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Cryovac® FC805 Whole Chicken Bag

A premium bag that makes you more money.

Whole Bird Retail Cost Analysis
Item (cost/lb.) Traditional Poly Bag Cryovac® 805 Bag
Whole Bird .62 .65
Indirect labor .01 .01
Fixed cost .005 .005
Display labor .024 .024
Cleaning labor1 .049 .0245
Bags/towels/liner2 .007 .004
Rewrap/relabel3 .023 .0115
Injury liability (Slips/falls)4 .045 .0225
Food safety5 .01 0
Opportunity sales cost6 .01 0
Total .803 .7515
Avg. consumer purchase price .87 .87
Net profit/lb. .067 .1185
Net margin 7.7% 13.6%
Actual movement in test stores was 368 pounds per store per week.

1Cleaning labor calculations = 1 hour per week at fully loaded labor rate of $18.04 per hour (cleaning of case plus spill cleanup throughout the store).
2Bags/towels/liner calculation = 50% reduction in use with leak-resistant package.
3Rewrap/relabel calculation = 8% rewrap rate (from survey) x $1 labor per rewrap.
4Injury liability calculation = Actual 5 year average cost injury payments of $867 per store per year for employees and customers in test stores.
5Food Safety cost = Estimate of liability cost of poultry purge contaminating ready to eat foods.
6Opportunity sales cost = Estimate of customer refusal cost due to poultry purge.
7Average consumer purchase price = Actual average annualized movement price factoring in features and daily movement.

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