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[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (8 children)

"I'm a small business owner!" no, deary, you're just the fall guy for a massive international firm. For a fraction of the profits, you get the privilege of holding all the risk of actually operation a restaurant.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I think they actually get almost all of the profits of the store. The fast food company makes money from the franchise license, rent, and supplying the equipment and food

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Correct. The corp gets paid first out of the gross, totally protected. Franchisees only wiggle room to increase their profit is labor costs.

[–] discountsocialism@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The franchise sets the food prices on both sides too so they can precisely control profitability.

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder if anyone has ever looked into the idea that labor is the source of all profits curious-marx

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