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Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar
Hershey · Food / Snacks
CANONICAL STAT
The estimated idiot index of the Hershey Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar is 9.9x — it retails for $1.79 while its raw materials cost approximately $0.18.
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Retail price
$1.79
Raw materials
$0.18
All-in cost (materials + labor + shipping)
$0.36
9.9x
idiot index (price ÷ materials)
5.0x
vs all-in cost
10%
materials share of price
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