How much would you estimate cost is for product to make up a 'happy meal' at MacDonald's ?

I have no idea but I know I can google it.  Before I do, I would offer this point.  You need to know how much the product costs en masse versus buying smaller quantities.  They have meat, bread, potatoes, and toys.  They have paper product.  Plastic wrappers and containers.  They have manufacturers, of the items, factories and employees to produce the items.  They have cooks and counter employees to pay just to offer the product to the customer.  They have overhead for the store. 

It should cost about $500 per Happy Meal, but Mc Donald's figured it out the right way and the slow way.  They learned how to mass produce for cheap.  They started smaller and grew to enormity.

http://adage.com/article/news/marketing-mcdonald-s-happy-meal-bigger-panera-ihop/147271/ This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 2, 2016 9:08 AM MST

Perhaps a dollar (US). They purchase everything wholesale and even have their own potato farms for their 'DEATH STICKS'.(French fries)

Combined costs of product, with transportation cost for delivery to make them, along with payment of employees to make them, and utilities combined?????  I'd say prolly about $3 in total.  Keep in mind in general places don't make much on children's menu items.  The point isn't to make your money on the items for children, it's to get the adults there and make money off the adult menu.  This is why many places put age restrictions on ordering from children's menus. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 2, 2016 1:35 PM MST

$.96