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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Guitar-String • 2d ago
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Profit margins for restaurants are typically in the single digits, so the company almost definitely lost money after the discount. A $25 tip for a $50 meal at Denny’s is a lot more than “decent”
• u/Villageijit 2d ago Dennys has bigger margins than you think. In fact it seems you never worked at a dennys or know anything about dennys • u/Budget_Persimmon_195 2d ago we can actually look up dennys profit margins. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DENN/dennys/profit-margins and this is from 2012-2025 well before inflation came along, and their profit margins are a whopping 2.2% womp womp. at least you tried • u/MalaysiaTeacher 2d ago Gross profit margin =\= food profit margin • u/Budget_Persimmon_195 2d ago the 2.2% figure is net profit, not gross.
Dennys has bigger margins than you think. In fact it seems you never worked at a dennys or know anything about dennys
• u/Budget_Persimmon_195 2d ago we can actually look up dennys profit margins. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DENN/dennys/profit-margins and this is from 2012-2025 well before inflation came along, and their profit margins are a whopping 2.2% womp womp. at least you tried • u/MalaysiaTeacher 2d ago Gross profit margin =\= food profit margin • u/Budget_Persimmon_195 2d ago the 2.2% figure is net profit, not gross.
we can actually look up dennys profit margins.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DENN/dennys/profit-margins
and this is from 2012-2025 well before inflation came along, and their profit margins are a whopping 2.2%
womp womp. at least you tried
• u/MalaysiaTeacher 2d ago Gross profit margin =\= food profit margin • u/Budget_Persimmon_195 2d ago the 2.2% figure is net profit, not gross.
Gross profit margin =\= food profit margin
• u/Budget_Persimmon_195 2d ago the 2.2% figure is net profit, not gross.
the 2.2% figure is net profit, not gross.
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u/harpswtf 2d ago
Profit margins for restaurants are typically in the single digits, so the company almost definitely lost money after the discount. A $25 tip for a $50 meal at Denny’s is a lot more than “decent”