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Skriven 2012-04-12 22:40:00 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av DALE SHIPP
Ärende: wine markup
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-=> Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> Well a $50 restaurant wine is really a $25 wine

 DS> Our daughter was / saying that wine they sell for $20-25
 DS> sells in a retail store for $8-10.

That's certainly true.

 DS> is purchased by them at wholesale for about $2-3

Now that sounds too low but I don't have access to real wholesale
prices to dispute it. However I'm under the impression that
wholesalers mark up their inventory about 15-20% when re-selling.

There was an article in Serious Eats a while ago by a bartender who
suggested that a $3 bottle of wine went to $30 as follows: plonk
costs $3 in its homeland plus $3 freight to get it from Europe or
Australia to North America in good condition, a 20% markup by a
national importer who has lots of onerous paperwork, another 20% by
a state distributor who must carry a large inventory, a 20% markup
by a retailer plus 40% in various excise taxes, import duties and
sales taxes along the way and you are close to $15. The restaurant
doubles that price.

Everyone makes a living but nobody makes a killing. It's no worse
than other food commodity. The farmer gets $0.25 per pound for
potatoes and yet potato chips sell for up to $5 per pound for
fancier varieties. 

 DS> The markup on wines in restaurants is huge.

I recall a canny Indian chap who came to Canada via England and who
was distressed Ontario didn't allow customers to bring their own wine
and be charged corkage so he carried a single white and a single red
house wine but promised to sell any wine carried by his (government)
supplier with 48 hours notice when making a reservation for a $6
markup. He sold a lot of wine and was able to raise his food prices
successfully too.

In case you were wondering...

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     Title: About Strapacky
Categories: Slovakian, Dumplings, Info
  Servings: 1 info file

    halusky or spaetzle
    sauerkraut

Strapacky is a Slovak dish, similar to bryndzove haluuky where the
base compound of the dish is halusky (spaetzle dumplings), however
instead of bacon and bryndza, stewed sauerkraut is used.

From: Wikipedia

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Cheers

YK Jim


... This sorry excuse for a socialist state doesn't even have free
medicinal wine.


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