Individual stores don’t make much, it’s just that there’s a shitload of them (7,877) funneling franchise and advertising fees to the top.

The Taco Bell franchise cost can be significant, between $575,600 – $3,370,100.

an average Taco Bell owner can make an average of $80,000 – $90,000 a year

That ain’t jack. I made $83K at my last job sitting on my ass WFH.

Take ALL the CEO’s pay, $3,784,756, smear that out across every employee (175,000), they’d get a lousy $22 Christmas bonus. CEO pay ain’t the problem, it’s just a convenient and visible target.