{"id":"sales-bakery-wholesale-prices-from-margin","audience":"small-business","category":"sales-work","technique":"verification","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Set wholesale prices from cost and a margin target","free":false,"task":"Cafe Linden asked for wholesale prices. Price each item so the margin is 40 percent of the wholesale price, meaning price = cost / 0.6, rounded up to the next cent. Write a markdown table with columns Item, Cost, Math, Wholesale price, with prices as plain numbers with two decimals and no $ signs (for example 3.00). Then one last line starting \"24 croissants:\" with the math and total. Do not use menu prices. Under 90 words.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"BAKERY COSTS (per unit, from the Nov cost sheet)\n- Sourdough loaf: $1.80\n- Croissant: $0.95\n- Cinnamon roll: $2.40\n\nPRICING POLICY: wholesale margin target is 40 percent of the selling price (not a 40 percent markup on cost). Round up to the next cent.\n\nRETAIL MENU (do not use for wholesale): loaf $6.50, croissant $3.75, cinnamon roll $4.75.\n\nINQUIRY from Cafe Linden (Jun Okada): wants all three items weekly, and asks for the price of 24 croissants as a sample order.\nOld note on the fridge: \"wholesale = cost x 1.4\" (the old rule).","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using markup instead of margin","why":"The AI multiplies cost by 1.4.","fix":"Add: \"Margin is 40% of the price: price = cost / 0.6.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not rounding up","why":"The AI shows $1.58 for the croissant.","fix":"Add: \"Round up to the next cent.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using retail prices","why":"The AI starts from the menu prices.","fix":"Add: \"Do not use the retail menu prices.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing the sample total","why":"The AI skips the 24-croissant line or uses the wrong unit price.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: 24 croissants: 24 x [price] = [total].\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Extra text","why":"The AI adds notes about margins and markup.","fix":"Add: \"Table plus the last line only, under 90 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["item","cost","math","wholesale"]},{"label":"States the formula","patterns":["/ 0\\.6","cost / 0\\.6","40"]},{"label":"Rounds up","patterns":["round up","next cent"]},{"label":"Rejects other prices","patterns":["menu","retail","1\\.4","not use"]},{"label":"Adds the last line","patterns":["24 croissants","last line"]}],"hint":"Give the formula, say to round up, and name the last line.","rubricLabels":["Table columns are Item, Cost, Math, Wholesale price with prices 3.00 (1.80 / 0.6), 1.59 (0.95 / 0.6 rounded up) and 4.00 (2.40 / 0.6), written without $ signs","Does not use the menu prices or the old cost x 1.4 rule","The last line starts \"24 croissants:\" and shows 24 x 1.59 = 38.16 with no $ sign"]}