Food Theory: McDonald's is NOT a Restaurant!

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2020
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    Theorists, what is McDonald's selling? The answer seems obvious - fast food! Most of us have partaken in their Big Mac burgers, fries, and other staples of the golden arches. Yet, that may be a big ol' LIE! That's right, Ronald McDonald may not be a clown selling some of our favorite indulgent quick serve foods. In fact, McDonald's may be in a completely different business all together. What is that business? You'll have to watch to find out!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 13 тис.

  • @QubitHQ
    @QubitHQ 3 роки тому +21778

    How is working at McDonald's like being an archaeologist in Athens?
    You end up smelling like ancient grease.

  • @TetaGama
    @TetaGama 3 роки тому +1356

    Use this quote somewhere: "McDonald's is a real estate company that rents out buildings and makes them sell burgers so they can pay the rent"

    • @coolcatcastle8
      @coolcatcastle8 3 роки тому +79

      @@AFPinerosG u mean a frenchfries

    • @thelazygamer2195
      @thelazygamer2195 3 роки тому +29

      McDonalds is a real estate company that rents out buildings and makes them sell burgers s they can pay the rent.
      *You said use it somewhere. You never specified WHERE to use it.*

    • @joemullarkey5719
      @joemullarkey5719 3 роки тому +1

      I’ll take random wacky bullshit for 500, Alex.

    • @alastorlapid2365
      @alastorlapid2365 3 роки тому

      That doesn't actually sound that bad.

    • @cupajoe3655
      @cupajoe3655 3 роки тому +2

      this video is just an explanation on how to be a better more successful buisness

  • @thenexithero02
    @thenexithero02 2 роки тому +627

    The fact you owe your McSoul to McDonalds implies it's already theirs since it's got the Mc in front of it, and they've just been waiting to strike all this time. McDonalds is inevitable

    • @LadyOnikara
      @LadyOnikara 2 роки тому +51

      Ever since you were born. That's why some people are afraid of clowns. They remember Ronald McDonald in the delivery room with their parents.

    • @Flightkitten
      @Flightkitten 2 роки тому +27

      He's always McWatching. You can't escape Ronald. He will take your McSoul

    • @walterreinke7217
      @walterreinke7217 2 роки тому +6

      yea man!!!!

    • @MarioMastr
      @MarioMastr 2 роки тому +4

      That’s why they’ll never take ur actual soul. There’s no mc

    • @MarioMastr
      @MarioMastr 2 роки тому +3

      @HighScoreGliscor HUUUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY for a mcscaped pun

  • @Pheminon1
    @Pheminon1 2 роки тому +473

    I'm an accountant and I'm GENUINELY surprised how accurate and well researched this is. Besides a few tiny mistakes here and there with semantics, you were spot on.
    Good job
    I can't finish the video, though cause it makes me feel like I'm doing my intermediate accounting class again lol. Giving me PTSD over here

    • @doocon1489
      @doocon1489 Рік тому +11

      What were the mistakes? Kinda curious

    • @dirtymike3329
      @dirtymike3329 Рік тому +43

      @@doocon1489 I don’t think there were many mistakes, just omissions. For example, he didn’t address loss carry forwarding in his amortization example. The whole video is just a bit oversimplified, which is fine considering the audience

    • @ken12117
      @ken12117 Рік тому +20

      He missed carryover losses in explaining 5 year amortization.

    • @franklinwhite-gl2cc
      @franklinwhite-gl2cc Рік тому +6

      I'm a Retired financial advisor and I think it pretty great. Good for you on the accounting that made me want to drop those 400 level classes and just pay you.

    • @tasos01
      @tasos01 3 місяці тому

      SAAAAAAMEEEE

  • @KainaX122
    @KainaX122 3 роки тому +737

    “I have to sell my _McSoul_ to the company?!?”
    Me: “Well that seemed obvious”

  • @CKproductions1000
    @CKproductions1000 3 роки тому +4225

    next channel : Tax Theory!

  • @mimistardust3915
    @mimistardust3915 3 роки тому +446

    The McDonald's brothers would be turning in their graves if they saw the 'efficiency' that's implemented in a modern McDonald's. Takes 20+ minutes to get your food 😂

    • @americanrroyalty
      @americanrroyalty 2 роки тому +35

      And the quality is worse

    • @PokeMario-pk4ot
      @PokeMario-pk4ot 2 роки тому +25

      How much food you ordering? I've never had to wait any more than 2 minutes

    • @wettaloca2923
      @wettaloca2923 2 роки тому +14

      @@PokeMario-pk4ot
      You must live in a lil town

    • @Notmee2309
      @Notmee2309 2 роки тому +9

      20+ in our town it is 45+ your lucky

    • @madhatter5698
      @madhatter5698 2 роки тому +16

      @@PokeMario-pk4ot once my mom got like 2 or 3 burgers and 40 nuggets and it took them like 30 min and they forgot us and gave our food to other people and forgot our fries and never gave us a receipt

  • @Gabowsk
    @Gabowsk 2 роки тому +163

    So, what did you learn today?
    That McDonald's is a real estate company.
    What did it cost?
    *_Learning Taxes._*

    • @erenyhennawy4779
      @erenyhennawy4779 Рік тому +1

      AND YOU LEARNED THE WRONG FACT!! IN FACT, YOU SHOUD BE LIKE THIS WHEN YOU WHATCH THIS EVER MORE: .

