• NotSpez@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    More like when you hate your pancreas. Damn.

    Also: is there a theydidthemath community yet?

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    Anyone who walked into an IHOP and ate 3.26 pounds of pancakes would be an absolute legend at that IHOP. I can barely eat 4 or 5 before I’m done.

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      As well as utility cost to run the stove, lighting, pos systems, etc. plus rent/mortgage/taxes on the building, upkeep of fixtures like tables, menus, and cutlery, insurance costs, inspection costs, non sales staff (think like general managers, janitorial staff, plus HR and IT if they have it), any planned building upgrades down the line (whether to the actual building eg renovating dining areas or upgrading kitchen appliances), theft/shrinkage, damage from customers and staff being assholes, from equipment breaking down, from natural disasters, etc

      Probably a lot more too. There’s a whole bunch to factor in

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    That’s for one container of wholesale batter, IHOP is not paying that price because they’re buying a lot more.

    I don’t know if this is helpful, but when I worked at Olive Garden 10 years ago, a spaghetti and meat sauce cost them $1.09. That includes everything, labor, etc.

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      If that really does include everything, why do I always hear about how thin margins are in the food service industry? That doesn’t sound like a thin margin to me.

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        Margins are thin on things that aren’t pasta. OG also had a great thing going with the wine focus. You could get a glass of estancia Pinot noir back then for like $7. The bottle was $8 retail.

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      If the price per pound decreases if they get a special bulk rate, it means you need to eat even more pancakes until they lose money lol.

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        Yeah exactly! Though the overhead of employment might bring that number back up to about your original estimate.

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    It’s alot less than that, you’re only factoring in raw material, not wages, rent, utilities all that goes into providing the good to the customer who is paying for it. This is nonsense.

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    1 year ago

    Why do you hate IHOP? I’m not a fan mind you, I’ve heard people hate McDonald’s and all but this is a first for IHOP for me.

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      Because unlimited pancakes breaks the laws of physics and decency. Even if you had a machine whose primary goal is to make pancakes and use whatever mass is available to it, eventually there will be no more matter in the universe to make pancakes and it would be finite, not truly unlimited. This is blatant false advertising, hence I’ve got it out for IHOP.

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      I don’t know why someone would hate it, but it’s a really trash chain that is easily outdone by the dingiest of local diners.