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whttevrr

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13. Good luck quashing the emotional invective.

Reply to Systematic Chaos (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 10:17 AM

Aug 2013

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On Edit: I was wrong.

It seems like for the most part posters are trying to crunch the numbers. The problem as noted below is the calculus of finding the points between cost, price, profits in a very complicated formula. I always wondered how the equations are created to find optimum pricing for maximum sales.

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I'd appreciate some thoughts on this article concerning McDonald's wages, please. [View all] Systematic Chaos Aug 2013 OP

This has nothing to do with the fact that McD's workers are paid for shit. delrem Aug 2013 #1

Workers at lots of places are "paid for shit", but apparently the food has some appeal... Systematic Chaos Aug 2013 #2

Good luck quashing the emotional invective. whttevrr Aug 2013 #13

Frankly I do not see how you double wages and don't increase cost. Unless the raw materials geckosfeet Aug 2013 #3

Around 20 years ago I worked for a company that did fast food payroll... TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #4

So, dividing 187,500 by 365 days and 24 hours in the day we get 21.40 meals per hour. JVS Aug 2013 #9

Seems a little low, actually, which.. TreasonousBastard Aug 2013 #10

I'm not an economics guru noamnety Aug 2013 #5

I think you're overestimating the numbers of sales a franchise does in an hour. JVS Aug 2013 #7

So you'd have to add a similar amount (or less?) to each menu item noamnety Aug 2013 #11

When I was in Geneva Switzerland, I noted that McDonalds products cost a lot more they do here in NY stevenleser Aug 2013 #6

My thought on the article: Show your work isn't just for math class. JVS Aug 2013 #8

I'd guess the cost of a big mac would not have to go up (or profits up) alc Aug 2013 #12

From the linked article... whttevrr Aug 2013 #14

Whatever the numbers PD Turk Aug 2013 #15