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SCHEDULE 5. Statement of Costs of baking Bread per 4lb. Loaf extracted from Actual Costs submitted by Baker with Large Production.

SCHEDULE 6. Statement of Cost of baking Bread per 4lb. Loaf submitted by Baker doing 700 Loaves per Week and taking Varying Prices of Flour.

SCHEDULE 7. (Extract from American Bakers' Weekly, 1929.) Cost and Prices on a 1lb. Loaf of Bread. Average quality formula as in use to-day in wholesale plants.

These costs do not include any interest charged on investment or any adjustment for stale returns.

Flour at per ton cost .. .. .. £13 £14 £15 £16 £17 £18 £19 Nothing. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. Flour .. .. .. .. . . 4-90 5-28 5-65 6-03 6-41 j 6-79 7-16 Other ingredients .. .. .. .. 0-69 0-69 0-69 0-69 0-69 0-69 0-69 0-69 Bakehouse wages . . .. .. .. M0 M0 M0 MO 110 { 110 MO 1-10 Fuel, light, and power .. .. .. 0-24 0-24 0-24 1 0-24 0-24 I 0-24 0-24 0-24 Bakehouse overhead (including repairs and main- 1-06 1-06 1-06 1-06 1-06 I *06 1-06 1-06 tenance, insurance, rates, advertising, depreciation, and general administration) Delivery expenses (including wages, motor-main- 1-39 1-39 1-39 \ 1-39 1-39 ! 1-39 1-39 1-39 tenance, garaging, horse-feed, depreciation of vans and carts) - - ' Total cost .. .. .. 9-38 9-76 10-13 10-51 10-89 11-27 11-64 4-48

Flour at per ton cost .. .. .. £13 £14 £15 £16 £17 £18 £19 | Nothing. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. Flour (eleven sacks per week) .. .. .. 4-90 5-28 5-65 6-03 6-41 6-79 7-16 Other ingredients .. .. .. .. 0-30 0-30 0-30 0-30 0-30 0-30 0-30 0-30 Bakehouse wages, fuel, and power .. .. 2-34 2-34 2-34 2-34 2-34 2-34 2-34 2-34 Delivery costs .. .. .. .. 2-74 2-74 2-74 2-74 2-74 2-74 2-74 2-74 Depreciation of bakehouse buildings and plant, 1-37 1-37 1-37 1-37 1-37 1-37 1-37 1-37 interest on invested capital, and incidentals Total cost per 4 lb. loaf .. .. 11-65 12-03 12-40 12-78 13-16 13-16 13-91 6-75 Baker's margin at Is. Id. per loaf .. .. 1-35 0-97 0-60 0-22 Loss Loss Loss Note. —(1) Sixty-four loaves produced per sack. (2) Proprietor works in bakehouse and his labour assessed at £6 per week. (3) On this cost, even if flour cost nothing, the 4 lb. loaf could not be sold under 6fd.

Flour cost per barrel (196 lb.) .. .. $7 $6 $5 $4 Nothing. Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents. Flour (per 1 lb. loaf) .. .. .. 2-37 2-03 1-70 1-36 All other ingredients .. .. .. 0-92 0-92 092 0-92 0-92 All other bakery costs .. .. .. 3-54 3-54 3-54 3-54 3-54 Total cost to baker .. .. 6-83 6-49 6-16 5-82 4-46 Baker's margin .. .. .. 0'65 0-65 0-65 0'65 0-65 Wholesale price .. .. .. 7-48 7-14 6-81 6-47 5-11 Grocer's margin.. .. .. 1-28 , 1-28 1-28 1-28 1-28 Retail price .. .. .. 8-76 ! 8-42 8-09 7-75 6-39