[drzaiusapelord]

For fast food it certainly is the largest cost. Other industries are different, but shops with a brick and mortar presence often are wage bound.

[phkahler]

So the 6 dollars I pay for a fast food lunch take nearly a man-hour of labor? Once you get beyond the few minutes of handling my individual order its all bulk back to the source, so I have a hard to time believing that. OTOH the prices farmers get paid would suggest you're correct.