These greedy Corporate Fucks just can't squeeze enough money from the paying public.
I went to Burger King for the first time in about a year. The size of the Whopper has shrunk to the size of a normal hamburger and the price was outrageous.
Wifey comes home yesterday from the supermarket with some paper napkins and they are no longer large and square. They are now tiny rectangles, you can't even blow your nose.
Everything is constantly shrinking while prices are constantly rising.
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These greedy Corporate Fucks just can't squeeze enough money from the paying public.
I went to Burger King for the first time in about a year. The size of the Whopper has shrunk to the size of a normal hamburger and the price was outrageous.
Wifey comes home yesterday from the supermarket with some paper napkins and they are no longer large and square. They are now tiny rectangles, you can't even blow your nose.
Everything is constantly shrinking while prices are constantly rising.
i wouldnt blame it so much on the corporate assholes
they need to turn a profit to stay in business. so when their prices shoot through the moon they can either raise prices, make the product smaller, or cut costs somehow
wheat
corn
cattle
You can thanks this man for your BK woes
i know you also own gold and silver. you can thank him for your gains there. its all related
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i wouldnt blame it so much on the corporate assholes
they need to turn a profit to stay in business. so when their prices shoot through the moon they can either raise prices, make the product smaller, or cut costs somehow
wheat
corn
cattle
You can thanks this man for your BK woes
i know you also own gold and silver. you can thank him for your gains there. its all related
i wouldnt blame it so much on the corporate assholes
they need to turn a profit to stay in business. so when their prices shoot through the moon they can either raise prices, make the product smaller, or cut costs somehow
wheat
corn
cattle
You can thanks this man for your BK woes
i know you also own gold and silver. you can thank him for your gains there. its all related
KOAJ beat me to it. This is exactly it... lots of companies downsizing their products so they can afford to stay in business. Bernake is to blame - sad, but true As for the Whopper - prob not a bad thing for our fat ass country to slim down on fast food
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Quote Originally Posted by KOAJ:
i wouldnt blame it so much on the corporate assholes
they need to turn a profit to stay in business. so when their prices shoot through the moon they can either raise prices, make the product smaller, or cut costs somehow
wheat
corn
cattle
You can thanks this man for your BK woes
i know you also own gold and silver. you can thank him for your gains there. its all related
KOAJ beat me to it. This is exactly it... lots of companies downsizing their products so they can afford to stay in business. Bernake is to blame - sad, but true As for the Whopper - prob not a bad thing for our fat ass country to slim down on fast food
they need to turn a profit to stay in business. so when their prices shoot through the moon they can either raise prices, make the product smaller, or cut costs somehow
Probably just one of many changes 3G Capital plans to make
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Quote Originally Posted by KOAJ:
they need to turn a profit to stay in business. so when their prices shoot through the moon they can either raise prices, make the product smaller, or cut costs somehow
Probably just one of many changes 3G Capital plans to make
Thats hilarious..corporate profits are at historic highs.
BK has gone down the crapper since they went public, now they are again owned by private equity firms who want to maximize short term profits and then chop them up and put them back into the market again (this is the third time for BK I am quite sure to flip back on and off the market).
This has nothing to do with the USD or Ben B, they are trying to max out profits and with declining sales what else can they do? Cut quality, cut portion sizes etc..
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Afford to stay in business?
Thats hilarious..corporate profits are at historic highs.
BK has gone down the crapper since they went public, now they are again owned by private equity firms who want to maximize short term profits and then chop them up and put them back into the market again (this is the third time for BK I am quite sure to flip back on and off the market).
