borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 21 days ago"For context, the US has only 14,300 McDonald's"lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down12
arrow-up1146arrow-down1image"For context, the US has only 14,300 McDonald's"lemmygrad.mlborschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareHiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·21 days agoOkay but what if I expected there to be like 4 times as many McDonald’s in the US? That actually does recontextualize how I think about Burgerland.
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 days agoThere’s actually significantly more Subway restaurants They’re weeds
minus-squareCantaloupeAss [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agowow is that true? do people go to subway that much? is subway like the biggest minimum-wage employer? are subway employees the ripe vanguard of the revolution?
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 days agoThe answer is basically subway takes very little space, very little staffing. Super cheap to run and setup.
minus-squareLaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoI think cheaper franchising costs is part of it
Okay but what if I expected there to be like 4 times as many McDonald’s in the US? That actually does recontextualize how I think about Burgerland.
There’s actually significantly more Subway restaurants
They’re weeds
wow is that true? do people go to subway that much?
is subway like the biggest minimum-wage employer? are subway employees the ripe vanguard of the revolution?
The answer is basically subway takes very little space, very little staffing. Super cheap to run and setup.
I think cheaper franchising costs is part of it