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Real estate, specialized expertise, expensive repairs. It adds up! I also suspect monthly insurance is insane.

10 million is not even a lot - a typical McDonalds can cost over a million dollars a year to operate.



A typical McDonald’s costs over $1M — just in salaries.

Here are the 2023 numbers.

https://www.franchisechatter.com/2023/09/25/fdd-talk-mcdonal...


a typical McD generates a tad more revenue though...


Which is probably why we have more McDonald’s than computer museums.


true


And a tad more risk




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