• dogma11@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I learned about this years ago when I pulled into a McDonalds at midnight for coffee. Guy said they didn’t have any made but would make a pot, and that me buying the cup of coffee paid for the whole large pot.

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      20 hours ago

      You only get about three larges out of a pot of McCafe drip but indeed the packets of coffee are the cheapest commodity Brazilian coffee they can find

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      Not 100% sure, but the margins on coffee are probably nowhere near as high as on fountain drinks.

      My guess would be around an order of magnitide less.

      Still considerable, but the margin on soft drinks is absurd.

      I think bottled water is the next step down from the absurd margins of fountain soda.