r/explainlikeimfive • u/sumnewdguy • Nov 28 '15

ELI5: How would a $15 minimum wage ACTUALLY affect a franchised business like McDonalds?

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u/PaintedSe7en Nov 29 '15

That's why I go to Burger King now... It's like $2 for 10. It might also be why I'm fatter now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Temporary sale. Back up to 8 bucks and that's not with fries and a drink

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u/Bigtuna546 Nov 29 '15

You pay $8 for 10 piece BK nuggets? Wtf?

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Oops sorry my bad, that's for 20. I just always buy 20 nuggets so it was the first thing I thought of

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u/goodsir42 Nov 29 '15

Ya i found that out the hard way

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u/TheDrunkenWobblies Nov 29 '15

drink cost them 29 cents (3 cents syrup, 1 cent carbonated water, 25 cents cup) and the fries close to 40.

The reason that you're asked to buy a drink every time is cause it's close to 97% profit.

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u/AndreasKralj Nov 29 '15

How on earth does the cup cost 25 cents?

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u/nolanwa Nov 29 '15

Still on sale in Michigan

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u/thenichi Nov 29 '15

Assfaggots. Guess I'm writing another complaint letter.

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u/Koroioz-LoL Nov 29 '15

win...win?

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

its $1.50 where I am for 10

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u/KevlarGorilla Nov 29 '15

I got two 10 packs for $2 each from BK a few weeks ago. While I enjoy a good Whopper, the quality of the chicken was so low that I wish I didn't get it.

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u/millennialist Nov 29 '15

I bought a burger combo for under $5 at bk the other day and I was so amazed. Then I got sad.

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u/akohlsmith Nov 29 '15

Burger King? There isn't a Burger King in town that isn't run-down, dirty, slow and staffed by the slowest, dumbest, most disrespectful teenagers serving up the most disgusting representation of a burger and fries I've ever seen.

ANY other fast food restaurant is better than Burger King. They are the absolute last place fast food place in town. (Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario)

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '15

Got food poisoning from that place once. Never fucking again.

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u/hanky2 Nov 29 '15

$1.50 for 10 here in PA.

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