Where Does Your Money Go at a Bakery? | The Business Behind Bakeries

The bakery starts spending while its customers are asleep. By closing time, the bread has either earned its place on the shelf or become tomorrow's problem. How much does a bakery owner actually keep from a six dollar loaf? We follow Maya from getting the ovens ready to counting what sold, tracing the money through ingredients, early morning labour, rent, energy, processing fees and unsold stock. We compare quiet, ordinary and busy months, then look at production capacity, repeat customers, wholesale orders, extra products, loan repayments and the difference between profit and available cash. Subscribe for the business behind everyday businesses. Which one should we unpack next? Figures illustrate how the business works, actual costs and results vary.