  • @ecliptic6911
    @ecliptic6911 3 роки тому +489

    Mom: GET OUT OF YOUR ROOM AND GET A GIRLFRIEND
    Me: SHUT UP MOM I'M LEARNING ECONOMICS

    • @levi_hackerman
      @levi_hackerman 3 роки тому +1

      Heh

    • @sillyom7071
      @sillyom7071 3 роки тому +5

      Ya dead son!

    • @freakcan
      @freakcan 3 роки тому +13

      I'd classify it as Accounting

    • @rayd604
      @rayd604 3 роки тому +4

      “YOU NEVER GET ME MOMM!!!”

    • @TYsdrawkcaB
      @TYsdrawkcaB 3 роки тому +4

      it’s mum for me
      and also why didn’t you choose something like “get a job or something” not “get a girlfriend”? makes more sense to me

  • @Wifies
    @Wifies 3 роки тому +5446

    Yeah and next you're gonna tell me that Panera isn't a bread like OK Matpat this is getting farfetched

  • @sapphicsandals
    @sapphicsandals 3 роки тому +430

    Ive learned more about taxes in this episode then my 16 years of schooling 🤣

  • @jemimahrajakumar7770
    @jemimahrajakumar7770 2 роки тому +108

    It feels unreal being able to consume these refined and select collections of knowledge you beautifully present to us, totally free of cost. Thank you so much Matpat and everyone else behind this, your generous souls will be blessed greatly!

  • @Joeseph_Mamamoa
    @Joeseph_Mamamoa 3 роки тому +901

    When a theory teaches more than a school.
    I had to learn this AFTER having a business for 3 years, I wish this was a video way sooner, it would have saved me a lot of tax research

    • @autivivishow2951
      @autivivishow2951 3 роки тому +7

      I am learning taxes in school

    • @shor6y810
      @shor6y810 3 роки тому +15

      Your life was wasted to a superior real estate restaurant. Think about that.

    • @reneaceballo
      @reneaceballo 3 роки тому +5

      this guys researched for u

    • @rickfordmorningstar130
      @rickfordmorningstar130 3 роки тому +7

      or hire a trustworthy person who's devoted their life to fucking the govt outta your money

    • @GPM3
      @GPM3 3 роки тому +1

      but hey nothing is too late

  • @kamazinghehe4670
    @kamazinghehe4670 3 роки тому +653

    Food theory:
    Teaching you about taxes more than school ever could

    • @donnysoal9748
      @donnysoal9748 3 роки тому +29

      School teaching taxes? HA

    • @taringator
      @taringator 3 роки тому +21

      It's fun to see accounting being represented. It's just a shame the information was not correct.
      I left a earlier comment about this but basically companies prefer using bonus depreciation (100% tax depreciation) for the first year to get the tax benefit sooner. Also, you CAN keep the tax benefits in years where depreciation is greater then income.

    • @alonsans
      @alonsans 3 роки тому +12

      Me: Wants to learn what are taxes
      School: This is what is inside a mitocondria

    • @daniodino8243
      @daniodino8243 3 роки тому +6

      @@alonsans school: this is what Emily made after the kid from across town mowed six lawns and found eight friends

    • @AmericanIdiot7659
      @AmericanIdiot7659 3 роки тому +6

      A math test but If you get it wrong you get arrested.

  • @HolyKhaaaaan
    @HolyKhaaaaan Рік тому +13

    This is somewhat similar to how Little Caesars makes their money. They can afford to sell crappy pizza at a low price because they are really in the food distribution business.
    If such a video doesn't already exist, I should love to see such a video on how Little Caesars works!

    • @MmMm-mr6tf
      @MmMm-mr6tf Рік тому +1

      He did lightly talk about it in his pizza toppings video if you're interested

  • @cupofearlgreytea7651
    @cupofearlgreytea7651 3 роки тому +27

    "I owe my soul to the company store...."

    • @mentaya11
      @mentaya11 2 роки тому +1

      Saint Peter don't you call me, cause I can't go

    • @dustycocoa7388
      @dustycocoa7388 2 роки тому +1

      “You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
      Another day over and you’re deeper in debt”

  • @Moonstar79
    @Moonstar79 3 роки тому +771

    Everyone's gangsta until Ireland decides they're also a bakery with that bread

  • @thomasallerton5334
    @thomasallerton5334 3 роки тому +171

    When MatPat watches “The Founder” and goes “yeah I can make a video about this”

  • @hallowizer440
    @hallowizer440 3 роки тому +7

    0:34 how have i never noticed that it's MatDonalds

  • @pazzieanneknexx809
    @pazzieanneknexx809 3 роки тому +22

    I wanted to say, thank you so much for teaching us! I've watched your channels every once in a while since 2014, and it feels like home when I come back.
    I really dig history and science, so this episode (and this channel) are really up my alley!

  • @jokeofalltrades2838
    @jokeofalltrades2838 3 роки тому +501

    When a UA-cam channel that makes theories on food teaches you more about business than most schools

  • @PikaPikaLOL
    @PikaPikaLOL 3 роки тому +2292

    After that Illuminati joke, I’m convinced his next channel will be “Conspiracy Theory”
    But that’s just a theory, a CONSPIRACY THEORY

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому +34

      Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else. Gets me frustrated. Just admit that you love the videos I make, my dear kai

    • @apacheduane8998
      @apacheduane8998 3 роки тому +5

      I like your name

    • @martinuz64
      @martinuz64 3 роки тому +30

      @@AxxLAfriku wait, what?

