Numbers

Break-even

Free

How many customers one day needs before you have earned anything. And how many it needs to reach the profit you want.

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How to use it

  1. Type your figures in Settings once: monthly fixed costs, daily labor, average sale, average unit cost, and days open. This screen reads them.
  2. Type the monthly profit you want, if any. The target line moves with it.
  3. Press Print this page. Tape the sheet by the back door, so every shift can read it.

What it does

  • Each customer only covers what is left after materials: the average sale minus the unit cost. Dividing costs by the full sale gives a number that is too low.
  • Fixed costs are spread over the days you open. Then the day’s labor is added. Closing one day a week raises the daily target.
  • The answer is rounded up. Customer 46.5 has not covered you. Customer 47 has.
  • If the unit cost is equal to or above the sale, the screen shows a message instead of a wrong number.

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