02/26/2025
PSA!!!
Happy Tuesday friends and food lovers! I just wanted to make a post for anyone confused or upset by my prices being raised on the Tamales! And in the industry in general
I want to break down what I have to pay for supplies, my time, my business partner's time and to be in compliance with the health department and my retail license...the costs involved in bringing healthfully prepared, licensed, fresh food from "my" kitchen to your front doors, in hopes of helping others to understand price increases, and remember what goes into making the tamales and other items, and the extra unpaid time we put in planning and advertising, and making your food as perfect and flavorful as possible!!
The commercial kitchen I use (required by the county and state of Colorado for non cottage foods items, which is anything with meat in it) costs me $15 an hour to use. It takes us a minimum of 12 to 16 hours to prep and cook the tamales. We make 3 different kinds, which requires 3 different fillings (depending on our current menu) to make, putting the tamales together and 2 to 3 hours cook time and we typically make between 12 and 20 dozen per delivery day. Ingredients alone for 12 dozen, average around $220. Labor, overhead, lables, packaging, gas (for delivery) and other miscellaneous supplies like gloves, cost around $350, and this is IF I was paying the two of us minimum wage. That means, I should be charging around $66 PER DOZEN to cover all my costs and pay myself and my business partner minimum wage. This doesn't even cover my yearly retail food licensing costs. Instead, I charge $35 a dozen now. We make not even close to minimum wage and no profit, but we do it because we love the smiles our food brings to others, and we love making fresh, good food for people.
And just a reminder, these are made fresh, the day of, and DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOOR, for no extra charge. 😀 It's a great deal!
THANK YOU to all of the folks who have supported our little business and continue to show your support to my business and many others out there! We love feeding you!!!!!