    • @prussr1885
      @prussr1885 3 роки тому +6

      @@AxxLAfriku big brain

    • @itsthevoiceman
      @itsthevoiceman 3 роки тому +34

      @@martinuz64 - they're quoting Avril Lavigne's "Complicated". Also, there's a conspiracy that she's been replaced.

  • @phoebe5114
    @phoebe5114 2 роки тому +8

    Very informative. Thank you, Matt. Wish rich companies didn't have these sort of bs tax loopholes when individual people trying to make ends meet have no access to this kind of thing.

  • @ripreq589
    @ripreq589 2 роки тому +2

    8:50
    ignore this

  • @rubiconprime1429
    @rubiconprime1429 3 роки тому +634

    McDonald’s is a landlord?
    “You’ll get your rent when you fix this goddamn ice cream machine!!!”

    • @SOMEONE-pr8qp
      @SOMEONE-pr8qp 3 роки тому +19

      Aah a man of quality

    • @MissMisa39
      @MissMisa39 3 роки тому +6

      I WANT MY ICECREAM MCDONALDS

    • @AceoftheVoid
      @AceoftheVoid 3 роки тому +18

      The funny thing is the ice cream machine isn't usually broken. It's just a lazy lie so they don't have to explain that it shuts down at a certain time every day to clean itself

    • @theuniverse5311
      @theuniverse5311 3 роки тому +1

      @@AceoftheVoid true LOL

    • @twenty-fifth420
      @twenty-fifth420 3 роки тому +6

      >The Burger King flying behind
      “Im still here, McPeter!”

  • @shenglongli8387
    @shenglongli8387 3 роки тому +359

    McDonald: not a restaurant
    me: how many other lies have I been told by the council?

  • @beastmode8780
    @beastmode8780 2 роки тому +4

    we need a full video of only food theory intros
    they just get me every time 😂

  • @racetucker56
    @racetucker56 3 роки тому +5

    Oh my GAWD, he sang Flight Of The Conchord’s “Business Time!” I’m so happyyyyyyyyyy!!

  • @imrn9191
    @imrn9191 3 роки тому +130

    Food theory: McDonald's is not a restaurant.
    Me: *no it's a hotel*

    • @sekoseko5539
      @sekoseko5539 3 роки тому

      OMG...........
      ua-cam.com/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/v-deo.html

    • @lekekkkrkrop7212
      @lekekkkrkrop7212 3 роки тому

      yup same i sleep in a car using the mcdonald's wifi

    • @kaitenkarmluni903
      @kaitenkarmluni903 3 роки тому

      Omg !! ua-cam.com/video/oiBAR8vaAHk/v-deo.html

  • @alalalalsekkeke
    @alalalalsekkeke 3 роки тому +271

    Game Theory: Making games more interesting
    Film Theory: Adding More Lore
    Food theory: questioning my sanity

  • @Migzter05
    @Migzter05 2 роки тому +3

    I'm glad to have known the crazy fact about McDonalds being more of a real estate company than a restaurant a couple of years back because of the film 'The Founder'. And yes, it is a really good film! I actually watch it at least twice a year just because of how good the story and performances are. 😀

  • @thorned_sakura
    @thorned_sakura Рік тому +1

    Omg love the flight of the conchords reference. Like the crossover i didn't know i needed!

  • @AttackonSandwich
    @AttackonSandwich 3 роки тому +127

    Finance grad here, this simple accounting explanation was done better and more interesting than my day 1 accounting class. The example and explanation through depreciation and amortization are great and I just wished education was made more interesting like this. This is exactly why I love all the Game Theory channels.

    • @beccac4982
      @beccac4982 3 роки тому +3

      Accounting grad here, I came looking for a comment like this!! Totally agree.

  • @Se1Ko0
    @Se1Ko0 3 роки тому +369

    McDonald's is gonna be the FNAF of Food Theory. i'm calling it.

    • @Sovic91
      @Sovic91 3 роки тому +13

      It shall be noted.

    • @coffie_beaner
      @coffie_beaner 3 роки тому

      Yes!!!

    • @omnitroph1501
      @omnitroph1501 3 роки тому +10

      First he has to get the CEO to start trolling him.

    • @coffie_beaner
      @coffie_beaner 3 роки тому +2

      @@howwiee rlly bro

    • @heshamkaram5271
      @heshamkaram5271 3 роки тому

      OMG...............
      ua-cam.com/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/v-deo.html

  • @halo2odst
    @halo2odst 3 роки тому +3

    I'm pretty sure businesses are allowed to carry losses forward for the purpose of taxes. In other words it wouldn't matter when you do the write off

    • @kpdog123
      @kpdog123 2 роки тому

      Short answer: it depends. There's so much nuance to the tax code and tax planning that you really need to look at each situation individually.

  • @thestorysaurus
    @thestorysaurus 2 роки тому +34

    There's something wrong with the world when a UA-cam video teaches you taxes better than 16 years of schooling. We obviously need to know how to do scientific things(assuming you're not a scientist) but not know any how to pay taxes or anything! Isn't that right schools? Yep!

    • @gabrieljordan8015
      @gabrieljordan8015 2 роки тому +3

      Our entire system is outdated and needs a serious upgrade.

    • @thecomposerchanginggames5250
      @thecomposerchanginggames5250 2 роки тому +1

      Yes. Our school system has been corrupted since around 1917, according to my research. It really is a shame.

  • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
    @user-mh2bw4hu3o 3 роки тому +1202

    Theory: the next theory channel will be: “Conspiracy Theory”
    When matpat was talking about the illuminati, a purple theory sign with an eye popped out for a few frames.

    • @catgamer267
      @catgamer267 3 роки тому +54

      I was looking for a comment like this

    • @Jaguarstudios8379
      @Jaguarstudios8379 3 роки тому +20

      Same, think so too

    • @abdullahbazil7532
      @abdullahbazil7532 3 роки тому +50

      It is not a clue for a new channel, it was a tiny joke, if there was a new channel it's theme would be blue

    • @saosp95
      @saosp95 3 роки тому +41

      Yeah but in a gtlive he said that he could never do a conspiracy theory

    • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
      @user-mh2bw4hu3o 3 роки тому +17

      Meh, this is just a mini theory. I did not really put much effort into it.

  • @toushu-422
    @toushu-422 3 роки тому +1336

    This taught me more about money, than my teachers ever had.

  • @Baggytrousers27
    @Baggytrousers27 Рік тому +4

    McDonalds is a restaurant in the same way that Chuck E. Cheese is a Family Entertainment Centre that contains a restaurant.

  • @alexb.4104
    @alexb.4104 2 роки тому +4

    I’m kinda planning to be an accountant and I feel that this video saved me significant amounts of work in college.

  • @pentax2551
    @pentax2551 3 роки тому +695

    I went for an interview at McDs once. The guy asked me “what is McDonald’s?” To which I replied “it’s a fast food chain of restaurants”.
    He sighed at me, apparently the answer he wanted was “one of the top charitable donating companies worldwide.” Like how was I supposed to know that’s the answer he wanted?

    • @philiphunt-bull5817
      @philiphunt-bull5817 3 роки тому +53

      Seriously?

    • @Orinslayer
      @Orinslayer 3 роки тому +85

      They want you to go to their website and give them a regurgitated version of their about us page. 😉

    • @shadeshift1268
      @shadeshift1268 3 роки тому +6

      Huh...

    • @cyrus6461
      @cyrus6461 2 роки тому +9

      @@philiphunt-bull5817 mine wasn't that extreme, but yeah

    • @Daniel-jk6ve
      @Daniel-jk6ve 2 роки тому +28

      I don’t know if they were more proud of the Ronald Mcdonald Foundation or how they shelter and feed homeless rats.

  • @5kwithoutanyvideos992
    @5kwithoutanyvideos992 3 роки тому +383

    Here’s a food theory: What is the easiest way to win a hotdog contest? Like, an eating contest.

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому +9

      I would love to do that theory on the channel :) I don't want to do self promoting, but I make theories (about game and movies) and I am about to reach 200 subscribers :) I make theories about suggested game and movies :) I would mean the world to me if you subscribed to the channel :) Thanks :)

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 3 роки тому +13

      Actual competitive hotdog eaters dip the hotdog sausages in water and just gulp the whole things down. Apparently the goal is to shove down hotdogs so fast that before the body registers information about how full it is, it's gone way past the limits its supposed to have. Can't really digest that either, so after the competition they have to throw up all of the whole hotdogs to get them out of their systems.

    • @5kwithoutanyvideos992
      @5kwithoutanyvideos992 3 роки тому +1

      Brothers Theory Productions I understand being a small creator, check me out I’m Finnimation Studios!

    • @alaiaomanu6318
      @alaiaomanu6318 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/LmtbkmapCKs/v-deo.html RIP Manny MUA ,he died this morning ,so sad :(

    • @jancoxdd
      @jancoxdd 3 роки тому +2

      @@BrotherTheory if you don't want to self promote, don't...

  • @rengyspikys
    @rengyspikys 10 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for uploading at my birthday 🎂

  • @PSmith5194681153
    @PSmith5194681153 2 роки тому +1

    Depreciation is a method of expensing tangible assets (usually called fixed assets) over time, such as computers, equipment, furniture, buildings, etc. Land is not depreciated because it retains its value on average. Amortization is expensing intangible assets over time, such as organizational costs, copyrights, software, etc. Some people add software to the fixed assets, but they really should be intangible assets.

  • @paladincomics
    @paladincomics 3 роки тому +496

    "Welcome do McDonalds, may I take your McOrder"
    "hey you don't have to say Mc before every word okay?"
    "Okay boss, excuse me sir,
    welcome to Donalds"

    • @Cyril29a
      @Cyril29a 3 роки тому +29

      Well about 40% of Americans would prefer that name.

    • @paladincomics
      @paladincomics 3 роки тому +9

      @@Cyril29a good one XD

    • @noannbrigido8147
      @noannbrigido8147 3 роки тому +11

      They should put McDonald’s in Antarctica because the penguins need mc flurrys

    • @illgorhythm
      @illgorhythm 3 роки тому +3

      Well actually in other branch including us, we do not really prefer to say, "Welcome to McDonald's" because you know, you're already in the McDonald's why would the crew need to tell you that?

    • @paladincomics
      @paladincomics 3 роки тому

      @@illgorhythm I worked in one and we didn't say it either, we had to be fast so just straight up ask what they want

  • @Salena905
    @Salena905 3 роки тому +3813

    Matt pat you're the only person that makes talking about businesses interesting. You would make a great teacher.

    • @rosystrawberry
      @rosystrawberry 3 роки тому +164

      Imagine how high all those grades would be if he was.

