[BC] Absurd markups!

[Mike McCarthy]

I have a friend in commercial food services. She advised the big profit 
center in most retail fast and sit down food establishments are 
beverages.  Starbucks is a good example of this....with a twist.

Your typical cut of coffee is minimum 4X profit.  That's after factoring 
equipment depreciation, maintenance and cost of operation.  Soft drinks are 
5-7X if you only get one filling.  That's why combo meals are set up the 
way they are....

And never mind why you pay $5+ for a hard drink at most upscale eateries 
and night clubs.

My wife and I  were eating at one sit down casual place one evening when be 
both ordered simple tap water with a lemon twist with dinner.  The manager 
came by and asked why we didn't order something else.  We commented 
everything they served was either loaded with caffeine and/or sugar. And 
while we liked eating there and the dinners were of reasonable quality and 
value, we didn't appreciate the fact neither could fall asleep after we ate 
there until we stopped ordering something other than water.  What I didn't 
mention is I didn't appreciate being raped for the beverages there ($3.29 + 
tax/tip for soft drinks).

MM


At 12:42 AM 10/25/2007 -0500, Jerry Mathis wrote

>I don't even like paying 5X Willie. I frequently stop at Burger King on the
>way to work in the morning, and get a croissanwich. I used to get a bottle
>of milk as well. Then I realized I was paying $1.00+ for about a cup of
>milk. So I bought a 16oz bottle of milk at the grocery store, and saved the
>bottle. I refill it each morning before I go to work. I haven't worked out
>how much it costs me to fill that bottle from my gallon jug, which is about
>$3.75, but it's a whole lot less than $1.00, and I get more milk to drink
>with my sandwich. Since BK buys in bulk, I'm sure that small bottle of milk
>costs them about a quarter or maybe even less.
>
>--
>Jerry Mathis
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