A 5 gallon bag o syrup costs around 50 - $100 depending on volume discounts and what part of the US. At a 5 to 1 ratio, that’s 30 gallons per bag. Assuming each cup is 12oz (they do put in a lot of ice usually) that’s 320 servings (assuming no spillage).
So it costs McDonalds or similar 15 - 30 cents per soda they sell in soda costs, and 11 cents for the cup lid straw combo. So assuming it’s still a dollar, that’s between 74 to 59% profit based on volume discount the specific place has with coca cola. So not really 100% profit, but still high. And no the cup doesn’t cost more, if that were ever true it was for a brief moment in history.
As a side note fucking Googles LLM make this type of research hard by spitting fake info at you. It keeps quoting 16 cent cost for the entire soda, but the syrup alone costs at least 15 cents.
Its just infuriating, if I were worse at math or hadn’t been in the industry before I would have come up with an answer that was not even close to correct.
Also does boolean logic not work on searches anymore?
1/5 syrup is a lot of syrup, and doesn’t track with Italian-style sodas.
I have heard that brand name syrups are often charged extra for a patent fee or something, much like the studios overcharging movie theaters since the 90s / aughts, forcing them to run entirely on concessions.
But 5 to 1 part isn’t 1/5 it’s 1/6 isn’t it? I dont drink a lot of soda, but used to be on the sales side in a prior life. So I am going off what the internet says on mixing. I assume because some syrup brands/packs have significantly different caloric counts that the ratio isn’t the same brand to brand or restaurant to restaurant.
You might be on to the weird relationship thing, but IDK if it’s positive or negative for them. McDonalds specifically gets different packs than other places. Different size, shape, everything… So maybe they get thicker syrup or something. Something has got to be going on if my search was to be believed, because they are paying much more per pack and I don’t remember them being significantly bigger.
10 to 1 would be a bit much. 5 to 1 indicates the syrup is already thinned out, which is a possibility if the denser syrup doesn’t mix readily with the fizzy without stirring.
But then, I’d figure there was purchase-density syrup, and then pre-make which is ready to dispense with fizz water, and a clerk is tasked with diluting one to make the other.
That’s the way it’d be if I were writing a fast food sim.
A 5 gallon bag o syrup costs around 50 - $100 depending on volume discounts and what part of the US. At a 5 to 1 ratio, that’s 30 gallons per bag. Assuming each cup is 12oz (they do put in a lot of ice usually) that’s 320 servings (assuming no spillage).
So it costs McDonalds or similar 15 - 30 cents per soda they sell in soda costs, and 11 cents for the cup lid straw combo. So assuming it’s still a dollar, that’s between 74 to 59% profit based on volume discount the specific place has with coca cola. So not really 100% profit, but still high. And no the cup doesn’t cost more, if that were ever true it was for a brief moment in history.
As a side note fucking Googles LLM make this type of research hard by spitting fake info at you. It keeps quoting 16 cent cost for the entire soda, but the syrup alone costs at least 15 cents.
The web in general is fucked, since most sites less than 3 years old are now entirely written by AI. :(
Its just infuriating, if I were worse at math or hadn’t been in the industry before I would have come up with an answer that was not even close to correct.
Also does boolean logic not work on searches anymore?
Haven’t noticed. Are you using the right syntax? I’m not sure if ‘AND’, ‘OR’ have to be capitalized or what https://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/
1/5 syrup is a lot of syrup, and doesn’t track with Italian-style sodas.
I have heard that brand name syrups are often charged extra for a patent fee or something, much like the studios overcharging movie theaters since the 90s / aughts, forcing them to run entirely on concessions.
But 5 to 1 part isn’t 1/5 it’s 1/6 isn’t it? I dont drink a lot of soda, but used to be on the sales side in a prior life. So I am going off what the internet says on mixing. I assume because some syrup brands/packs have significantly different caloric counts that the ratio isn’t the same brand to brand or restaurant to restaurant.
You might be on to the weird relationship thing, but IDK if it’s positive or negative for them. McDonalds specifically gets different packs than other places. Different size, shape, everything… So maybe they get thicker syrup or something. Something has got to be going on if my search was to be believed, because they are paying much more per pack and I don’t remember them being significantly bigger.
10 to 1 would be a bit much. 5 to 1 indicates the syrup is already thinned out, which is a possibility if the denser syrup doesn’t mix readily with the fizzy without stirring.
But then, I’d figure there was purchase-density syrup, and then pre-make which is ready to dispense with fizz water, and a clerk is tasked with diluting one to make the other.
That’s the way it’d be if I were writing a fast food sim.