Profit margin?

[lost-and-found]

Hey, this is directed to business owners. What is the average profit margin on sales? Like, you buy an item from the supplier for $1.00 and sell it for $1.66 gives you $0.66 profit, thus 66%.

What is the normal profit margin?

[Blazer06]

What kind of business are we talking abuot?

For example, the profit margin on a soda at McDonald's is about 600-800%
Coffee at your loval convience store is usually keystoned, or 100%

Loss leaders, like double cheesburgers at McDonalds are like -30%.

As far as computers, 15% is usually waht you get away with.


Blaze

[Warthog]

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[Whir]

Well, as a standard retail business selling comic books, games, models, and other random things, we typically made a 40% profit on items. That is retail price was 140% of wholesale, not wholesale was 40% off retail. Because those are different numbers.

[lost-and-found]

I'm just asking because my family owns a deli, and just wanted to know whether their prices were comparable. They usually sell at 166%

[Blazer06]

hmm, don't know about food sales as much (unless your doing prepared food, i.e. sandwiches etc.)

sell at what the market will pay.


Blaze