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Budgeting, borrowing, interest and pay — the arithmetic behind the decisions that cost the most.

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The unit price is not the cost

2026-08-28 · 3 min read

Freight, duty, handling and the exchange spread all land on the same box of goods. A product that looked profitable on the invoice can be a loss by the time it is on the shelf.

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What a plate costs before you pick a menu price

2026-08-28 · 4 min read

You buy a kilo and you serve 800 grams of it. Cost the dish on what you bought, not on what reached the plate, and every price on the menu is quietly wrong.

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