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- Empanadas and arepas machine CM06
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- Multifunctional empanadas and arepas machine CM06B
- Mixed empanadas and arepas machine CM08
Budget to make 100 empanadas
Empanadas are considered one of the most versatile snacks in the gastronomic industry; Colombian families consume it massively, mainly at social gatherings. It is not strange that families project a budget to make 100 empanadas.
To know how much it costs to make 100 empanadas, you must take into account:
- Raw material
- Labour
- Lease
- Public services
- Preparation time
100 meat empanadas
We are going to take as an example one of the most consumed empanadas in Colombian territory, the meat ones, and we will break down each of the points to take into account to be clear about what the budget to make 100 empanadas.
Raw material
Amanda Gómez, entrepreneur in the sale and distribution of empanadas, comments that this is one of the products that is most requested in large quantities, which is why she lists below the raw materials necessary to make 100 empanadas:
| Amount | Product | Unit Value | Total Value |
| 5 Pounds | Cornmeal | $2.500 | $12.500 |
| 5 ½ pounds | Butter | $1.500 | $7.500 |
| 1 gallon | Oil | $40.000 | $40.000 |
| 5 pounds | Ground meat | $9.000 | $45.000 |
| – | Condiments | – | $10.000 |
| – | Water | – | – |
| TOTAL | 115.000 |
Amanda assures that these prices are an estimate of what the ingredients necessary to make 100 empanadas may cost, according to her experience in acquiring the raw materials.
He also assures that this is a basic budget, taking into account that within his portfolio he prepares empanadas of different flavors such as chicken, mushrooms, rice, pineapple, cheese, among others that can exceed the budget to make 100 empanadas
Labour
In a company dedicated to the manufacturing and preparation of empandas, labor becomes the most important link in the chain, because they are the people who manipulate the raw materials and give the unique flavor to the final product.
Taking as a starting point that the employee of an empanada company is assigned a current legal minimum wage, which today in Colombia is $1,014. 980 including transportation assistance, one day worked is equivalent to $33,832.
This value per day is important to consider within the budget to make 100 empanadas.
Lease
As part of the budget to make 100 empanadas, it is considered important to consider the rental item, taking into account that it adds up when doing a cost study and giving the final value of an empanada or, in this case, 100 snacks.
Taking the Maquiempanadas company as a reference, the rental value of a premises with an area of 36 square meters is approximately $600,000 per month.
Public services
Among the essential public services that are paid monthly, for a company like Maquiempanadas, are:
| - Water - Light – Gas - Phone – Internet | Approximate total cost $345.000 |
Preparation time
In reference to the time each employee takes when preparing 100 empanadas, Amanda Gómez states that approximately two workers would prepare that amount during a work day.
Taking again as a reference that when working he earns 1 SMLV, the cost of the time of preparing the quantity of empanadas by hand is $33,832 per employee.
Maquiempanadas, technology and innovation
Manizales company, expert in the manufacturing and distribution of machinery for the food industry such as empanadas, provides economical, flexible and innovative solutions to companies in the agri-food sector. reference
As part of its portfolio, there are machines specialized in assembling corn empanadas, with two modules (Lamination and assembly) in stainless steel capable of making more than 300 empanadas in one hour with 1 operator.
Budget to make 100 empanadas, labor vs machine.
Taking into account the information provided by Mrs. Amanda and the Maquiempanadas company, below, we will show a parallel of the costs of preparation by hand and by specialized machinery.
| By hand | Machine | |
| Raw material | $115.000 | $115.000 |
| Labour | $67.664 | $33.332 |
| Lease | $20.000 (day) | $20.000 (day) |
| Public services | $11.500 (day) | $30.000 (day) |
| Preparation time | one day | One hour |
| TOTAL | $214.164 | $198.332 |
As shown in the table, the budget to make 100 empanadas of meat, in this case it is lower with the use of specialized machinery.
This type of agri-food industry gives the possibility of reducing costs and making production more agile in the manufacturing and distribution of empanadas.
In the case of Mrs. Amanda's business, with two workers she could only cover an order of 100 empanadas in one day, while by purchasing a machine at Maquiempanadas, more than 10 orders of the same quantity can be fulfilled.
Although the investment in acquiring the machinery is high, there is a high probability of achieving the break-even point in a short time, without losing the quality of the product and the flavor, which is ultimately the most important thing and what the diner falls in love with.