Posted on 01/20/2024 3:07:01 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Those numbers don’t add up.
A $2 labor cost increase costing an extra $115,000 indicates he is using 57,500 labor hours per month. Ten workers at 160 hours per month is 1,600 labor hours. It would take 360 workers working four 40 hour weeks to get to 57,500 labor hours. So he probably has a lot of locations.
Maybe you meant to write “this is a place that NETS that amount in a whole month.”
When there was silver in our dimes, quarters and halves, there was a limit to how high inflation could go. Yes, there was ‘shrinkflation’, candy bars did get smaller over time. Now, according to Conflation, a half dollar has over $8 worth of silver in it and a dime more than $1.50. You can get a basic burger, fries and a drink for around $10.
Agreed! Gas station food is the worst. We’ve tried it when traveling and often it’s just nasty. A person is better off going to a grocery store and buying sandwich fixings when traveling.
This 40’ish guy you mentioned, there’s nothing wrong with a packed lunch. The problem is it’s out of style. Co-workers, clients, etc will be looking at him like he just landed from Mars.
And these obese people walking around. I’m not talking a person 20 - 30 pounds over weight, I’m talking 100 - 200 lbs overweight. They are shortening their lives by decades.
There’s a Burger King in the Maui airport. When I was there a couple of months ago, a Whopper meal was $23.
Last Saturday I stopped at McDonalds using their app got a 6 pc McNugget Happy Meal and 2 Big Macs (BOGO Free) for under $11.
Today I ordered from Subway 2 Ft Longs using their app, again BOGO Free for under $13.
Using the order apps can get deals. My wife called me from Mc Donalds last week and using the app I ordered 2 happy meals, didn’t have to explain what to get, just gave her the order # and she picked it up.
Some plaves are only putting a half slice of that thinner cheese on their burgers. And, they’re charging $1.39 for that half slice.
“Does he believe this shows him to be a “common man”?”
I doubt he has any say in manufacturing his own image. More likely his handlers probably think this gives the impression that he is energetic and fit as well as just one of the common folk.
It’s an utter fail for me as I’m not falling for any of it.
Peach
I wouldn’t pay what they asked for a big mac before any price hikes.
Good to know!
But it DOES make you wonder why. Is it because you don’t have to talk to people, so they can hire less staff, and as such give lower prices?
That simply doesn't happen today for several reasons, such as most women have been programmed to think it is demeaning for them to do such a domestic task for their husbands. But the main reason is that the wives are out working jobs themselves, just to make ends meet.
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