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We will be. Somewhere between 20% and 30%. I have a plan mapped out where we raise prices once a year a few things. When its all said and done we will be $2 to $3 higher on all pizzas and $1 or $2 higher on other items.
How are you guys cooking your wings? I buy the pre-sauced/pre-cooked ones currently but they’re too expensive and am open to trying something new.
What are you paying for fresh wings we currently use la nova they taste good but are expensive and lately they have been VERY inconsistent in size and also there are a lot of odd ball pieces thrown in the mix that are unusable and have to be thrown in the trash. Have been wanting to do what you are doing with the wings but am unsure of the time consumption and if it’s worth it.
Right now they are $80 a case. My supplier gets them from Wayne Farms somewhere in the midwest. They do have a tough time getting them though and I have also a lot of issues with the bits and pieces lately. They a bringing in some from a different plant on Friday and I’ll see if they are better. They best ones I have found in SoCal are the Restaurant Depot ones " Mountaire " I just don’t want to go pick up 80 cases every week.
I’ll see if I can get some photo’s up over the the next week. I’m not always around when they are doing the wings.
My supplier carries these wings just order a case and am going to give them a shot and see how they work out will be receiving them in tomorrows delivery. She quoted me $84/case though but I’m currently paying 4.32/lb for the la nova wings just cant do that anymore need to tighten costs up especially with the $15 coming our way soon. I am excited to try these!
How many lbs in this $84 case?
Be prepared for the following when using fresh wings:
Thanks for the heads up but my supplier knows very well I don’t accept damaged goods why would I pay full price for that. I document everything and make her aware as most of the time she has no clue because it’s the warehouse workers that are careless as well as the delivery drivers. I also have blocked substitutes as I had issues in the past. But being that the wings would be fresh I would probably be cooking them the day they were received.
Also keep in mind the 40LB case of fresh jumbo wings won’t have close to the number of wings as 40lbs of Lanova wings. While you will certainly get more per pound once cooked, it won’t be as much as it seems at first as the fresh wings will render a lot of fat. It’s been a long time since I’ve used lanova but I seem to remember them yielding 9-11 per pound while I seem to remember Jumbo fresh wings yielding 6-8 per pound.
Yes I am factoring all of this but with la nova we just got a price increase and their quality of wings has been inconsistent with the size of their wings and also having a lot of unusable pieces that have to be thrown in the trash which is why I started looking into an alternative. That being said we received our fresh wings today yes they are bigger and had a lot of cook off but from a quick calculation they have an 8% lower food cost than la nova on a 10 piece order and the customer recieves more bang for their buck. They were also crisper than la nova even with sauce on them and our #1 complain with wings is that our wings are not crispy (we bake them). They were time consuming to make but again this was the first stab at it efficiency comes with a bit of trial and error. All in all I think there are more pros for both store and customer.
40Lbs of fresh wings yielding 180 pieces?