Rocky Mountain Oysters! Yum! Fried to a crisp. Slug a bourbon. Priceless.For once Dale and Burl are right. Lotsa places have a big container and fill it with cheap ice and very little expensive soda.
Soda is incredibly cheap to produce…a little sugar and flavoring to make a syrup… I’m told the largest drink at McDonald’s uses about 15 cents worth of syrup if it’s a popular brand…. and over half of that is licensing, not ingredients.
Less than 10 cents for “lemonade” syrup…
It costs a little bit to carbonate the water…
But they eliminated almost all the labor, beyond selling it, by making it self serve in a disposable cup.
2 to 7 cents for that cup…. but the ones with soda brands on them are subsidised by big soft drink companies….
The profit margin on hamburgers is thin…. beef is expensive; it takes labor to sell, cook and wrap them… So yeah, they really want you to spend that $1.89 on a big cup of water with a trickle of syrup in it, to help pay the rent,
Timmy needs to fill up his cup with the soda, not ice. But that’s what the Co. hope for, people using more ice than soda so they don’t get more than 2-3 swallows. Most places we go to have refills “free” but it’s paid for. Like Susan says it’s a cheap drink for such a high price. Circle K has any size for .89 cents here. That should say something about over head. $ 1.99 for a soda and hot dog. Ice tea is another killing for them……
Now, wait a minute. I don’t buy this for a second. There’s no way that crew is going anywhere without free refills. Unless, of course, that happens to be the last place that still leave their ketchup packets out for self service.
I believe when something is labeled “meat” the implication is that it may be a conglomerate of whatever the hell may be laying around… scraps of whatever fleshy substance remains. A beef hamburger would have to be all cow. Amalgamated meat products are SO very interesting. I used to have some of my students dissect Chicken McNuggets…. and you would have been aghast at the myriad of “things” you could find. But, McDonald’s “reformulated” their nuggets several years ago, and they are now presumably less “diverse”.
mikie2 about 10 years ago
Rocky Mountain Oysters! Yum! Fried to a crisp. Slug a bourbon. Priceless.For once Dale and Burl are right. Lotsa places have a big container and fill it with cheap ice and very little expensive soda.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 10 years ago
Soda is incredibly cheap to produce…a little sugar and flavoring to make a syrup… I’m told the largest drink at McDonald’s uses about 15 cents worth of syrup if it’s a popular brand…. and over half of that is licensing, not ingredients.
Less than 10 cents for “lemonade” syrup…
It costs a little bit to carbonate the water…
But they eliminated almost all the labor, beyond selling it, by making it self serve in a disposable cup.
2 to 7 cents for that cup…. but the ones with soda brands on them are subsidised by big soft drink companies….
The profit margin on hamburgers is thin…. beef is expensive; it takes labor to sell, cook and wrap them… So yeah, they really want you to spend that $1.89 on a big cup of water with a trickle of syrup in it, to help pay the rent,
loveslife about 10 years ago
Timmy needs to fill up his cup with the soda, not ice. But that’s what the Co. hope for, people using more ice than soda so they don’t get more than 2-3 swallows. Most places we go to have refills “free” but it’s paid for. Like Susan says it’s a cheap drink for such a high price. Circle K has any size for .89 cents here. That should say something about over head. $ 1.99 for a soda and hot dog. Ice tea is another killing for them……
orbenjawell Premium Member about 10 years ago
………not to mention the not-so-hidden cost of the omnipresent security camera scopin’ any & all scofflaws for the public record!! Snark! SNARK!!
Olddog1 about 10 years ago
With the cheap cost of soda, and the cost of freezing and keeping the ice frozen, there isn’t much difference.
peggykb9 about 10 years ago
I wonder why these cheapskates are even eating at a place with no refills?
MeGoNow Premium Member about 10 years ago
Now, wait a minute. I don’t buy this for a second. There’s no way that crew is going anywhere without free refills. Unless, of course, that happens to be the last place that still leave their ketchup packets out for self service.
Pipe Tobacco about 10 years ago
I believe when something is labeled “meat” the implication is that it may be a conglomerate of whatever the hell may be laying around… scraps of whatever fleshy substance remains. A beef hamburger would have to be all cow. Amalgamated meat products are SO very interesting. I used to have some of my students dissect Chicken McNuggets…. and you would have been aghast at the myriad of “things” you could find. But, McDonald’s “reformulated” their nuggets several years ago, and they are now presumably less “diverse”.
Pauleytee about 10 years ago
This strip is a rerun. Anyone else remember it?