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Making a billion pizzas makes each slice cheaper

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If you buy an industrial oven, making the first pizza is incredibly expensive. But by the thousandth pie, the oven's cost is spread out so thin that each slice is practically free. Economies of scale explain why massive chains can sell entire meals for pocket change while your local artisan bakery goes bankrupt selling an eight-dollar croissant.

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