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Does it now cost $25 for lunch?
March 17, 2013 at
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I always wondered when I was a kid about how old people would complain about how expensive stuff had gotten. Yet as a kid it didn't seem that expensive to me.
I think it has to do with our memories of how much stuff used to cost vs how much it costs now.
I went to a mesican resturant with my son after Church today and the bill for both of us was $24. Is that how much it costs for lunch anymore? Maybe. Even a meal at McD seems to be 6-7 dollars.
The interesting thing about this is the meal while OK was not worth $25 to me. I think the problem a restaurant faces is that of perception. My guess is it is really expensive to own a restaurant anymore. Food is higher, energy, taxes, insurance, etc.
Then joe citizen (or Richard) comes along and eats there and says, well that was OK but was it worth $25?
It seems to me the answer for restaurants is the fast casual concept like panera bread or panda express. Have a limited menu of items that can be served fast without a wait staff. At panera or panda my son and I eat for around $17. This seems to be the way to go IMO.
Thank you for reading my rant.
I think it has to do with our memories of how much stuff used to cost vs how much it costs now.
I went to a mesican resturant with my son after Church today and the bill for both of us was $24. Is that how much it costs for lunch anymore? Maybe. Even a meal at McD seems to be 6-7 dollars.
The interesting thing about this is the meal while OK was not worth $25 to me. I think the problem a restaurant faces is that of perception. My guess is it is really expensive to own a restaurant anymore. