04-14-2020, 04:57 PM
(04-14-2020, 12:58 PM)Acitta Wrote: Why Restaurants Are So Fucked.
A good article. To quote:
Quote:The craziest thing to me in all this is, I love food. Like, obsessed. Who’s with me? My point is: if eating is literally one of our favourite things ever, are we willing to pay adequately for it? Do we value it sufficiently? Honestly, seems to me like, if there’s one industry that should be profitable, it’s restaurants. One, we have to eat. Two, we love to eat! What if you could never have your favourite pizza, burger, pasta, etc, again? What would you pay to save it?
They are selling their gourmet Doners for $11. Why does it need to be so cheap? Would people really be unwilling to pay $12 or $13 if it's really good? There are always going to be lower-cost options with lower-quality ingredients, but we should be willing to pay a bit more to get the food we love.
Maybe offer a smaller size for $10 or $11 and a larger size for $14? That way people who don't want to eat 125g of meat (plus the rest) can get a smaller serving for a lower price, and the costs stay below the selling prices.