Restaurant sticker shock
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Anonymous
| We only go out to eat now at high end restaurants. If I’m going to pay a lot of money, I want it to be on a good meal. I have no desire to overpay for terrible fast food or equally terrible midgrade/chain restaurant food |
Anonymous
I’m in Silicon Valley where everything is more expensive than the DMV. Einstein’s is Noah’s out here and a regular bagel toasted with butter or cream cheese is under $5. Really curious where she found an $8 bagel. I will say that paying $9 .95 for a five guys burger and 7.95 for French fries is a bridge too far for us. |
Anonymous
That part!! You can't have record profits if it's inflation. |
Anonymous
I agree mostly but it’s barbell for me. Still going to McDonald’s and Subway along with high end restaurants. Nothing in between. |
Anonymous
Those are now the good old days we will tell our kids. |
Anonymous
You need to become the teen hangout spot. Make your basement cool and get the good snacks. |
Anonymous
Who puts pineapple in fried rice ? |
Anonymous
| The prices at Giant have gone up a lot and they no longer bag your groceries, so l go to Wegman’s and TJs now. Only Giant if l need something for baking the other 2 don’t have. |
Anonymous
Many people. Haven’t you ever had Thai pineapple fried rice? |
Anonymous
I'm not sure I agree. I still think the fast casual places are a decent deal, because of how much food you get. Yes, it now costs more like 12-13 for a meal with a drink, instead of 8-9. But I can afford to spend an extra 3 dollars, plus I am not expected to tip. I know at least some of that money is going to pay workers since the a lot of these places are now paying a standard 15-17 per hour. So to me there is still a decent value proposition. At nicer restaurants, the markup is now like 30-40% on each item, sometimes more on alcohol. Plus a service charge. So a dinner with one appetizer, two entrees, two drinks, and a dessert might have cost 100-120 at the sorts of restaurants we go to a few years ago. Now that meal costs $200-250. And then we still sometimes get suggestions or encouragement to tip on top of the service charge. When you factor in that for a meal like that we are also generally paying for a babysitter, it's astronomical. My pay did not double in the last three years. Add to this situation the fact that service is not as good as it used to be. Restaurants, even higher end restaurants, are often short staffed or have lost a lot of their more experienced staff. Staff are more stressed and less patient for a variety of reasons. All of the worst service experiences I've had in my life have all happened in the last year or two. So yeah, paying a few more dollars for a burrito or a burger doesn't bug me that much. Paying double for a nice meal out, only to feel pressured to tip even more for service that is often curt and surly? Sorry, I'd rather either cook at home or grab some sandwiches or burgers (my preference is for a local restaurant or chain for these, but Ill do Chipotle or something too) and then going home and relaxing in my own house with my family or friends is more enjoyable. For a fraction of the cost. Restaurants keep talking about how they are still struggling post-pandemic, and I get it. But I think at this point, they need to be asking themselves what they are offering to customers. More restaurants will close, and if this is what they are offering, I'm not that sad about it. |
Anonymous
Sounds likely. That’s when I’m gonna take out the money I am saving now and travel and eat out |
Anonymous
Cheapest dcum poster ever. |
Anonymous
The chef does silly |
Anonymous
So true. You are leaving out the most important part of the story if you don't talk about the record profits... |
Anonymous
+1 |