Because Corporate knows they are going to fuck with franchisees on occasion and they want people who can weather that kind of abuse. A SIL of mine is a distric

Because Corporate knows they are going to fuck with franchisees on occasion and they want people who can weather that kind of abuse. A SIL of mine is a district manager of one of the largest MD franchisees in the region and she has some stories about how corporate tends to make the franchises pay for their mistakes. It's usually forcing the stores to take more food than they could possibly sell, but sometimes includes things like buying equipment for menu offerings that they never see a positive ROI on and is later discontinued. You can absolutely make money running an Mickey Ds, but you have to run a very tight ship to do it.