Thanks for the tip @Terry Burger .  

So any dollar I can get from it, for free is a gain, even if taxes utilities etc. etc. cost me money.End of the day, I am getting my dream house.. with (according to your numbers) 30 dollars of allowance to go to burger king to eat the one dollar menu every day of the month....

That McDonnalds dollar burger was fifteen cents and it was bigger!

But it is a slightly cheese move.

Meaning the all-in costs (taxes, insurance, marketing, rent and any additional CAM fees) must be less than their max "operational percentage".Example: Restaurant 'A' does $550/sqft in sales (which is typical of a burger joint, or a Chipotle).

McDonalds doesn't ask their customers if it's okay if they bump up the price of a burger.

If anyone would be kind enough and willing to connect with me so I can get a copy of the purchase contract and the agreement to assign that active wholesalers are using, I would be happy to repay you with a Philly cheese steak, a bottle of wine, box of cigars, Eagles tickets, etc. you name it!

You can not always increase prices to the consumer to compensate so it starts eroding profit margin with the same sales.This is why regardless of the marketplace the cheese and pepperoni etc. will not cost you above a certain price per pound with the big guys.

Oh, and wouldn't these top-level, management actions trips (and the Mad Greek lunches - or 'Awful Awful' burgers at Jerry's Nugget in Reno - and other 'reasonable entertainment') also be business expenses?

Showing up with the hot cheese melting in the burrito and a smile, no argument, no accusations ~ assume the best of him and act with kind heart (big stick in coat).