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The Subsidized Meal

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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    taiwan_girl
    wrote on last edited by taiwan_girl
    #4

    From the article

    Social media users aimed their anger at the McDonald's parent company, rather than the franchisees who - in many cases - are small business owners.

    I think most people do not make a difference between the two. And with the cost of a McDonald store to buy means that most owners are not typical small business owners.

    Those approved to launch new McDonald’s franchises can expect to shell out between $1,000,000 and $2,300,000 to get the restaurant up and running.

    https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/072516/cost-buying-mcdonalds-franchise-mcd.asp

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #5

      A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

        AxtremusA Away
        AxtremusA Away
        Axtremus
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        #6

        @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

        A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

        At $5 per meal and three meals a day, the owner has to eat 200,000 meals, about 182 years of “free” meals, to get to “$1 million” to “break even.”

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        • HoraceH Horace

          A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

          Doctor PhibesD Online
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          Doctor Phibes
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          #7

          @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

          A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

          lol

          I was only joking

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          • HoraceH Horace

            A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

            JollyJ Offline
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            #8

            @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

            A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

            The manager and shift managers do, too. At least at the ones around here.

            That means Ax's math is a bit off.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

              A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

              The manager and shift managers do, too. At least at the ones around here.

              That means Ax's math is a bit off.

              Doctor PhibesD Online
              Doctor PhibesD Online
              Doctor Phibes
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              #9

              @Jolly said in The Subsidized Meal:

              @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

              A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

              The manager and shift managers do, too. At least at the ones around here.

              That means Ax's math is a bit off.

              They'll be dead of heart disease long before that happens

              I was only joking

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              • AxtremusA Axtremus

                @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

                A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

                At $5 per meal and three meals a day, the owner has to eat 200,000 meals, about 182 years of “free” meals, to get to “$1 million” to “break even.”

                HoraceH Offline
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                Horace
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                @Axtremus said in The Subsidized Meal:

                @Horace said in The Subsidized Meal:

                A franchise pays for itself over time, as the owner eats there for free.

                At $5 per meal and three meals a day, the owner has to eat 200,000 meals, about 182 years of “free” meals, to get to “$1 million” to “break even.”

                As the owner, you are free to set the prices. You can eat a $10000 meal three times a day.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • HoraceH Offline
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                  Horace
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #11

                  I must be the only one here who's taken Modern Monetary Theory courses at university. Education is extremely important.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    wrote on last edited by
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                    It would be nice if McDonalds employees could afford to eat at McDonalds…

                    But… This leads to practical/ethical questions that should probably be in it’s own thread.

                    The Brad

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                    • 89th8 Online
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                      89th
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                      #13

                      How are there still websites like this in 2024? This reminds me of 1998. The areas in yellow are article contents as you scroll along, everything else is an ad.

                      image.png

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                      • 89th8 89th

                        How are there still websites like this in 2024? This reminds me of 1998. The areas in yellow are article contents as you scroll along, everything else is an ad.

                        image.png

                        taiwan_girlT Offline
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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #14

                        @89th Get off my lawn!!! 555

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                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                          @89th Get off my lawn!!! 555

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                          @taiwan_girl said in The Subsidized Meal:

                          @89th Get off my lawn!!! 555

                          Both of you can get off my lawn. I started using the Web using Mosaic.

                          And Gopher before that.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            89th8 Online
                            89th
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                            #16

                            I used Mosaic (early/mid 90s?) briefly but otherwise... my gut says the ads (especially pop-up ads) got crazy from like 1998 to 2004 until they began to settle down... but lately news websites like this are 99% clickbait farms.

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                            • 89th8 89th

                              I used Mosaic (early/mid 90s?) briefly but otherwise... my gut says the ads (especially pop-up ads) got crazy from like 1998 to 2004 until they began to settle down... but lately news websites like this are 99% clickbait farms.

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                              @89th said in The Subsidized Meal:

                              news websites like this are 99% clickbait farms

                              And you can't read the story without disabling your ad-blocker.

                              Nope. Not gonna.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • 89th8 89th

                                How are there still websites like this in 2024? This reminds me of 1998. The areas in yellow are article contents as you scroll along, everything else is an ad.

                                image.png

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                                @89th said in The Subsidized Meal:

                                How are there still websites like this in 2024? This reminds me of 1998. The areas in yellow are article contents as you scroll along, everything else is an ad.

                                image.png

                                Is that yellow journalism?

                                Education is extremely important.

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