    • @Salena905
      @Salena905 3 роки тому +74

      @@rosystrawberrywe'd all be geniuses! Nerds / geeks rule the world! 😀 🎆🎊🎉🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

    • @renadelkimt.magbalon3168
      @renadelkimt.magbalon3168 3 роки тому +57

      True he could be a great teacher

    • @MrMhinson2
      @MrMhinson2 3 роки тому +39

      Company man is also a good channel.

    • @burridi
      @burridi 3 роки тому +50

      Bold of you to assume he isn’t already teaching me stuff i never thought id want to know

  • @Helluva_Mars667
    @Helluva_Mars667 Рік тому

    I've learned so much about real estate, you are amazing and so informative!

  • @tedphillips2501
    @tedphillips2501 Рік тому +3

    Very informative and good presentation. Have you done a video on how McDonald's corporate screws their franchises by requiring them to use Taylor machinery ?

  • @djrios7483
    @djrios7483 3 роки тому +352

    New Food Theory: How much soda and mentos do you have to use to make a functional jetpack

    • @bluelfsuma
      @bluelfsuma 3 роки тому +11

      *_YES._*

    • @nainnani7620
      @nainnani7620 3 роки тому

      They dont need to make a whole video about it it's just not gonna be long and intresting

    • @ineedsleep1682
      @ineedsleep1682 3 роки тому +3

      Yes >:)

    • @djrios7483
      @djrios7483 3 роки тому +6

      @@nainnani7620 i just thought that it would be interesting to talk about. I mean, he went into how many chicken nuggets you might need to survive a fall.(even if it wasnt possible)

    • @majapapaya8981
      @majapapaya8981 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely.

  • @creamymarshmxllow2830
    @creamymarshmxllow2830 3 роки тому +172

    “Are you a restaurant or a real estate firm?
    Mcdonalds: I’m playing both sides, so that i always come out on top

    • @homedepot.
      @homedepot. 3 роки тому

      Me being bi: y e s

    • @danielortega6567
      @danielortega6567 3 роки тому

      @@sekoseko5539 look we got a spammer here get em

    • @person3271
      @person3271 3 роки тому

      @@starfireseraphim9696 this is fucking genius

  • @marcosbeni5875
    @marcosbeni5875 3 роки тому +2

    9:00 Actually, businesses can carry over losses to future years. So on year 2, they get to deduct the remaining $50,000 loss from year 1, leaving them with $0 in taxes in year 2 too. In fact, amortization is almost always NOT the way to go due to opportunity costs, so accountants usually deduct expenses right away in a lump sum whenever possible.

    • @thecomposerchanginggames5250
      @thecomposerchanginggames5250 2 роки тому

      I don't think in his scenario he counted for opportunity costs, he basically assumed the future there.

  • @individual2122
    @individual2122 Рік тому +1

    No fast food joint is a restaurant, they are low-key food distribution centers, the customers that go there take the food and go, the front lobby where the tables are is a cafeteria/mess hall for workers when they're on a lunch break.

  • @mixedlove217
    @mixedlove217 3 роки тому +388

    ....
    "I owe my MCSOUL to the company?!"
    That settles it. McDonald's is a cult.

  • @eken1725
    @eken1725 3 роки тому +186

    7:27 "Land doesn't expire or deteriorate"
    Louisiana: Let me introduce myself.

  • @bennettam.9330
    @bennettam.9330 2 роки тому +1

    We watched this episode in class and I could not be happier!! 😭😭

  • @austinheiser1276
    @austinheiser1276 2 роки тому

    When you said that business Time song I instantly knew what it was from I didn’t know people actually knew that was a song

  • @therealcrb
    @therealcrb 3 роки тому +480

    I love how instead of calling us "guys" like most UA-camrs, he calls us "friends."

    • @heshamkaram5271
      @heshamkaram5271 3 роки тому +2

      OMG..............
      ua-cam.com/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/v-deo.html

    • @salt407
      @salt407 3 роки тому +30

      Who would’ve guessed that calling someone a friend sounds friendlier

    • @benjamincooper358
      @benjamincooper358 3 роки тому +19

      And it's gender neutral!

    • @BlazinInfernape
      @BlazinInfernape 3 роки тому

      @@heshamkaram5271 ok bro

    • @TheCPtutorales
      @TheCPtutorales 3 роки тому +3

      Basic psychology and marketing tactic. I'm surprised you thought it was subtle e.e

  • @davidryker9442
    @davidryker9442 3 роки тому +374

    "Like when you realize that the Illuminati is actually real." >purple theory symbol flashes in background<
    We need a purple conspiracy theory channel.

    • @goodpotato24alt95
      @goodpotato24alt95 3 роки тому +9

      LIFE THEORY

    • @bennyboiart7781
      @bennyboiart7781 3 роки тому +8

      Or you could say...
      a "conspirthy" channel. ; )

    • @grndragon7777777
      @grndragon7777777 3 роки тому +4

      @DINKLE BERG it works so well

    • @maddogerios
      @maddogerios 3 роки тому +1

      I just saw 69 likes and I blinked and it changed to 77
      (Ps. Noice)

    • @davidryker9442
      @davidryker9442 3 роки тому +5

      @@maddogerios This pops up as a notification for me, I check, and see that it's gone up twenty since you posted that. It's amazing how popular the idea of a conspiracy theory channel is. Take a hint, MatPat.

