I currently am franchising stores for a few years now and am seeing the leases we sign and square footage we pay for. 

Although, as mentioned at the top, the pull chain switches are often a weak spot, however they are often easy to simply replace with an inexpensive, universal replacement switch from the hardware store.

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To me a slight in efficiency in storing money is a SMALL price to pay for the ability to act on an opportunity when it arises.

Jobs, stores, roads, healthcare services, and gas stations can all be destroyed in a disaster, as is often shown in the news.

Is a store like Home Depot the spot to get these items?

For context I don’t just watch them, I’m actually directing them where to do what and helping them to bring supplies over as the location is remote from large department stores like Home Depot. 

I’ve searched on google “kitchen cabinet handles” and “soft closing 3/8” inset hinge” and gotten both for much less expensive than at the box stores.

He had 6 or 8 stores.

Also, if you hope to attract a national fast food chain, most retail developers will get a committment from them, or at least some type of LOI, up front to make sure that the chains would even be willing to have a store at that location, and what specs they would want/need for the building and how much rent they could pay, etc.