[BC] Absurd markups!

[Rich Wood]

------ At 08:32 AM 10/25/2007, Mike McCarthy wrote: -------

>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.

I would hope Starbucks coffee is a profit center. I saw a piece on 60 
Minutes or some show like it that indicated Starbucks pays more for 
employee health insurance than they do for coffee beans. They offer 
insurance even to part-time employees.

Rich