The week breaks even at cover 510 of 620
Break-Even Covers Calculator
Fixed costs and the committed rota against what each cover leaves behind: the cover where the week starts paying, per week and per service.
Break-Even Covers Calculator
The cover where the week starts paying: fixed costs and the committed rota against the contribution each cover leaves.
How to read the number
Contribution per cover is the ex-VAT spend times the blended GP: on the demo, £21.85 of every £38 head stays after the food and drink are paid for.
Everything up to the break-even cover pays the nut; the profit is every cover after it. On the demo the week's profit is the last 110 covers, which is why a quiet Tuesday matters more than it feels.
The lever order: fill covers first, then GP, then the rota. Cutting the rota below the service standard cuts covers next quarter, which moves the break-even the wrong way.
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The same arithmetic in Excel with a covers-to-profit table, so the gap between a 500 week and a 650 week is in pounds.
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