Break-even Food Truck

Level 1 of 10 · Use contribution per unit to find break-even volume.

Opening day

Bao buns sell for $10. Ingredients and packaging cost $6 a meal. Site fee and power cost $80 for the day.

Selling price

$10

Variable cost / meal

Fixed costs today

$80

0 of 20 meals towards break-even

Step 1 — contribution per meal

How much of each sale is left to help pay the fixed costs?

Amounts in New Zealand dollars. Tax is excluded: fixed and variable costs are the only costs in these scenarios.