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Potato Type
Your Costs and Usage
Whole (Scratch) Potato Cost Per Pound
Refrigerated Potato Cost Per Pound
Pounds Used Per Week
Average Yield Loss
Butter/Margarine Cost Per Ounce
Milk/Cream Cost Per Ounce
Hourly Labor Rate
Actual Cost Per Pound of Potatoes
Scratch Potato Cost Per Pound
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Refrigerated Potato Cost Per Pound
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Cost Savings Per Pound
Scratch Potato Labor
It takes 3 minutes/pound longer to prepare mashed potatoes from scratch compared to using ready-to-cook refrigerated potatoes.
Scratch Potato Waste
On average, about 20% of the whole potato is wasted from skin, bruises, defects and hurried labor when preparing mashed potatoes from scratch.
Scratch Mashed Dairy
When preparing mashed potatoes from scratch, per one pound of finished mashed, a standard recipe would require about 3.8 ounces of milk/cream and about 1.1 ounces of butter/margarine.
How Many Potatoes Does It Take?
Convert from whole (scratch) potatoes to Simply Potatoes from Michael Foods for a smart and efficient kitchen.
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Calculations based on A and B sized russet potatoes