Posted by Karen Upright on February 11, 1998 at 00:28:22 :
In Reply to: Re: Pricing Seasonings posted by steve on February 09, 1998 at 11:02:57 :
: Standard is 5% - 8% of the cost of the main items of the dish
I guess it depends on what you're doing. At least 90% of the items we prepare at my restaurant don't use *any* dried seasonings, unless you count a small amount of salt (but I don't use a generous hand with that). Even 5% of COG seems high for my purposes. Fresh herbs I price out in COG.
Karen