Daycare lunch Anchored by parent-payment and raw-material examples.
30 kr.-60 kr.
Cost stack and value model
A seed model for a 200-meal/day kitchen. Values are priors to validate, not official accounting facts.
Modelled cost stack
| Line | DKK/meal | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Food purchases incl. normal waste | 22 | Model assumption anchored in research memos |
| Direct kitchen labour | 29 | Model assumption; validate by segment |
| Energy | 2.5 | Model assumption |
| Cleaning materials/services | 4.5 | Model assumption |
| Equipment depreciation/maintenance | 3.5 | Model assumption |
| Rent/facility allocation | 6 | Model assumption; often not visible in user price |
| Administration and compliance overhead | 5 | Model assumption |
| Total | 72.5 | Modelled fully loaded cost |
Core insight
Ingredient savings alone may be too small to support the product. The stronger case combines admin-time reduction, waste feedback, better procurement accuracy, and easier documentation/reporting.
- 1 hour/day saved can be worth more than small ingredient savings.
- Waste reduction is strongest where over-ordering or poor forecasting is visible.
- Fully loaded cost is often hidden behind user price or subsidy.
Unit-cost comparison
Fully loaded rangesThese are discovery priors from the research memos. User price, ingredient cost and fully loaded production cost are deliberately kept separate.
Ordinary school lunch Low confidence; active lunch schemes vary widely.
35 kr.-70 kr.
Workplace canteen Closest to market-priced recurring lunch economics.
50 kr.-110 kr.
B2B lunch/catering Includes packaging/logistics overhead in many models.
55 kr.-120 kr.
Care-home main-meal equivalent All-day food economics are more relevant in practice.
60 kr.-130 kr.
Hospital patient main-meal equivalent Highest complexity: diets, tray logistics, waste and labour.
80 kr.-180 kr.
Quick calculator
Client-side only. Defaults are from the seed model.