Yep, like in the movie “The Founder”...
“You don’t seem to realize what business you’re in. You’re not in the burger business, you’re in the real estate business. You build an empire by owning the land. What you ought to be doing is owning the land upon which that burger is cooked.”
Good movie!!
Interestingly, I recently had a complaint with Walmart, so I looked on their headquarters website for a list of their executives, vice-presidents and such. I could not believe what I found.
There are no VPs involved in customer relations or merchandising. Go to the Walmart headquarters website and you will see almost all VPs, and there are very many, and executives are in charge of something to do with real estate. Unbelievable.