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0 pointsjoezydeco2y ago0 comments

They still need to make sure the restaurants on top of them are generating money. Otherwise they'd just build self-storage units on each one.

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mrguyorama2y ago· 1 in thread

Not really. All they have to ensure is that enough people hope to succeed at franchising that they keep pulling in money.

Quiznos literally sucked their franchise owners dry, but it took a while.

Subway has been extracting wealth from their franchise owners since the very inception of the "$5 footlong" and they're still around.

They don't _have_ to but they'll make more money and their share of additional income will be close to 100%.

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