In fact, many dishes in our life can be counted as profiteering, because the profit of the catering industry itself is very high. To put it bluntly, catering is also a craft job. What is sold is the chef's craft. The ingredients themselves are not worth much. What is valuable is the process that the chef turns them into delicious food.

Let me give you some common dishes:

Sliced potatoes in vinegar

The price of potatoes in the market is generally one yuan a catty, which may be a few cents a catty if it is wholesale. A plate of fried shredded potatoes is a medium-sized potato, and then some seasonings are added.

a potato costs 5 cents, which is the seasoning of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, water, electricity, gas, etc. So the cost of a plate of shredded potatoes is one yuan, while a plate of shredded potatoes in a restaurant can be sold for seven yuan if it is cheap, and the profit is six yuan.

of course, the six dollars may also be spread into the hotel rent, workers' wages, property fees and so on. But even so, the final net profit can reach about three yuan.

the profit is three times the cost, which is not profiteering?

scrambled eggs with tomatoes

One tomato is about one yuan, and the cost of two eggs is about one and a half yuan, so the total cost should be about three yuan. A dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes in a restaurant can be sold for more than eight yuan, and the net profit is 2-3 times of the cost.

pickled fish

a piece of Longli fish sold in a supermarket can make a large pot of pickled fish, which is only about ten yuan. Together with two yuan of pickled vegetables and other condiments, the cost of a pot of pickled fish is about twelve or three yuan.

The price of a pot of pickled fish in the restaurant is about 4 yuan, and the profit is still 2-3 times the cost.

garlic and oily wheat dishes

This vegetable is actually more profitable. One dollar can buy a large bundle of seasonal vegetables, and then only a few vegetables can be used in a dish. This large bundle of vegetables can't be sold out in one day.

In this way, the cost of a dish of garlic and oil wheat vegetables may be less than one yuan, but it can be sold for about eight yuan, which is more profitable, more than four times the cost.

Mapo tofu

One piece of tofu costs two yuan, but two pieces of Mapo tofu can be made. Including other seasonings, the cost of a plate of Mapo tofu is less than two yuan, and then it can be sold for ten yuan, and the profit can still reach more than four times after all costs are removed.

In fact, the profit of food in restaurants is high, which is recognized. This is why we don't eat takeout if we want to save money, and then we have to buy food and go home to cook for ourselves. If you cook by yourself, you can save a lot of labor costs. The food in the restaurant is expensive in the chef's skills, so cooking by yourself can save almost half the cost. People who can make a living cook at home by themselves. After decades of tempering, their cooking skills should not be bad.