What does each jar really cost?

Most makers price from the ingredients alone and forget the jar, the lid, the label and their own hours. Put it all in and see the price that holds your margin.

Ingredients for the batch ($)

Jars in the batch

Jar, lid and label each ($)

Your time per batch (minutes)

Your hourly rate ($)

Your price per jar ($)

Margin you want (%)

$6.72Cost per jar

44%Margin at your price

$14.94Price for a 55% margin

How the number is built

Cost per jar = (ingredients + packaging for every jar + your time at your hourly rate) divided by the jars in the batch. Price for a margin = cost per jar divided by (1 minus the margin). A 55% margin on a $5.00 jar means selling at $11.11.

Doing this for one recipe is easy. Keeping it right across ten recipes when flour or fruit changes price is the part that eats a weekend. That is what we plan to build next.