They did a story, on the success of Mc Donald's, it appears the cost of the berger, is nothing, compared to getting the berger to you, all their costs are in ad's and providing services, the burger being the smallest cost.
We have been told in company meetings that 45% of our labor is spent on material handling issues, not electric work.
That being the case we do not hesitate to rent fork lifts and 'golf carts on steroids'. We own many pallet jacks and rolling shelfs that get moved from job to job.
The "getting it there" is a significant labor waster.