Is this right?

[LarryNY]

Hi

I am trying to figure out if I did the math right to figure out the gross from the water usage. I would appreciate some feedback. This is my first store and I want to be sure the numbers are correct. The example below is for one month.

Washers

9-Maytag Top Loaders 16lbs $1.50 per load

4 - Primus Front load 18lbs 1.75 per load

4 - Primus Front load 25lbs 2.75

3 - Primus Front load 35lbs 3.75

1 - Dexter front load 55lbs 5.00

21 washers total

Washers use 934 gals divided by 21 = 44.48 average gal per load.

Average cost for washers = $2.24

224 cents divided by 44.48 = 5.03 cents per gal

95ccf x 748= 71060 gals

.0503 x 71060= $3574.31 per month

Am I missing something? Store needs to make over 7k just to break even?



Water Usage:

December 2005 62 CCF
January 2006 132CCF
February 2006 95 CCF

[DuboisLaundry]

why is January so much more than December or February

[Kitty]

What I calculate at the vend price at 4tpd you'd proably gross around 8Kmos/96K yr and may see as much as 100k gallons in water/sewer flow. What you'd net is an entirely different story.

[LarryNY]

Kitty,

Is the way I figured it out wrong?

Larry

[bigrich]

how can i find out how much water is used per wash?

[DuboisLaundry]

each machine's manual should tell how much water it takes
if you don't have all your manuals, your distributor can also look it up because they should have a manual of their own, or a factory hotline to the manufacturer.

[Anonymous]

Larry My toploaders are only 10#-12# What kind do you have that hold 16#?

[kbc747]

Well for one thing, hope people will be doing some drying in the mat. I would see your formula as very general and would like a breakdown of which machines drive the volume etc. With a breakdown you will get a better idea. The formula you are using I would think is good for figuring the competitions numbers, you need better info to buy a store with. I keep track of my water to total revenue each week and it will vary as much as 15% because of the machines people use.

[dzender]

You need to recheck your math. A nickle per gallon of water? I think you are more like .005 per gallon. $3,500 a month for 71k gallons of water is way wrong.