Allergy Friendly Baking - Pricing Question

Business By Katherine1972 Updated 8 Mar 2017 , 6:48am by ypierce82

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Katherine1972 Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 3:09am
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I recently started a home based allergy friendly baking business. I've been using the Bakenomics app to calculate pricing. 

There is a big difference in my local competitor pricing and what I would have to charge. I even compared with pricing in other areas of the country and my prices are significantly more.

i.e average price for a 10" round retails for $52 but when I add up just the ingredient cost for MY 10" it's $38.86. Bakenomics  adds in another $25.67 for labor. It says a $46.72 profit with a retail price of $111.25.

I understand a brick and mortar business doing higher volume probably has wholesale accounts for some of these specialty  ingredients but this still seems like such a huge difference.

The other way I've read to figure your sale price is ingredient cost x 3, which brings it to $116.

what am I doing wrong here? 


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-K8memphis Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 3:42am
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no you're good -- it's a niche product -- build it up -- you got this -- go for it --

best to you

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Katherine1972 Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 4:01am
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But how if others doing allergy friendly cakes are charging half what I am?

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ypierce82 Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 7:26am
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They probably haven't properly priced out their ingredients, over head including electric, paper towels, etc. They also probably aren't paying themselves an hourly wage, either. My prices are higher than home bakers around me, but I'm not willing to work for pennies, and I have never priced using ingredients x3. By everything that I have read, that is definitely never the way to go. Let's say your ingredients are only 10 bucks. X3 is $30.00........I sell a dozen cupcakes for more than that. You have to know what YOUR costs are. Allergy friendly isn't cheap ingredients wise, at least here. Don't sell yourself short, and go for it! 

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Katherine1972 Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 3:11pm
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Could I compare to your  prices ? 

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ypierce82 Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 9:59pm
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You would be in the same ball park. Gluten free, allergy friendly, imo, should command a higher price! 

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Katherine1972 Posted 7 Mar 2017 , 10:04pm
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But that's what I'm comparing. Other allergy friendly bakeries to mine. I'm not comparing to traditional bakery prices 

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ypierce82 Posted 8 Mar 2017 , 1:45am
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Right. Your costs are probably different than theirs, and maybe they aren't making a profit, but IMO, I wouldn't be concerned about being at a higher price point. If you haven't already priced your recipes out, do that, and also read the other threads on here about pricing. 

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Katherine1972 Posted 8 Mar 2017 , 3:29am
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Yes I've priced using Bakenomics app. I'll search for more recommendations here...

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ypierce82 Posted 8 Mar 2017 , 6:48am
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I'm sorry, I didn't scroll back to your original comment. You'll find a lot of helpful information here. 

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