@Raiders22
I dont think so actually, I think it is a perpetual headache. I remember working with the co-owner and CEO of a multi unit franchise when i was younger, he did not do the day to day in store as he had multiple locations and ran the over reaching operations from a central business address. The headaches he had were different than the headaches a GM has but they are just as stressful and maybe even more so and even when he kept expanding and having multiple layers of management around him, the stress of being a franchise owner is extreme. There is no point that you can sit back and relax unless you are willing to sacrifice the brand, the operations and the profits.
Times are different now, back then we ran on heavy volume and cheap prices, margins were super thin but volume carried the operations and customer count was very very high, so speed of service was the most critical aspect of operations. Now with higher prices it seems speed of service has gone to the back of the line and it seems to be more of managing labor costs and the bottom line focus goes to different attributes versus focusing on waste percentage and speed of service to crank up top line sales and trickle down bottom line profits.
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