Week in review
The Fine Food Show in Australia is still generating a lot excitement and machines are still being sold (my compliments to Team Australia). If you want to sign up for a One-Shot® soft serve machine, the solution is one phone call away.
Please contact your One-Shot® Australia representative ASAP:
Simon Whittaker
Managing Director
HARBIN GARTRELL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
3 Mallett Road
Tullamarine Vic 3043
P + 61 3 9335 2020
M + 0408 317 022
F + 61 9335 2010
W - www.harbinaustralia.com
Next is our exhibition at the International Dairy Show - Atlanta and that promises to be a rather busy show indeed. I hope that you can be there because we are unveiling our next generation of soft serve ice ceam and frozen yogurt machines (inexpensive, uncomplicated and a few surprises).
The One-Shot Corporation Limited
Booth 1163
The 2011 International Dairy Show
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd., NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30313-1591
USA
September 19-21, 2011
http://internationaldairyshow.blogspot.com
We will also have our updated Real Profit Story spreadsheets for calculating the NET PROFITS (we are going to use cost accounting to unveil all the unpleasant hidden costs). Have you ever carried out a full calculation relating to the true total portion cost of operating a soft serve machine?
It can be an interesting exercise, since the bottom line profit is not quite as simple as calculating difference between the cost of mix and your selling price. There are a multitude of hidden operational costs that are often ignored or simply unknown.
In the present day world, all costs need to be watched carefully. You should ask yourself if you can you afford to install a traditional soft serve machine? If your weekly volumes are not very high, would installing a traditional soft serve machine make you money or could you lose money?
Have you ever created a profit and loss calculation on all the variables? Here is a list of a few things to begin with:
- Equipment cost
- Energy consumption
- Heat emission
- Installation cost(s)
- Lost sales due to freeze-down time
- Sanitizing
- Special wiring (if needed)
- Service
- Spares
- Waste
Startling, is it not? We live in an era where money is tight and economic uncertainly makes understanding these costs an imperative. If you are intrigued about studying a comparison between One-Shot® and traditional liquid mix soft serve, we can sit down with you and discuss true cost accounting covering this.
One of our many marketing tools is our Excel based Kostamazin™ spread-sheets, allowing us to begin a preliminary cost accounting analysis of your application, which should thereafter be verified by your own cost accountant. It is always a good thing to know what your net profit really is for The Real Profit Story!
You can then also consider true portion costs when using our One-Shot® OS6 and OS7 dispenser models. Your own cost accountants will be astounded due to:
- Inexpensive range of dispensers
- No sanitizing
- Perfect cost control
- Energy consumption less than a 100w light bulb!
- What installation cost? Just plug-and-go!
- 110/220v connection – no special wiring
- Replacement service contracts offered
- Minimal spares (no O-Rings, lubricants or other such fiddly parts)
- What you buy is what you sell (no waste)
- 24/7 operation
One-Shot® versus soft serve: ask us about Kostamzin™ so that we can explore The Real Profit Story together using simple cost accounting. Maybe traditional soft serve is ideal for your application but for many applications and volumes levels it might not be as suitable.
Know Your Margins! Establish The Real Profit Story!
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The One-Shot® dispensing system is competition for brands like: Artic Express, AVASOFT, Carpigiani, Cornetto Soft, Coldelite, Edy's and Dreyer's Grand Soft, Electro Freeze, EROS, Frigomat, Nissei, Sani Serv, Stoelting, Taylor and Universal Ice Cream Machines (to name a few).
No matter where you are located across the world, please contact me for more information about the One-Shot® ice cream and frozen yogurt system:
Gary McGill, MA, MBA, FCMI
Global Headquarters
The One One-Shot Corporation Limited
60 Churchill Square Business Centre
Kings Hill
Kent
ME19 4YU
England
Tel: + 44 1732 525925
Fax: + 44 1732 525825
gary.mcgill@one-shot.com
http://www.one-shot.com
https://twitter.com/OneShotCorp
HOST 2011 - One-Shot® Soft Serve Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Machines
See us on the Desmon SpA Booth
Hall 7 - L40 - M47
FieraMilano - Rho. Strada Statale del Sempione, 28 20017 Rho.