  • @EricckkkMoneyyy
    @EricckkkMoneyyy 2 місяці тому +1

    I worked at McDonald's 12 years ago in Knoxville, TN and it was actually a very good place. Although I only get started out at $7.25 and ended at $8.50 an hour. But I've ate and been to so many messed up McDonald's in my life. I was at one that a person got stabbed at, many fights broke out on a lot of them, some of them were dirty, etc.

    • @EricckkkMoneyyy
      @EricckkkMoneyyy 2 місяці тому +1

      Isn't Revenue money the same as Gross Income?

  • @vinnys_pizzeria7890
    @vinnys_pizzeria7890 2 роки тому +2

    i love food theory!!! they should make a channel like this but about video games.

  • @becca8237
    @becca8237 3 роки тому +2159

    "Where'd you learn how to do taxes?"
    a UA-cam video about mcdonalds

    • @SuperPope69
      @SuperPope69 3 роки тому +49

      "I don't pay taxes"

    • @alexjaimes1441
      @alexjaimes1441 3 роки тому +9

      Stop the cap

    • @unknownyeet169
      @unknownyeet169 3 роки тому +8

      @@SuperPope69 “me neither brother”

    • @SuperPope69
      @SuperPope69 3 роки тому +3

      @@unknownyeet169 keshush mando'ade. Warriors stand strong together against tyranny.

    • @kimcollins1743
      @kimcollins1743 3 роки тому +1

      @@SuperPope69 me y

  • @TomMcMorrow
    @TomMcMorrow 3 роки тому +233

    "Put on your business socks"
    Jokes on you I went to school for finance. I own a drawer full of business socks!

    • @heshamkaram5271
      @heshamkaram5271 3 роки тому

      OMG......
      ua-cam.com/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/v-deo.html

    • @danaiea
      @danaiea 3 роки тому +7

      @@heshamkaram5271 please stop SPAMMING •__•

    • @pizzadragon2699
      @pizzadragon2699 3 роки тому +3

      "I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you!"

    • @alicethearticfox3520
      @alicethearticfox3520 3 роки тому +3

      To powerful...👁👄👁

    • @danaiea
      @danaiea 3 роки тому +1

      ShadowKing 7890 I reported it

  • @johnnythewalrus
    @johnnythewalrus 2 роки тому +2

    I love The Founder. Watched it almost as soon as it was released, and since then have watched it probably 20 times.

  • @protarbeni4006
    @protarbeni4006 2 роки тому +1

    I love it how mat literally explains how accounting works in this system as a business college student I can approve to his explanation

  • @Exo-Eilte
    @Exo-Eilte 3 роки тому +657

    This is teaching me more about finances than school at the moment and I love it.

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 3 роки тому +16

      School never reached anything financially useful.
      I mean. I'm Mexican, so our experience might be different, but I suspect most of the world is suffering a similar situation. After all the complaint is the same across several countries and generations X to Z (Whose oldest members were born in 2000). I'm sure the 2010s kids will have the same complaint soon.

    • @tyissticks
      @tyissticks 3 роки тому +1

      I was actually going to comment this so you beat me to it

    • @matthewoliver6629
      @matthewoliver6629 3 роки тому +1

      economics in sophomore year, or macro and micro is what you got man

    • @crispy.potato.4054
      @crispy.potato.4054 3 роки тому +4

      U missed the chance to say "I'm Mcloving it"

    • @grimmy24
      @grimmy24 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah, poor financial education goals in schools is why everyone thinks Amazon legitimately pays $0 in taxes.

  • @vali69
    @vali69 3 роки тому +324

    "I'm working at a multi-billion dollar company that deals with real eastate"
    "So you're an real estate agent?"
    "No I flip burgers at McDonald's"

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 3 роки тому +14

      Technically restaurants themselves are "owned" by "independent" contractor. So you actually don't work for McDonald, just in McDonald restaurant. Also it isn't a theory. McDonald officially is a real estate company.

    • @vali69
      @vali69 3 роки тому +7

      @@TheRezro what if the person works at one of those restaurants managed/owned by McDonald's themselfs?

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 роки тому +1

      that why the guy kick the partner out as soon as possible when he can made money off the rent..

    • @theuniverse5311
      @theuniverse5311 3 роки тому

      WRYYYYYYYYYYY

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 3 роки тому +2

      @@vali69 They don't do that.

  • @herootpups
    @herootpups 2 роки тому

    Thanks to the depreciation portion of the video, it actually helped me out when filling out my taxes this year, thank you Team Food Theorists

  • @hennerztheman5007
    @hennerztheman5007 2 роки тому +13

    I LOVE how this channel in general (specifically the values of the pizza, chips and soda vodeos) teaches you stuff you actually use in life **cough poetry cough**

    • @themooreoable
      @themooreoable 10 місяців тому

      they teach you poetry and make you analyze it so you learn critical thinking skills

  • @bellavoid2479
    @bellavoid2479 3 роки тому +440

    I think mat should make a school for teaching us this more then real teachers do 😂

    • @ibethemango3192
      @ibethemango3192 3 роки тому +8

      YESSSSS

    • @noo6423
      @noo6423 3 роки тому +2

      Yea but he think of a theory and we help him solve it

    • @Taffoman
      @Taffoman 3 роки тому +3

      Maybe that is the problem of your educational system.

    • @tyrj.williams5316
      @tyrj.williams5316 3 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @themonarch620
      @themonarch620 3 роки тому +3

      If you're learning more from a UA-cam video, then your educational system needs to change.

