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World's largest Chick-fil-A opens in New York City and the massive 12,000 square foot location (tr)
Daily Mail ^ | 03/31/18 | MAXINE SHEN

Posted on 03/31/2018 6:34:09 PM PDT by BunnySlippers

The biggest Chick-fil-A location in the world is now open in New York City. The new 12,000-square-foot franchise location had its grand opening on Thursday, drawing massive lines of people eager to satisfy their fast food craving and check out the behemoth, five-story restaurant.

The new Chick-fil-A, located at One World Trade Center in the Financial District, features what the Georgia-based company called 'one of a kind design elements,' including seating for 140 people, an open-air rooftop dining area, floor-to-ceiling windows, two kitchens and a semi-private group meeting and dining space.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: dragnet2

I have done the research. “Franchisees” don’t own the location — Chick-Fil-A does. The “owner operators” pay $10,000 for the privilege, and then get a share of the profits. But they are VERY rigorously screened. Here you go.. a little research.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-it-costs-to-open-a-chick-fil-a-2016-1

Now, tell me how your research is different?


81 posted on 04/02/2018 4:06:57 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45
Here is your quote below.

It does not franchise out

And you're wrong.

They do sell franchises regardless of who owns the property. If ya don't agree, I'd be willing to make you a nice bet, and I can assure you, you'll lose.☺

82 posted on 04/02/2018 4:25:36 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BunnySlippers

I saw the goofballs on Vanderpump Rules the other night eating Chick-fil-a

Andy Cohen uses all those shows to agit prop over homosexuality and now even tranny crap

My guess is when he sees the cast eating Chick-fil-a he will admonish the producers to kibosh that in the future

He’s such a little priss


83 posted on 04/02/2018 4:33:56 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: bigdaddy45

“”It does not franchise out””

You should inform the company their own website has it all wrong!

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Own Your Future: Franchising and Licensing | Chick-fil-A

https://www.chick-fil-a.com/Franchising/Franchise


84 posted on 04/02/2018 4:35:53 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: BunnySlippers

Nasdaq market maker?

That’s all computerized now isn’t it

Former SOES/ECN trader myself...in the 90s ......what a ride


85 posted on 04/02/2018 4:37:52 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: bigdaddy45
It does not franchise out

Yes it does. From the company's Franchise Opportunities page:

Become an Operator

Our franchised Operators are the backbone of the Chick-fil-A chain. Chick-fil-A, Inc. stands ready to support each franchisee and to honor our heritage by fostering their dreams. Taking that commitment seriously, we are looking for long-term partners who are a good fit–and we know our Operators are, too.

It's certainly not unknown for a franchisor to own sites and lease them to franchisees. McDonald's is famous for the practice.

86 posted on 04/02/2018 4:43:04 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Look, you can (and they can) call it a franchise all you want. They are basically operators. The operator pays only $10,000, and doesn’t own the building. They don’t “own” anything. They have no equity, and can be fired at any time. (There are instances of this happening when a few tried to open on Sundays). They are basically employees.

Look at the link you cited..... “Become an Operator”. Not an “owner-operator” — an “Operator”.


87 posted on 04/02/2018 4:55:09 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: dragnet2

You will lose. Chick-FIl-A corporation owns all of its stores. Lets make this simple (from the article I cited previously):

Chick-fil-A, on the other hand, pays for all startup costs — including real estate, restaurant construction, and equipment.

In turn, the company leases everything to its franchisees for an ongoing fee equal to 15% of sales plus 50% of pretax profit remaining.


88 posted on 04/02/2018 4:59:21 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: plain talk
Frequently? Roman numeral MM is a bit archaic. :-) Nowadays M is common practice for million with K commonly used for 1000.

The government has a handy table:

https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures/prefixes

However, the real estate industry is a bit behind the times. They will use M for a thousand feet (meaning square feet — another sloppiness) and MM for a million. Supposedly, it's influenced by Roman numerals, where M means thousand. But MM in Roman numerals means two thousand, not a thousand thousand.

89 posted on 04/02/2018 5:09:38 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: bigdaddy45
It does not franchise out

They do franchise out and you've been told repeatedly by more than one poster here. You're wrong.

Do you work for dial an argument call center?

90 posted on 04/02/2018 5:10:55 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: bigdaddy45
It does not franchise out

Then why does the company have a web page specifically for their franchises opportunities?


91 posted on 04/02/2018 5:21:27 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: bigdaddy45

Then it DOES franchise-—and you just proved it.

.


92 posted on 04/02/2018 5:26:12 PM PDT by Mears
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To: dragnet2; Mears

Its called “advertising”. Lets see, no equity, and you can be fired at will. AND, you can’t sell the “franchise” to your son, or cousin, or whatever. Doesn’t sound like my definition of a franchise.

Don’t get me wrong; its a great gig, and very lucrative. But Chick-Fil-A OWNS the franchise; and the operator operates it.


93 posted on 04/02/2018 6:17:30 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

I was only sing the term franchise because that’s what was mentioned in the link that you posted.

There are apparently different types of franchises,

That said,I expect to visit one this week-——for the first time. We got one in our area a few months back-—grandsons RAVE about it.

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94 posted on 04/02/2018 6:23:43 PM PDT by Mears
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To: bigdaddy45

Some people like you simply don’t know when to stop making a fool of themselves. Ya should have admitted you were wrong way back. Some people, like you for instance, just can’t bring themselves to admit they were wrong. That’s a really bad character trait.


95 posted on 04/02/2018 6:24:57 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: lee martell

funny-


96 posted on 04/02/2018 6:25:00 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: T-Bird45

There have been Chick-fil-A’s in Manhattan for a few years now. I did a post on one here in Free Republic around 2015. Lines wrap around it all the way down the sidewalk.


97 posted on 04/02/2018 6:29:51 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: wardaddy

Institutional Equities Trader ... large blocks of equities. For about 3-4 years
I was an OTC market maker in LA for a New Jersey firm. I had been Head Equities Trader for the last 20 years or so.

Fun job!


98 posted on 04/02/2018 6:39:40 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love Bull Markets!)
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