KENYA · GUIDE 0134 · EDITION 4.7
Banana crisps production in Kenya: Pricing, Costing and Cash Flow Example
Editorial update: 28 October 2026 · Business planning reference · Review scope
Use one accepted sale unit throughout
Work through a fictional KSh 12,000.00 invoice against KSh 9,262.00 of selected cost lines; distinguish the invoice from collected cash.
This is a planning reference for banana crisps production. The order below is an invented teaching case. It is not a completed customer job, an operating approval or a prediction of demand or earnings.
The example offer and its boundary
Fictional plain plantain/green-banana crisps: two hundred 50 g packs, ten kg accepted finished product, from forty-five kg whole approved green cooking bananas. Specify actual cultivar and peeled product; dessert bananas and plantains are not silent substitutes. Fresh-to-crisp recovery and oil uptake are fictional and need measurement. No historical sulphite/antioxidant/fumigant treatment is adopted; actual recipe/process require qualified approval.
Charging basis to confirm: pack. The rates and quantities below are teaching assumptions. Even a previously recorded listing is not adopted here as a current quotation or an earnings forecast.
Itemised arithmetic
| Selected input/activity | Quantity | Assumed unit rate | Selected cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole green bananas, kg | 45 | KSh 30.00 | KSh 1,350.00 |
| Oil purchased, litres | 8 | KSh 250.00 | KSh 2,000.00 |
| Salt purchased, kg | 0.2 | KSh 60.00 | KSh 12.00 |
| Fifty-g pouches, each | 200 | KSh 6.00 | KSh 1,200.00 |
| Labels, each | 200 | KSh 2.00 | KSh 400.00 |
| Labour, hours | 14 | KSh 200.00 | KSh 2,800.00 |
| LPG budget, kg | 2 | KSh 250.00 | KSh 500.00 |
| Potable water, litres | 80 | KSh 5.00 | KSh 400.00 |
| Delivery, trip | 1 | KSh 600.00 | KSh 600.00 |
| Calculation | Teaching result |
|---|---|
| Selected cost total | KSh 9,262.00 |
| Priced/accepted output | 200 example units |
| Assumed selling price | KSh 60.00 |
| Assumed invoice | KSh 12,000.00 |
| Difference before excluded costs and tax | KSh 2,738.00 |
Illustrative selected cost: KSh 9,262.00; cost per accepted sale unit: KSh 46.31; assumed receipts: KSh 12,000.00; difference against selected lines: KSh 2,738.00. All rates and ten-kg target hypothetical, not recipe or normal yield. Sale unit 50 g pack. Excludes expert validation/testing, equipment/cleaning, premises/approvals, tax and overhead. Oil bought is not oil absorbed; peels/water loss and closing inventory require records.
Check cash timing and a weaker outcome
TRAINING-0134: a fictional order for the scoped offer in section 01, using 200 priced units at KSh 60.00 each. Buyer group: Snack buyers and retailers. No buyer was contacted and no order was completed.
Teaching invoice = 200 x KSh 60.00 = KSh 12,000.00. The selected input lines in section 06 total KSh 9,262.00; their difference from this assumed invoice is KSh 2,738.00 before excluded costs and tax.
For cash-timing practice only, suppose a buyer pays a 30% advance of KSh 3,600.00. The invoice balance is KSh 8,400.00. If the selected input bill is paid before the balance arrives, additional cash of KSh 5,662.00 is needed after applying the advance. The advance is counted once, not again at final collection.
On full collection, total receipts are KSh 12,000.00. Cash against the selected example bill is KSh 2,738.00 before other payments. If a hypothetical 10% increase in the largest selected line (Labour, hours) adds KSh 280.00, the unchanged invoice leaves KSh 2,458.00 against that revised bill.
If the customer instead leaves 10% of the invoice unpaid, KSh 1,200.00 is a receivable. Cash collected is KSh 10,800.00 and collected cash less the selected bill is KSh 1,538.00. This differs from invoice margin; do not spend the unpaid amount as though it is already cash.
The scenario is complete only as a teaching record of the stated lines. Add actual excluded startup and operating costs using file 12, and replace every assumed rate before relying on a quote. Use measured accepted output for the actual invoice; unaccepted output is not automatically chargeable.
For an actual quote, add all relevant excluded costs, use measured accepted output, and compare amounts from the same period. An unpaid invoice balance is not available cash. A deposit held for an uncompleted obligation is not automatically earned income.
References and their limits
FAO: Fruit and vegetable processing, banana products
Banana cultivar/form and product deterioration context only; historical fumigation, sulphiting, temperature, recipe and storage-life suggestions are expressly not adopted. Reference check recorded 2026-10-26.
WHO: Five keys to safer food manual
Basic clean handling, separation, adequate cooking, safe holding and safe inputs; exact menu process/temperature and Kenyan approvals require competent local plan, not invented limits. Reference check recorded 2026-10-26.
Recorded references support only the scope stated beside them. They do not prove current supplier stock, a local quotation, actual buyer demand, operator competence or the feasibility of this particular business. Later editorial changes do not refresh earlier source-check dates.
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