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But those companies have been bought and resold over time and even possibly moved. Which probably imply mortgage on some buyers. Not sure land owning is such a big deal.
It depends if it was sold with the property or not. Rent is anywhere between 20-35% of your running cost depending on region. And you tend to get higher quality food in places where Rent isn't ridiculously high as restaurant can afford to move those cost to the plate.
Maybe I misunderstand you then, to me you made it sound that was a given. Those companies have undoubtly different history and, to me, rent is a relatively recent issue and over hundreds of years it might not be a factor. I pretty sure national mints have been moving around for instance. They are not location dependant.
That said, I might be wrong, it would made an interesting study to try to acertain what are the common factor to those companies. If any.