We sat down among the rocks, by a little pool, so rich in animal, vegetable, and zoophytic --or whatever is the right word--life, that I became entranced in the study of it, and, when Arthur proposed returning to our lodgings, I begged to be left there for a while, to watch and muse alone.
A Large McDonaldâs Fries Will Cost You This Much in Venezuela. McDonald's is bringing back its French fries to Venezuela after a 10-month absence. And no thanks to the country's skyrocketing inflation rates, a large order of fries costs around $126. That's a conversion from the 800 bolivars sticker price, according to a report by Fusion.
McDonald's, one of the world's largest franchisors, provides a fairly typical example of a franchise arrangement. As of 2013, if you wanted to buy a new franchise, you had to pay an initial $45,000 fee to McDonald's Corp. That cost would be a Section 197 intangible, so you would have to amortize it over 15 years. Once the restaurant was operating, you would have to pay McDonald's a monthly fee of 4 percent of your gross sales.