This has nothing to do with the USD or Ben B, they are trying to max out profits and with declining sales what else can they do? Cut quality, cut portion sizes etc..
kaufee - you know that oil is as cheap as its been in a long time when its priced in gold or silver? 10 x cheaper than it was 10 years ago
pricing things in this worthless green paper in my wallet makes things very expensive, especially when wages dont rise to match inflation
central banking is a bitch
you notice that when oil peaked at 145 a barrel gas was around 4.25 a gallon, now oil is back in the 80s which is almost 40% less but gas is still around 3.60-70 which is only about 15% cheaper
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Quote Originally Posted by KOAJ:
kaufee - you know that oil is as cheap as its been in a long time when its priced in gold or silver? 10 x cheaper than it was 10 years ago
pricing things in this worthless green paper in my wallet makes things very expensive, especially when wages dont rise to match inflation
central banking is a bitch
you notice that when oil peaked at 145 a barrel gas was around 4.25 a gallon, now oil is back in the 80s which is almost 40% less but gas is still around 3.60-70 which is only about 15% cheaper
Wall - canm you say the same about the 1lb box of pasta that's now 14oz? How about those cute little 6 oz cans of coke that are 60% of the cost of a 12 oz can
I think its called value deflation. We discussed this months ago with dj and a can of tuna.
Same price, less product. The company who produces doesn't want to cut intoits profts until the market demanit does to stay in business Wall - canm you say the same about the 1lb box of pasta that's now 14oz? How about those cute little 6 oz cans of coke that are 60% of the cost of a 12 oz can
I think its called value deflation. We discussed this months ago with dj and a can of tuna.
Same price, less product.
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Wall - canm you say the same about the 1lb box of pasta that's now 14oz? How about those cute little 6 oz cans of coke that are 60% of the cost of a 12 oz can
I think its called value deflation. We discussed this months ago with dj and a can of tuna.
Same price, less product. The company who produces doesn't want to cut intoits profts until the market demanit does to stay in business Wall - canm you say the same about the 1lb box of pasta that's now 14oz? How about those cute little 6 oz cans of coke that are 60% of the cost of a 12 oz can
I think its called value deflation. We discussed this months ago with dj and a can of tuna.
That is a firm trying to squeeze more profits out of their product, it has absolutely nothing to do with needing to do so to stay in business.
If a company is that close to the line, bumping margins 5-10% is only staving off the eventuality of failure.
On topic, BK hasnt changed the size of the Hooooper, they would go under before making the whopper smaller, it is their flagship sandwich.
for fun...company A's profit margin is 5% of their revenue
given the increase in the cost of commodities used for products, their profit margin is now 4%
how do they make up that difference? or should they just eat the loss and earn less. if you owned company A, what would you do?
im not sure how you can demonize a company for trying to maximize its profit. its employees are only there because there is demand for their labor to keep up with demand for their product. thats it. they do not own the company. the shareholders do. the shareholders want a return on their investment
a 20% reduction in profitability will not sit well for shareholders and board members
if you dont like the size of the whopper, dont eat at BK. same with not buying Nike if they use slave labor, same with Apple etc
we have that choice here. you can vote with your wallet
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Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:
Koaj,
That is a firm trying to squeeze more profits out of their product, it has absolutely nothing to do with needing to do so to stay in business.
If a company is that close to the line, bumping margins 5-10% is only staving off the eventuality of failure.
On topic, BK hasnt changed the size of the Hooooper, they would go under before making the whopper smaller, it is their flagship sandwich.
for fun...company A's profit margin is 5% of their revenue
given the increase in the cost of commodities used for products, their profit margin is now 4%
how do they make up that difference? or should they just eat the loss and earn less. if you owned company A, what would you do?
im not sure how you can demonize a company for trying to maximize its profit. its employees are only there because there is demand for their labor to keep up with demand for their product. thats it. they do not own the company. the shareholders do. the shareholders want a return on their investment
a 20% reduction in profitability will not sit well for shareholders and board members
if you dont like the size of the whopper, dont eat at BK. same with not buying Nike if they use slave labor, same with Apple etc
we have that choice here. you can vote with your wallet
I worked at BK when I was younger, that was why I made that comment..no way would they ever reduce the size of that sammywich.