Milan, Italy
October 21-25, 2011
http://www.host.fieramilano.it
The new HOST 2011 video to promote our attendance is now uploaded on YouTube (it is pretty cool actually).
Energy costs have risen this week by 11% in the UK, so how is your soft serve profit story looking today? The Real Soft Serve Profit Story Continues!
It makes an interesting exercise, but look around at the web sites of our competitors, then let me know if they are factoring energy costs into their respective soft serve profit stories. They may or may not be offering these figures, but I would like to have your feedback, since it is these hidden costs that may or may not make the difference between profit and loss.
Yes, the One-Shot® OS6 and OS7 soft serve ice cream and frozen yogurt machines are also electrically operated, so their operating costs will rise slightly as well, but fortunately both dispensers operate from a standard domestic socket and will consume less than 100-Watts (somewhat less than a domestic light bulb). As a price comparison, how much energy does your soft serve consume? About the same: Yes/No?
We are also presented the possibility of a double dip recession in the press, with the USA losing their AAA credit rating, the global markets under unprecedented pressure this week and the British Government expressed concern (read here). Presumably every penny matters, so not only is it important to know what you hidden costs really are, but what system is more cost effective? Should you choose to continue with traditional soft serve or opt for One-Shot®?
Indeed, would running a One-Shot® be more/less cost effective than running a traditional soft serve, despite our inexpensive 100-Watt power consumption advantage (less than a domestic light bulb), plus our inexpensive equipment cost advantage? We do offer Kostamazin™ spreadsheets, where you can examine all the hidden costs, so you can verify with your cost accountant which system suits you best.
Are there any other hidden costs to be concerned about? Hang around because you might find this most informative.
Have you ever carried out a full calculation relating to the true total portion cost of operating a soft serve machine?
It can be an interesting exercise, since the bottom line profit is not quite as simple as calculating difference between the cost of mix and your selling price. There are a multitude of hidden operational costs that are often ignored or simply unknown.
In the present day world, all costs need to be watched carefully. You should ask yourself if you can you afford to install a traditional soft serve machine? If your weekly volumes are not very high, would installing a traditional soft serve machine make you money or could you lose money?
Have you ever created a profit and loss calculation on all the variables? Here is a list of a few things to begin with:
- Equipment cost
- Energy consumption
- Heat emission
- Installation cost(s)
- Lost sales due to freeze-down time
- Sanitizing
- Special wiring (if needed)
- Service
- Spares
- Waste
Startling, is it not? We live in an era where money is tight and economic uncertainly makes understanding these costs an imperative. If you are intrigued about studying a comparison between One-Shot® and traditional liquid mix soft serve, we can sit down with you and discuss true cost accounting covering this.
One of our many marketing tools is our Excel based Kostamazin™ spread-sheets, allowing us to begin a preliminary cost accounting analysis of your application, which should thereafter be verified by your own cost accountant. It is always a good thing to know what your net profit really is for The Real Profit Story!
You can then also consider true portion costs when using our One-Shot® OS6 and OS7 dispenser models. Your own cost accountants will be astounded due to:
- Inexpensive range of dispensers
- No sanitizing
- Perfect cost control
- Energy consumption less than a 100w light bulb!
- What installation cost? Just plug-and-go!
- 110/220v connection – no special wiring
- Replacement service contracts offered
- Minimal spares (no O-Rings, lubricants or other such fiddly parts)
- What you buy is what you sell (no waste)
- 24/7 operation
One-Shot® versus soft serve: ask us about Kostamzin™ so that we can explore The Real Profit Story together using simple cost accounting. Maybe traditional soft serve is ideal for your application but for many applications and volumes levels it might not be as suitable.
Know Your Margins! Establish The Real Profit Story!
For more information about the One-Shot® soft serve ice cream & frozen yogurt soft serve machines, please contact me at:
Gary McGill, MA, MBA, FCMI
The One-Shot Corporation Limited
60 Churchill Square Business Centre
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4YU
England
Tel: + 44 1732 525925
Email: gary.mcgill@one-shot.com
http://www.one-shot.com
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