for Google? I'd like to read more about this.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  $60 per employee per day on food?! You could give everyone a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and a fillet steak every day for that.
  - awad 7y ago
    That's not TOO far an exaggeration from reality
gamblor956 7y ago
Plus crew...
dylan604 7y ago
They only talk about the 6600 guests as part of that purchase. The video talks about having 1085 employees in the different kitchens. They need to eat as well, so does their meals come from this same stock of food? There's also the rest of the staff like engineering, bridge crew, cleaning, etc. I'm guessing there's a couple hundred more employees at least. I'm pretty sure I'm thinking way more about this than the producer's target audience though.
- supernova87a 7y ago
  This video is a bit more extensive and entertaining with such questions addressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P48HQCgZWg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P48HQCgZWg0
- abtinf 7y ago
  Cruise ships often have more than .4 crew per guest. So 6600 guests would mean more than 2600 crew. https://www.cruisewatch.com/top-10/ships-passenger-crew-ratio/ https://www.cruisewatch.com/top-10/ships-passenger-crew-rati...
  - DuskStar 7y ago
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If they spend $1,000,000 for 6,600 guests for 7 days then it only costs $21.60 in supplies to feed each guest per day.

by johnz 7y ago

If they spend $1,000,000 for 6,600 guests for 7 days then it only costs $21.60 in supplies to feed each guest per day.

Interesting to compare with the valley. Google food and drink cost per employee per day was around $16 when I last heard. Dropbox was the highest around $60, although this was a few years ago.

Aunche 7y ago
$1 million is just for supplies. It doesn't account for labor and other expenses.
indecisive_user 7y ago
Cruises are generally feeding each passenger 3+ meals per day though. And people tend to overeat on vacation as well. How many meals does the average tech employee eat at work per day? My initial guess would be around 1.5, with the biggest meal of the day, dinner, usually being eaten outside of work. That would mean google spends more than twice as much per meal than cruises do.
ckdarby 7y ago
Where did you find $16 per employee for Google? I'd like to read more about this.
chrisseaton 7y ago
$60 per employee per day on food?! You could give everyone a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and a fillet steak every day for that.
- awad 7y ago
  That's not TOO far an exaggeration from reality

gamblor956 7y ago

Plus crew...

dylan604 7y ago

They only talk about the 6600 guests as part of that purchase. The video talks about having 1085 employees in the different kitchens. They need to eat as well, so does their meals come from this same stock of food? There's also the rest of the staff like engineering, bridge crew, cleaning, etc. I'm guessing there's a couple hundred more employees at least. I'm pretty sure I'm thinking way more about this than the producer's target audience though.

supernova87a 7y ago
This video is a bit more extensive and entertaining with such questions addressed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P48HQCgZWg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P48HQCgZWg0
abtinf 7y ago
Cruise ships often have more than .4 crew per guest. So 6600 guests would mean more than 2600 crew. https://www.cruisewatch.com/top-10/ships-passenger-crew-ratio/ https://www.cruisewatch.com/top-10/ships-passenger-crew-rati...
- DuskStar 7y ago
  The top ships there - Crystal, SeaDream, SilverSea, SeaBourn - are all small ultra-luxury vessels. C̵a̵r̵i̵b̵b̵e̵a̵n̵ ̵P̵r̵i̵n̵c̵e̵s̵s̵,̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵o̵n̵l̵y̵ ̵R̵o̵y̵a̵l̵ ̵C̵a̵r̵i̵b̵b̵e̵a̵n̵ ̵v̵e̵s̵s̵e̵l̵ ̵o̵n̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵l̵i̵s̵t̵ ̵[̵0̵]̵ ̵h̵a̵s̵ ̵a̵ ̵p̵a̵s̵s̵e̵n̵g̵e̵r̵:̵c̵r̵e̵w̵ ̵o̵f̵ ̵0̵.̵3̵7̵ ̵-̵ ̵a̵n̵d̵ ̵h̵a̵l̵f̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵p̵a̵s̵s̵e̵n̵g̵e̵r̵ ̵c̵a̵p̵a̵c̵i̵t̵y̵ ̵o̵f̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵s̵h̵i̵p̵ ̵i̵n̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵v̵i̵d̵e̵o̵.̵ ̵S̵o̵ ̵I̵'̵d̵ ̵i̵m̵a̵g̵i̵n̵e̵ ̵0̵.̵3̵ ̵w̵o̵u̵l̵d̵ ̵b̵e̵ ̵a̵ ̵g̵o̵o̵d̵ ̵e̵s̵t̵i̵m̵a̵t̵e̵ ̵f̵o̵r̵ ̵a̵ ̵s̵h̵i̵p̵ ̵t̵w̵i̵c̵e̵ ̵t̵h̵e̵ ̵s̵i̵z̵e̵ ̵-̵ ̵r̵i̵g̵h̵t̵ ̵a̵r̵o̵u̵n̵d̵ ̵2̵0̵0̵0̵ ̵c̵r̵e̵w̵.̵ EDIT2: Caribbean Princess is not a Royal Caribbean ship, and Royal Caribbean's naming scheme is "* of the Seas" not "Caribbean *". Really not sure how I messed that one up. EDIT: But we can do better than that! The Oasis-class of ships are the only ones with a ~6600 passenger capacity, and they of course all have wikipedia pages [1]. And that lists the crew at 2200, for a ratio of 0.33. 0: https://www.cruisewatch.com/cruise-ships/caribbean-princess/86 https://www.cruisewatch.com/cruise-ships/caribbean-princess/... 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_of_the_Seas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_of_the_Seas