What company has a 5% margin on revenues?
If your cost of sales is 95% before all the other stuff you wont be in business longer term unless they have the potential to exponentially grow revenues..that takes deep pockets and a long time horizon.
A good example is ALU, their margins are awful, so they combined with Alcatel who has horrible margins and now they are slogging along doing nothing and their stock is heading for another reverse split.
Most of these food producers are multi nationals, they are not hugging the margin flatline, a good example is General Mills..one of the biggest domestic food stuff doobies, they run at 15% ish margins, that is not hugging the BK line, they are trying to suck up extra profits and fool the consumer.
Most people dont look at the ounces in groceries and notice that they are carrying it to the third decimal regularly or that the boxes are thinner than ever yet the price of the goods is the same or HIGHER.
Maximizing profits is the goal of business, the way I can demonize them is that these corporations are pushing down more and more of the general population to at and below the poverty line..while their profits keep going up and up and up.
Talk about destroying a country..our lovely corporations are gutting us from the inside..making more people slaves to their cheap, disgusting products and stealing their last penny.
Reminds me of England in the 16th century.
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I worked at BK when I was younger, that was why I made that comment..no way would they ever reduce the size of that sammywich.
What company has a 5% margin on revenues?
If your cost of sales is 95% before all the other stuff you wont be in business longer term unless they have the potential to exponentially grow revenues..that takes deep pockets and a long time horizon.
A good example is ALU, their margins are awful, so they combined with Alcatel who has horrible margins and now they are slogging along doing nothing and their stock is heading for another reverse split.
Most of these food producers are multi nationals, they are not hugging the margin flatline, a good example is General Mills..one of the biggest domestic food stuff doobies, they run at 15% ish margins, that is not hugging the BK line, they are trying to suck up extra profits and fool the consumer.
Most people dont look at the ounces in groceries and notice that they are carrying it to the third decimal regularly or that the boxes are thinner than ever yet the price of the goods is the same or HIGHER.
Maximizing profits is the goal of business, the way I can demonize them is that these corporations are pushing down more and more of the general population to at and below the poverty line..while their profits keep going up and up and up.
Talk about destroying a country..our lovely corporations are gutting us from the inside..making more people slaves to their cheap, disgusting products and stealing their last penny.
I went to BK last weekend and the bathroom was clean and feng shei with Chinese ornamentation all over. I know this is probably an anomoly.
Also, I tried the California whopper and it was pretty damn good. 5.99 for the meal. I hadn't eaten all day and was wasted off my ass. But, still, that being said, it was good.
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I haven't noticed too much change to be honest.
I went to BK last weekend and the bathroom was clean and feng shei with Chinese ornamentation all over. I know this is probably an anomoly.
Also, I tried the California whopper and it was pretty damn good. 5.99 for the meal. I hadn't eaten all day and was wasted off my ass. But, still, that being said, it was good.
I have never liked the whopper burger and IMHO the burgers at Carl's Jr. are much better than the burgers at Burger King or McDonalds. (thankyou for allowing me my 2 cents worth of opinion)
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I have never liked the whopper burger and IMHO the burgers at Carl's Jr. are much better than the burgers at Burger King or McDonalds. (thankyou for allowing me my 2 cents worth of opinion)
Just buy some lean store bought beef and make some wonderful homemade burgers.
Believe it or not...easier said than done many times. Especially in terms of cost efficiency, if you are cooking for 1 then it is probably cheaper to eat out 2 times a day than it is to cook a bunch of burgers and fries and eat that for 3 days straight, I think.
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Quote Originally Posted by OnlyGod:
Just buy some lean store bought beef and make some wonderful homemade burgers.
Believe it or not...easier said than done many times. Especially in terms of cost efficiency, if you are cooking for 1 then it is probably cheaper to eat out 2 times a day than it is to cook a bunch of burgers and fries and eat that for 3 days straight, I think.
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