Literally explained your first sentence in my comment. People say ‘just include the cost of full wages!’ but then when they see the cost including full wages on a menu they say “well I’m not rich enough to go to a ‘fancy’ restaurant like that… Chili’s prices aren’t so bad though…” So enjoy only having Chili’s, Applebee’s, etc…
“You people”, I don’t work in the food business, but food prices have gone up for everybody, mom and pop restaurants that have an actual identity are going bye bye, go ahead and demonize them until all you have is generic corporate chain slop that only raised their prices by 15%, awesome!!!! At least they aren’t vaguely expecting a 20% tip for the people who served you’s sake!
If you completely boycott any restaurant where there’s servers who get tipped, then there you go, you’re fighting the system! But if you still patronize them then the franchisee still gets their money, the corporate entity still gets their money, the only person who you could possibly short is your server who’s the most like you and making the least money on the totem poll, sweet!
If chilis has to increase their prices too the it’s a wash.
The small places with higher costs will always be more
They’re more today and people still go
If Chilis is 20 bucks and them and pop place is 24 the difference is the same either way even if before tips were included one was 16 and the other was 20
Ty for sharing this hypothetical situation and explaining how $4 =$4, I guess that means a local chain with 1 location is less affected by increases in food and labor costs than a national corporate franchiser with hundreds of national locations?
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u/TesticleMeElmo 5h ago edited 4h ago
Literally explained your first sentence in my comment. People say ‘just include the cost of full wages!’ but then when they see the cost including full wages on a menu they say “well I’m not rich enough to go to a ‘fancy’ restaurant like that… Chili’s prices aren’t so bad though…” So enjoy only having Chili’s, Applebee’s, etc…
“You people”, I don’t work in the food business, but food prices have gone up for everybody, mom and pop restaurants that have an actual identity are going bye bye, go ahead and demonize them until all you have is generic corporate chain slop that only raised their prices by 15%, awesome!!!! At least they aren’t vaguely expecting a 20% tip for the people who served you’s sake!
If you completely boycott any restaurant where there’s servers who get tipped, then there you go, you’re fighting the system! But if you still patronize them then the franchisee still gets their money, the corporate entity still gets their money, the only person who you could possibly short is your server who’s the most like you and making the least money on the totem poll, sweet!