02-10-2019, 06:37 PM
(02-09-2019, 05:08 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(02-09-2019, 03:08 PM)plam Wrote: There are economic incentives to turn over the seats. I don't know about AYCE economics but I do know that, in some sense, restaurants are in large part renting you the seats; food costs are typically only one-third of a restaurant's operating costs. So, the more turnover, the more money the restaurant makes. Like, if you have three seatings vs two in an evening, you're grossing 50% more.
Of course, that could just be an indication that something is fundamentally wrong with our society. But restaurant economics are only a reflection of the society.
For most restaurants, adult beverages are more profitable than food is. But in the end it really depends on the restaurant's business model, and an AYCE restaurant is very much not a pub or a bar (which is all about socializing while having drinks).
It's funny, I was thinking this conversation strange, because I've almost never experienced a push to get out of a restaurant (the exception being the poor choice I made to go out for Valentines day one time
), but I frequent pubs and bars quite a bit. I also tend not to go out on the busiest days...which probably helps.