McRib

 About a month ago....I had a German McDonalds McRib....one of  my favorite menu selections.

I paused over it....opening it up and gazing at the slim piece of cheap pork.  Cost  here?   It'll range from 4.99 Euro to 6.19 Euro (figure $5.50 to $7.20).

The problem is....the longer I look under the 'hood'....it's a cheap pork slice....maybe 7 bits of onion, and a high-sugar sauce, with a decent bun.  All total?  I'd value the 'parts' at no more than 1.60 Euro ($2).  The rest?  Cost of labor, and profit-built-in.

If they went to automation? That's the funny thing...you could probably have a machine load up the pork patties, and pop one out every 20 seconds. You'd just need one guy every hour to refill the pork-machine, and the sauce/onion/bun machines.