By Lauren Shepherd, AP Business Writer. NEW YORK â Brinker International (EAT), owner of the Chili's Grill & Bar chain, said Monday that it will sell a majority stake in its Romano's Macaroni Grill to a private equity firm. Under the agreement, Brinker will sell most of its stake to Mac Acquisition â a unit of Golden Gate Capital â for $131.5 million in cash.
Farms between 1000 and 4000 acres have non-land costs between $186 per acre and $200 per acre (see Table 1). These farms have roughly 70% of their acres cash rented, with average cash rents ranging from $206 per acre up to $242 per acre.
When harvesting and marketing costs are added to production costs, the total per-acre cost increases to $3,797. This translates into a cost of $0.23 per pound to produce, harvest, and market avocados ($0.064 per pound is added to the $0.17 per pound cost of production to cover harvesting and marketing costs). The only contributor to the harvesting and marketing costs is the cost associated with picking and hauling.