User blog comment:Oioiaussie/Buy playgrounds? A common misconception!/@comment-5110407-20120531221819/@comment-5039776-20120601030220

Yep. A VFT makes 600 coins per pixel per day whch s pretty much superior to any of the "minor" stores (i.e. pre Fruit Group) IF you have to buy resources.

Take a Woodwind store - average profit per dasy (I won't go into all the math) = 1521 = 95 per pixel assuming all lumber is bought at the market.

However, if you produce the lumber yourself, the store makes, on average, 3480 per day = 217 per pixel, still lower than the VFT and this is without allowing for any share of the land cost of the lumber mills and wood plantations.

The mini golf store is a bit more interesting. It makes 5318 coins per day = 332 per pixel per day - still no match for the VFT (or, of course, the mighty street lamps and firefly lantern 1s).

Only when you hit the Fruit Group, do stores make sense financially. The Apple Store returns a profit on average of 1654 per pixel per day. The Comfy Cushions and Scooter Stores are even better.