STERLING, KANSAS, .....located in Rice County, near the center of the State, in the Arkansas Valley, on Santa Fe main line and Missouri Pacific railroads. On the Santa Fe, Nebraska-Kansas-Oklahoma, and other trails, with paved road of twenty-five miles leading from Hutchinson. Was surveyed in January 1872. Chartered as third class city and name changed from Peace to Sterling in 1875; now a city of the second class.
Two to 10 percent can be expected for personal expenses while the remaining 10 to 15 percent can be spent on food. If you spend more than these percentages, it would be best to cut back on dining out and other entertainment activities and focus more on the necessities such as groceries.
Do this for each part of the menu item. You might have meat at $.75, rice at $.50 and vegetables at $1.25 for a total of $2.50. Then, you divide this by a per-determined percentage. The average food cost for most restaurants is around 25-35%. If you use 30%, you get $2.50 divided by 30% for a total of $8.33.