[30% labor cost
30% food cost
30% utility and building cost
= 10% profit]
That sounds about right to me, based on what little experience I have with restaurants.
OTOH, going to KFC, shoot even Popeye’s is way, way up.
KFC, you need to take out a loan before you go there. They had some $5/boxes about 10 years ago (when work was plentiful) - those were great. But I haven’t had their regular bucket “deals” for about 7-10 years now. I gave up.
And Church’s Chicken? Last two sandwiches I got there (one visit) I returned both for a refund. Probably almost never go there again.
Wow, is THAT ever true! And... it's not even as good as once was.