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Re:Cooking as a Service by max76 on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:40PM (#19895593)
Why is it cheaper to operate a restaurant in a big Asian city than in the US?
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Re:Cooking as a Service by michaelbuckbee on Sunday May 12, 2019 @09:25PM (#19895778)
This is just guessing, but I'd think population density plays a major factor. I'm just eyeballing this list here [1], but Japan is roughly 10x as dense population wise as the US.

1 - https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_popul...

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Re:Cooking as a Service by OJFord on Monday May 13, 2019 @03:55AM (#19897064)
Surely that makes the fixed costs of opening a restaurant significantly higher, not lower?
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