  • @CodinskiSchwartzando
    @CodinskiSchwartzando 3 роки тому +140

    Never thought I’d encounter the word “amortize” outside of work. Our company is sometimes asked to amortize expedite fees by working the cost into the unit price of their order, saving them the hassle of issuing a new purchase order.

  • @Xyliphox
    @Xyliphox 2 роки тому +1

    I know i’m seeing this video a little late but I think when matpat was calculating the tax for “burger bot 2000” he made a small discrepancy that actually means they are the same amount of tax. When he was calculating it for the second year with no depreciation it went from -50,000 from the first year to +50,000 even though in the second year you only made 50,000 when it should have leveled out to zero with this you would takeoff 10,500 of the total making it equal to the amount you would make from separating the costs.
    Love the theories keep it up.

  • @nitemis
    @nitemis 2 роки тому

    This video has actually helped me so much with my finance unit at school. Thanks, Matt Pat!

  • @SangoProductions213
    @SangoProductions213 3 роки тому +283

    So, the question is: "Why do franchisees agree to these terms so frequently?"
    Well, running a restaurant is very difficult, and the vast majority run on slim to no margins. Brand name alone helps to improve your chances. But also McDonald's does a large part of the work for you. At least as far as planning goes.
    You get to run your business in an area the franchise has deemed optimal...and they probably know more about that than you do, considering collective experience. You are also given your menus, which means you know what you are going to make, and how you should make them. This standardization also helps to get customers, due to them knowing what they can get, regardless of the McDonald's.
    Being a Franchisee is basically the entry level job of starting a business. It shows you the ropes, and guides you through many of your responsibilities.

    • @justinesedesky9638
      @justinesedesky9638 3 роки тому

      _ j
      Lf

    • @SangoProductions213
      @SangoProductions213 3 роки тому +14

      @Lord Waluigi I wish you the best of luck.

    • @beakersgarage383
      @beakersgarage383 3 роки тому +10

      This is very well stated! I love it!

    • @LeoBeastmode
      @LeoBeastmode 3 роки тому +21

      There's also a bit of a fail-safe in that if your franchise location is unsuccessful for one reason or another, the franchiser will get you closed down and sold back before you're knee deep in debt. Or if, god forbid, some mob decides to burn down your Wendy's, you'll probably have the building insured through the franchiser.

    • @PY5RA
      @PY5RA 3 роки тому +3

      I imagine they will also take care of logistics stuff as well; like ordering ingredients and stuff ??

  • @PurooRoy
    @PurooRoy 3 роки тому +610

    McDonald's: Puts Mc in front of everything they own.
    Batman: Finally a worthy opponent!

    • @Director_Oompaloompa
      @Director_Oompaloompa 3 роки тому +16

      It took me 30 minutes to understand this comment.

    • @L16htW4rr10r
      @L16htW4rr10r 3 роки тому +31

      Batmobile, batcave, batsuit, what else...

    • @rybones6671
      @rybones6671 3 роки тому +17

      @@L16htW4rr10r - Batwayne Manor, Batalfred... Batbat and ball?

    • @m.warthan
      @m.warthan 3 роки тому +1

      lmaoooo

    • @Director_Oompaloompa
      @Director_Oompaloompa 3 роки тому +12

      @@L16htW4rr10r batpod,batterang,batwing.

  • @jasmineperry7398
    @jasmineperry7398 Рік тому

    Brooo this is wild, also fr thank you for making business make sense

  • @Alphonse2008
    @Alphonse2008 3 роки тому +1

    In Portugal the icecream machine isn, t always broken

  • @WitherLord888
    @WitherLord888 3 роки тому +111

    "I think MatPat had too much fast food and all the salt dried his brain". People say this theory is far fetched....but be honest, what MatPat theory ISN'T farfetched? Isn't that one of the reasons why we like them?

    • @cipherwolfieowo7714
      @cipherwolfieowo7714 3 роки тому

      Yep

    • @annastclair5898
      @annastclair5898 3 роки тому +5

      But this one isnt farfetched, its simply a fact. If their earnings from real estate exceed their food earnings then they are absolutely primarily a real estate agency regardless of how they want the public sphere to recognize them.

  • @brandont.3804
    @brandont.3804 3 роки тому +2371

    Isn't it kinda crazy how this 15 minute video taught us more about accounting and business than school will ever teach you

    • @yungchang4124
      @yungchang4124 3 роки тому +67

      Bruh just take business or financial math, you learn quite a bit

    • @bo2doki811
      @bo2doki811 3 роки тому +58

      well, school teaches you basic stuff, this is why specific schools exist for want you want to pursue. Like business school and law school

    • @Rainfire-forgets-to-animate
      @Rainfire-forgets-to-animate 3 роки тому +32

      You get used to learning more from UA-cam than school if you watch Matpat's channels enough.

    • @zedantXiang
      @zedantXiang 3 роки тому +17

      Well its because just like Advanced math,accounting and business isnt needed in real lif-- wait.

    • @akoiya6300
      @akoiya6300 3 роки тому +13

      Unless you take an accounting course

  • @reconresearch4051
    @reconresearch4051 Рік тому

    i really actually love these food theory videos

  • @lizziedoesthings1450
    @lizziedoesthings1450 3 роки тому +4

    Johnny Harris has a video on why the McDonalds ice cream machines are always broken, and it has a lot to do with the fact that these stores are individual franchises. Would love to see MatPat's take on it.

