Status quo
Gross income per store
...........941,000.00
Corporate 15% off the top
......141,150.00
Net at 25% margin
.................199,962.50
Corporate net (50%)
.................99,981.25
Franchisee net (50%)
................99,981.25
Corporate sub total per store
..241,131.25
Number of stores
..............................2300
Corporate grand total
.......554,601,875.00
% Loss of business
...............................10
Gross income per store
...........846,900.00
Corporate 15% off the top
......127,035.00
Net at 25% margin
.................179,966.25
Corporate net (50%)
.................89,983.13
Franchisee net (50%)
................89,983.13
Corporate sub total per store
..217,018.13
Number of stores
..............................2300
Corporate grand total
.......499,141,687.50
Bottom line loss
.................55,460,187.50
Percentages based on Chick-fail-A's franchise agreement.
Chick-fail_A asserts the average franchisee clears $100,000.00/year. All the other values are set to pretty much make that fit.
If you have better numbers, I'd be happy to drop them in the spreadsheet.
Translation: In my estimation of a modest 10% drop in sales, Ballard stands to cost them ≈$55,000,000 in lost revenue over the course of a year. Maybe he can slither out of it by blaming Trump?
Maybe not.