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by taneq 561 days ago
Capital-intensive, or labour-intensive? If I were a provider of 'special smart sauce' that goes on a common piece of equipment, I'd be trying to focus on making it so I could provide the sauce rather than dealing with all the real-world issues that come with all the real-world people using the saucy equipment.
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Depends.

Chick-fil-A grew into a pretty big business by vertically integrating outside of just selling sandwiches to Waffle House.

So sometimes it's worth owning sauce distribution too. ;)