Comment on McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase

• brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bingo.

  I wonder what McDonald’s profit margin at the individual store level is, these days? I would bet they have to send a pretty outrageous cut back to HQ, whereas even if the BBQ place is a small chain, they’re probably not hand tied like that.

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  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I thought home office made money on franchise fees, not sales. My info is probably outdated, though.

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      From their website: www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/…/the-financials.html

      During the term of the franchise, fees paid to McDonald’s for each restaurant, include:

      Royalty: 4%-5% of monthly gross sales

      Rent: a monthly base rent and/or percentage rent that is a percentage of monthly gross sales.

      License Fee: a one time fee of $45,000 is paid for 20-year term.

      thefranchiseking.com/how-much-is-a-mcdonalds-fran…

      But according to other sites:

      www.franchiseba.com/mcdonalds-franchise/

      That doesn’t include marketing fees, so its more like 8%+ of gross sales, not profit, which is a lot! On top of tons of other fees.

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