https://bizopsplaybook.com/tags/menu-engineering/Recent content in Menu Engineering on bizOpsPlaybook — Practical Business Plans for Solo EntrepreneursHugoen-usFri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/how-to-price-bakery-items/Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://bizopsplaybook.com/blog/how-to-price-bakery-items/<p><img src="https://bizopsplaybook.com/img/blog/bakery-item-pricing.jpg" alt="Fresh cinnamon rolls and breakfast pastries arranged on a wooden serving board"></p> <p>Walk into ten bakeries that opened in 2025 and ask the owner how they priced their croissant. Nine will say &ldquo;ingredients times three&rdquo; — the rule of thumb that every culinary school teaches and every accountant for a failing bakery wishes their client had never heard. Ingredients-times-three works for a 60% gross-margin restaurant with a labor model built around minimum-wage line cooks. It doesn&rsquo;t work for a bakery where the croissant takes 14 minutes of skilled labor to produce and the ingredients cost $0.80.</p>