Wimpy!

Waitrose?

 

Still one in Swanage but then the whole town is like a trip back to the past(which is why we love it so much btw).

 

All i buy from there is Shneider Brott and Dunkertons Black Fox cider ....whenever i am visiting Uttoxeter .

 

We really like Swanage too. It's often the place we'll go in the summer for a beach trip when Poole/Bournemouth is rammed.
Couple of rounds of crazy golf and an ice cream.

 

There’s one in the Bowling alley just up the road from me.
Rotherham still stuck in the 60’s.

 

Everyone has a go to favourite place and Swanage is ours, we both went there as kids and have carried on going ever since
Ultimately we'd like to semi-retire down that way in the not too distant future but theres a lot of factors to weigh up first....

 

Those all Seems ridiculously cheap

 

He was a mate of Popeye, always trying to get a burger on credit.

The UK chain, owned by Lyon’s, was named after him.

 

we got one in Morden its even had a face lift as well !

 

We thought the same when we had a caravan in Wareham Forest 20 years ago.

Unfortunately property in the area has now priced us out - not the end of the world for us, but it's priced out all of the locals as well. Wales has introduced an up to 300% council tax levy on second homes and I'd expect seaside councils in England to follow suit.

 

I am not sure why you say steep the weekly sales for the lower McD store is +£20k

 

And the expenses are?

 

Last Wimpy I had was in Bury St Edmunds summer of 1988. Remember it well, I'd just moved there for work and was sat all alone looking out of the window.

I'm another Swanage fan. My Grandparents bought a plot of land there in the early 70s, then spent most weekends and all holidays down there building 'the bungalow', finally moving to it when they retired ca. 78. I spent most summers with them, most of the time looking for fossils on Ballard beach, or at the steam railway society. It was always sunny, Test Match Special was always on the radio, and fish 'n' chips every Tuesday evening. Good times.

 

I dont know their expense policy re mileage rates etc?
In reality the gross profit margin on most products will be high and the model works on maintaining that through strict portion control. Overheads will differ between sites. I am also aware that some of their franchisees are big multi million pound turnover businesses.

 

I wasn't asking about expenses policy.
In any business, the amount of money one takes (turnover) is irrelevant. That's why I asked about expenses - what are the fixed and variable costs? That's what determines the pre-tax profit, and that determines whether a 40 thou franchising fee is a good deal or not. With McD I know that they used to provide as part of the franchising agreement certain items, equipment, and support. Not sure if that is still the case, but I expect not.

 

Tbf Malc, try finding anything in mid Wales that's not a field, forest or a sheep.

 

I've eaten hundreds of burgers I know.

 

Mc d make there money from franchising not food..

 

And Real Estate.