>So that CEO bonus costs ~$0.13 per salad sold. [...] but that seems like a lot. I doubt the CEO's value is irreplaceable.
The flaw in this analysis is that you think chipotle only sells salads. They obviously don't. At least based off my experience most people order burritos/bowls, not salads.
Here's my analysis: per wikipedia, chipotle has revenue of $5.586 billion in 2019. If we divide CEO's salary by that, we arrive at 0.68 cents per dollar of revenue. According to wikipedia, chipotle doesn't franchise, so we can assume that's all food revenue. Assuming a salad that costs $10, that's 6.8 cents of CEO comp per salad sold.
So that CEO bonus costs ~$0.13 per salad sold.
I'm not sure of the rest of the comp required for the C-Suite, but that seems like a lot. I doubt the CEO's value is irreplaceable.
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