Posted on 10/03/2016 4:08:17 PM PDT by TigerClaws
” Some dairy products have seen big declines.”
Tell that to butter.
Thank you.
This was the juiciest chicken I’ve ever had. And that includes the breast meat.
I forgot to say leave the skin on, it will hold in the moisture. Start checking the temperature after about 45 minutes. With a hot fire it’s easy to over cook and dry it out.
I posted a (not very good) photo on my facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/john.pizzuto.90
I have that exact Wok.
But, without the cat!
Gotcha
Chunky Soups are one of a few things I miss while living in Norway. Potato/Ham and New England Clam Chowder. Yum. I waited til they went on sale at the local grocer. Even got them before they were put on the shelf and still in the plastic wrap.
Is 3% before the owner pays himself a nice salary or after?
If you consider the time involved it costs more to eat in that to go out.
That's going to piss off the Free Traitors™.
The problem is that food costs too much and cooking at home is not economical as it should be. Additionally the restaurants get BETTER quality of food than available at most supermarkets. They get the good stuff.
I nice thick rib eye steak costs 12 bucks at the Food Dog, how much is a What-a-Booger?
Before participating in the discussion, you might familiarize yourself with the categories. What-a-burger isn’t fast casual. It’s fast food.
And it sounds like you are paying too much for meat.
On average, your local grocery store will sell ribeye steak for $7 to as much as $15 per pound. For instance, a thick Angus ribeye could cost $12 to $15 a pound, while a USDA Choice steak can cost less than $10 per pound.
Read more: http://www.howmuchisit.org/ribeye-steak-cost/#ixzz4M7hO21OX
And a half pound hamburger at 5 Guys will cost you $6.99 at the local outlet. So almost $14 a pound for hamburger at fast casual. If you are paying more than $14 a pound for steak, you need to find a new market. Of course, 5 Guys will throw in some free peanuts.
So I’ll stick with my original comment:
“I can eat steak at home for what a hamburger would cost me at a fast casual restaurant.”
Did he get it back?
I don't know.
A boring franchise is also much much higher chance of success
I know folks who own McDonald’s and Chik Fil A
Both have net margins 20-30%
It’s location and brand in that order slightly
It depends on where people shop for groceries. If one lives in a smallish town, then the options are few. Conversely, if one is urban, one has more choices. Big cities also now have "urban gardens."
Restaurants might get better food in YOUR town but they don't in mine. One CAN get "better" meat and produce but one must pay for it. I imagine that in New York, for example, one can get ANYTHING, the BEST of everything, if one
1. knows where to go and
2. one is willing to pay for it.
How "good" do broccoli and spinach have to be?
Meats can be hamburger and stew meat. Nothing better than stew. I lived in Mexico two years and when I would return to the U.S. border every six months, I would ask my aunt [my uncle--my mother's brother, who worked on the Line] for BEEF STEW! Yum! Nothing better than good ole home cooked stew.
We Americans are spoiled with our choices in most urban areas. Those who home cook CAN come up with FABULOUS food if they choose. The T.V. cook shows are all about that and THEY abound.
NOT TOO MANY women don't know about Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart and the Hispanic cook shows. There is also Lidia, who specializes in Italian cooking. Lol. Obviously I do watch them.
There's also Ree Drummond, who cooks for her husband, children and a bunch of cowboys on their Oklahoma cattle ranch.
We Americans are also OBESE, as a nation, from WAY, WAY too much food. We also don't exercise as we did when we were a bunch of farmers and fishermen.
We can only blame ourselves for our problems. NO ONE forces us to cram down all that food and SIT on the sofa.
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