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Originally Posted by Delgar
Consider that maybe the $0.03 in materials is the true cost, but to get it to the retail place requires a delivery cost, and workers to dispense.
Using your example, if you think the price should be, $1.00 instead of $1.50, how much less should the truck driver get paid?
Your posts demonstrate a lack of understanding of the costs of doing business.
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This was brought up earlier, please go back and read the posts if you'd like detailed clarification. In a nutshell though $0.03 is the material cost, syrop, water and cup. The labour and utility costs for how long it takes to pour that drink are probably another $0.02-0.03. The point was not that they should reduce the price, but that some companies can handle a raise in minimum wage due to extremely high profit margins. People argued that was only on drinks and implied I was cherry picking by picking the item with the highest profit margin, they were asked to give examples of things at McDonalds where they take a loss on the sale, no one could come up with any examples, someone else made some points suggesting McDonalds has very high profit margins on all their profits. Captain has mixed emotions regarding the order kiosks. And one poster seems so disappointed with the fact that something I said was making sense he's accusing me of misleading everyone everyone because I accidentally wrote that they were making 5000 times the cost instead of a 5000% profit, clarified it and I'm pretty sure most people understood the point initially but for some reason he just can't let it go.