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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such fees strike me as deceptive if not disclosed clearly up front before ordering, and as adding needless complexity to pricing even if disclosed.  Why not just set prices to their actual level instead of breaking them up and assigning them different labels to arrive at the end result?  If it's not a service fee/tip, that too should be clear as otherwise it's reasonable to expect that some patrons will interpret it as such while others won't.  I wouldn't patronize a business which is coy and less than fully transparent like this.  [/quote]

I’ve read articles about this.  Restaurants just can’t raise prices. Customers balk. It’s entirely psychological. The only way for restaurants to make profit these days is for a burger to really cost $25, but customers refuse to pay. So now we have a system where a burger might cost $18 plus a 15% recovery or inflation charge at the end.  If we got true inflation pricing, people would start eating out a lot less and maybe inflation would be over more quickly.[/quote]

I disagree. I believe many, if not most, restaurants are raising prices and have been moreso in the last year or so.  It has resulted in my not being able to afford to eat out very often, especially at nicer restaurants.  When restaurants raise prices that money does not go to the servers so I do tip appropriately when I do go out.  My philosophy is if you can't afford to eat out or tip appropriately then buy some groceries (at Aldi) and eat at home.  [b]Eating at restaurants is not a constitutional right in America.[/b][/quote]Nor is tipping. I’ll continue to eat out and my service fee will reduce the tip.[/quote]

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