  • @mcmoth7945
    @mcmoth7945 3 роки тому +427

    I know it's a bit obvious but: "It's free real estate"

  • @June_isYourFriend
    @June_isYourFriend 3 роки тому +347

    This was recommended to me just after I got McDonald’s. I’m not sure how-

  • @raidonraikatuji2243
    @raidonraikatuji2243 2 роки тому

    I loved the video! I believe that all franchisees in the U.K. pay a percentage of sales. The rent is factored into this and not charged separately. Drive-Thru are charged a higher percentage.

  • @ehhhhhh1885
    @ehhhhhh1885 2 роки тому +1

    Why is it that MatPat's food theories don't make me hungry for food after I finished watching them-
    they make me full
    and now I don't want breakfast

  • @evanmarcus5975
    @evanmarcus5975 3 роки тому +52

    This channel is truly magical. I just watched a 15 minute video about big corporations doing taxes, and I was entertained the whole way through. This community is incredible.

  • @cdyhde5904
    @cdyhde5904 3 роки тому +215

    Game Theory: McDonalds isn’t real
    Matpat: pretty sure it is

  • @sonan333
    @sonan333 3 роки тому

    At 5:40
    The rate at which McDonalds are opened was listed, but what is the rate at which they close?

  • @Mcdouble123
    @Mcdouble123 2 роки тому

    I WATCHED THE FOUNDER ITS AWSOME OMG I’m just so happy it’s just soooo miccing good (the miccing is fricking)lol

  • @thehashslingingslasher7880
    @thehashslingingslasher7880 3 роки тому +426

    Teacher: "What is the meaning of theory?"
    Me: *Mat Pat*

  • @marshallhester3520
    @marshallhester3520 3 роки тому +102

    When I apply to McDonalds, I’m putting, “Watched this episode of Food Theory” on my resumé.

  • @-CircusClown-
    @-CircusClown- Рік тому

    2:58 it's so funny because this is the second time that a flight of The Concord reference has come up in a UA-cam video I've been watching of business time

  • @kroneiurproductions8589
    @kroneiurproductions8589 2 роки тому

    Wow that is actually a thing in a game called Burger Shack or shop I don’t remember I used to play it like 3 years ago!

  • @JetPakJeff
    @JetPakJeff 3 роки тому +190

    If you watched "The Founder" you saw this coming.

    • @coreyantonacci9620
      @coreyantonacci9620 3 роки тому +3

      Im 20 seconds into the video, thats what im thinking this is gonna be about

    • @biryanibro
      @biryanibro 3 роки тому

      @@coreyantonacci9620 exactly

    • @Mrarmybarmy
      @Mrarmybarmy 3 роки тому

      Hello everyone , hope you are having a great day
      Here’s your chance to for fill a random act of kindness
      I’ve been streaming daily and uploading extremely often on an attempt to try and get 1k subscribers
      I’m struggling quite hard right now and any support is appreciated , and I understand people hate comments like this but I need some support😉

  • @wanderneverlost1557
    @wanderneverlost1557 3 роки тому +211

    FINALLY!!! I've been waiting ALL WEEK!!!

  • @disfrutadordelinternetgene6711

    i was doing some homework while hearing this video and i just realized im learning more from this video than from my homework

  • @kathrynferland141
    @kathrynferland141 6 місяців тому

    I was not expecting this video to be a video about accounting. Me being an accounting love this 😂

  • @luckyrabbit5168
    @luckyrabbit5168 3 роки тому +155

    McDonalds: Oh the food, that's just my side piece.

    • @LadyOnikara
      @LadyOnikara 2 роки тому +2

      I like some of the stuff they have there, but even I'll question if it's actually food. Not everything that tastes good is food. (I am not going to be more specific.)

    • @TorstenAdair
      @TorstenAdair 2 роки тому +2

      And their biggest money maker is…soda pop.

    • @ronaldmcdonald7843
      @ronaldmcdonald7843 Рік тому +2

      @@LadyOnikara So you have a problem with my food?

    • @LadyOnikara
      @LadyOnikara Рік тому +3

      @@ronaldmcdonald7843 Nah, I was talking about a Happy Meal toy I got last summer. Tasted good, but not food.

    • @ronaldmcdonald7843
      @ronaldmcdonald7843 Рік тому +2

      @@LadyOnikara Kid you aren't supposed to eat the toy. You know what nevermind.

  • @clothingpool2847
    @clothingpool2847 3 роки тому +212

    Everyone: Matpat is my teacher
    Matpat: today we will talk about tax avoidance

    • @thesilverprincess
      @thesilverprincess 3 роки тому +4

      Lol if he really was a teacher you know he’d be fired on his 1st day lol

    • @egg-roll8968
      @egg-roll8968 3 роки тому +3

      Tax evasion is a crime, what they are doing is 100% legal. However imo bonuses should come after the company being taxed, not before, esp higher ups.

    • @michelleellison6284
      @michelleellison6284 3 роки тому +8

      It's tax avoidance, not evasion. It's legal.

    • @rougn
      @rougn 3 роки тому

      @@starfireseraphim9696 thats not political

    • @davidsilva7376
      @davidsilva7376 3 роки тому +1

      @@michelleellison6284 There is something called TAX EVASION which IS ILLEGAL

  • @Alexindiegamedev
    @Alexindiegamedev 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you MatPat for the business lessons I appreciate it

  • @myakereopa557
    @myakereopa557 3 роки тому

    3:00 flight of the concords - Buisness time?
    I’m from New Zealand so if it actually is that would be so cool