What does a first date cost in raw materials?
The raw materials for the evening come to $8.66 at today's prices, $2.79 of it gasoline, and $8.64 at DataSnack's numbers for seven days from now.
Raw commodities at futures and average pump prices, for two.
- Now: $8.66
- In seven days: $8.64
The working
The value at today's prices of the gasoline for the drive and the raw cattle, cocoa, sugar and coffee behind a steak dinner, dessert and coffee for two.
| Step | Expression | Now | In seven days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gasoline for the drive | `miles / mpg gas` | $2.79 | $2.76 |
| Cattle, live weight | `q_cattle cattle / 100` | $5.62 | $5.62 |
| Cocoa, sugar and coffee | `q_cocoa cocoa / ton_lb + (q_sugar sugar + q_coffee coffee) / 100` | $0.25 | $0.25 |
| Raw materials for the evening | `drive + dinner + sweet` | $8.66 | $8.64 |
Each name in an expression is an input below or an earlier step.
What this runs on
DataSnack's models
- `gas`: Gasoline at the pump, $3.908 per gal now (2026-11-12), $3.870 per gal in seven days
- `cattle`: Live cattle future, 224.93 cents/lb now (2026-11-13), 224.93 cents/lb in seven days
- `cocoa`: Cocoa future, $5,267.00 per t now (2026-11-13), $5,267.00 per t in seven days
- `sugar`: Sugar future, 18.40 cents/lb now (2026-11-13), 18.40 cents/lb in seven days
- `coffee`: Coffee future, 274.00 cents/lb now (2026-11-13), 284.10 cents/lb in seven days
Published figures
- `ton_lb`: Pounds in a metric ton, 2,204.623 lb (USDA Economic Research Service, Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (AH-697), read 2026-11-13)
Your assumptions
- `miles`: Miles driven, there and back, 20 miles (change it on the page)
- `mpg`: Fuel economy, 28 mpg (change it on the page)
- `q_cattle`: Cattle behind two steaks, live weight, 2.5 lb (change it on the page)
- `q_cocoa`: Cocoa beans in dessert, 0.05 lb (change it on the page)
- `q_sugar`: Sugar, 0.10 lb (change it on the page)
- `q_coffee`: Coffee beans, 0.04 lb (change it on the page)
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What this cannot tell you
It is not the bill: the restaurant's kitchen, staff, rent and margin are almost all of that, and it says nothing about how the evening went.
The record
This is a calculation, not a forecast. It is recomputed every day and its history is below.
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Canonical: https://datasnack.ai/q/first-date-raw-materials · Updated 13 Nov 2026 12:00 UTC · DataSnack forecasts are analysis, not investment advice.