Chocolate Amenities
Chocolate Amenity
A chocolate amenity is small chocolate sculpture or decorative presentation often containing a
variety of confectionsThey can be presented to a VIP guest
upon check in a high end luxury hotels and resorts
Use as centerpieces for catered events
Sold in chocolate shops as a special gift-or “I’m sorry we fought can I stop
sleeping on the couch?”
ProducingThe amenity is small in size, ideally
enough for one or two people to eat comfortably
The design is light and elegant with a high attention to detail
The amenity box shown here including
decoration has less than 8 ounces of chocolate
The Chocolate confections inside are ½ ounce each
Centerpieces
Here are some examples of a chocolate amenity used for a centerpiece at a catered sit down event
Retail These are some examples of highend retail chocolate amenity
They weigh about 3-5 ounce total in chocolate
The retail for about 12-15 dollars US !
The math
VIP Amenity
8 oz Chocol
ate x .25
oz.
= $ 2
Chocolate
Confections
8 x .27 each =2.56
Total Cost of
Amenity
$ 4.56
Average
Room rate night for a VIP
$375 per night
Average
stay
4 days
Total $150
0
The Math-Centerpiece
Price of Chocol
ate Center-piece $ 4.56
Sits as a
centerpiece for
a 10 top
Piece
per Gues
t $ 48
Total
Guests
100= $4800
Total Center-
pieces
10= $45. 56
Retail MathRetail 5 oz total chocolate at .25 an oz. =$1.25
Box and Brandin
g materials -$1.25
Total for gift $2.50
Sell at $12Food Cost
20.8%
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Summary
•What is an Amenity•Where can it be
used•What is the math
behind it