billions and billions served (by phogel)
First of all, good for them! They deserve it. In honor of this momentous milestone they’re going to award a prize to the customer who orders the 50,000th burger. I don’t know what the prize is.
They opened on March 13, 2008. They announced that the 40,000th burger was sold on November 7, 2008. That’s 240 days and about 167 burgers a day. At that pace, they’ll sell another 10,000 burgers in 60 days. If you assume that they’re closed three days for various holidays, I guess that the 50,000th burger will be ordered on January 8, 2009. I wasn’t really careful with the arithmetic so I’d be happy to have someone check it.
Of course, this aproach is hopelessly naive. I’m sure that there are seasonal variations and I assume tht the burger orders are higher now than closer to the opening. Hopefully, they’ll make some interim announcements to give us a little extra guidance.
Also, 167 burgers a day? I never would have guessed that. Very impressive. As I said, they deserve it. I haven’t gotten around to eating their burger but I think I’ll get it on my next visit which I’m sure will be much sooner then January 8th.
They opened in March 2007, not 2008. I do like their food, and they have one of the best beer lists in town.
always the mathematician . . .