Well DoorDash is taking 30% off the rip. Somewhere between price gouging and maintaining your margins is a business willing to “lose money”, I guess. That is a nice deal. Nonetheless, dark meat, bone in chicken is substantially cheaper per/lb than a boneless tenderloin. Not an apples to apple comp.

Consider Canes, they pay managers well, they pay crew well, they have many employees working at once, they have tech fees with the app etc. Again, don’t know Chicken Shack but I’d venture to guess they aren’t incurring similar costs if they are a mom and pop joint. Everyone loves Canes for their friendly, fast, accessible service, but of course that comes with a cost.

I don’t eat Canes but I think they catch more hell bc we are closer to the origin, they see Todd Graves making money hand over fist, and it sounds like many think the food is shrinking. I understand the frustration but there is more under the hood, I reckon

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Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 5/27/24 at 3:16 pm to GynoSandberg

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Well DoorDash is taking 30% off the rip. Somewhere between price gouging and maintaining your margins is a business willing to “lose money”, I guess. That is a nice deal. Nonetheless, dark meat, bone in chicken is substantially cheaper per/lb than a boneless tenderloin. Not an apples to apple comp. Consider Canes, they pay managers well, they pay crew well, they have many employees working at once, they have tech fees with the app etc. Again, don’t know Chicken Shack but I’d venture to guess they aren’t incurring similar costs if they are a mom and pop joint. Everyone loves Canes for their friendly, fast, accessible service, but of course that comes with a cost. I don’t eat Canes but I think they catch more hell bc we are closer to the origin, they see Todd Graves making money hand over fist, and it sounds like many think the food is shrinking. I understand the frustration but there is more under the hood, I reckon

Chicken Shack is indeed a local shop. With that said, generally speaking, larger businesses should be able to save costs due to economies of scale.

And I’ve got nothing against Todd. He’s free to make all the money. The Delpits certainly make money off the Chicken Shack. I just think people are silly for continuing to pay prices that made the man a billionaire, with a B