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Estimate the annual revenue of a single mid-volume McDonald's restaurant in the US.

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Bottom-up unit economics. Assume ~1,500 customers/day (drive-thru + counter, across breakfast/lunch/dinner peaks) at an average ticket of ~$8-9 → ~$12-13k/day. Annual ≈ ~$13k × 365 ≈ ~$4.5-5M/year.…

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