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joewee on June 30, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Building Your First Profitable Startup

I thought McDonalds was a real estate and leasing company? McDonalds only owns about 15% of its restaurants, it doesn't have as many employees as you think.

inopinatus on June 30, 2012 [–]

This simply highlights how efficient they are. The franchise operators are subject to the same systems & processes irrespective of ownership.

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