The $300 a day figure is the part that got me, because I did almost the same thing at a dead mall near Toledo back in 2019 and my big detective moment was buying a corn dog and sitting there for 20 minutes before I got bored and left. Dale is out here running a real business while I am playing Scooby Doo with a food court. 41 customers in 3 hours at a buck each is only $41 though, so its the volume on the bigger stuff that must carry him, or he sells a lot more than the dollar dogs. I have heard people call them zombie stores or holdout shops, but survivor store works fine too. Did he say what he does when the AC finally quits or the power gets shut off?

My big trick is standing there with my clearance chicken looking like a guy who just won the lottery on a scratch ticket he found in the parking lot. Some lady cornered me last month asking how I got four meals out of two bucks worth of veggies, and I just told her the truth, which is that I have no shame and a deep freezer. Writing it on a receipt is how you know the recipe is legit, so good on you for converting the lasagna guy.