With vast experience at venues such as the American Airlines Arena ( in Miami), the Kentucky Derby, and Super Bowls, Chef John Nicely now also plans huge culinary events at Orlando€™s Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic basketball team. With his unique talent and exceptional operations skills, Nicely serves tens of thousands of cheering fans at some of the world€™s largest events. And when more than 18,500 bas-basketball fans show up for a game, expecting great food and great basket-ball, he puts his creative as well as operations talent to work.

Prepare a bill of material explosion and total cost for the 216 portions of Cheeto Crusted Mac & Cheese.
What is the cost per portion? How much less expensive is the Cheeto Crusted Mac & Cheese than Chef John€™s alternative creation, the Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese, shown in Figure 14.9 of this chapter?
Assuming that there is no beginning inventory of the Cheeto Crusted Mac & Cheese and cooking time for the entire 216 portions is 0.6 hours, when must preparationbegin?

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CHEETO CRUSTED MAC&CHEESE (6 PORTIONS) UNITI TOTALI LABOR. QUANTITY | MEASURE | COST | COST | HOURS INGREDIENTS Ebow macaroni (large, uncooked Cheese-cheddar shredded Mac and cheese base (see recipe) Milk Cheetos, crushed Sliced green crion- gamish Whole Cheetos-gamis Total labor hours 20.00 10.00 44.00 4.00 6.00 0.50 2.00 az $0.09 180 02. oZ OZ OZ. OZ. 0.16 160 0.80 35.20 0.03 0.12 0.27 162 0.18 0.09 0.27 0.54 0.2 hours