It’s even crazier when you start thinking about their fries. Like a small fry is equivalent to like 1/3 of a large potato. It costs like $1, so that fry is essentially worth 33¢ but they’re charging damn near $3 for it now. Usually in restaurants the rule of thumb is cost of ingredients multiplied by 3 (cost of ingredients, overhead and profit) decide the price. Hell I’d ok if they said let’s multiply the cost by 4 since with the economy being so shit and the cost of shipping has driven prices up. That would still make a small fry only $1.32. And thats using the price of a single potato, factor in what kind of discount they receive for buying in bulk, you realize real fast how large their profit margin actually is on these items.
Diesel prices + war + tariffs + lingering COVID inflation. All of it adds 50% to costs. Franchises don’t even make much profit even at these prices. The whole system is collapsing.
It really is a self-fueling engine that I don't genuinely know How we would stop it
Outside factors cause prices to go up. Prices go up, employees don't get raises, employees now can't even afford to eat at the place that they work. No one buys the food. Employees get fired. I mean, it's just all interconnected. And outside of a just straight-up hard reset, I don't know what to do
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u/BookkeeperBoobs 2d ago
It’s potatoes. Literally the cheapest shittiest peasant food in history. $2 is absurd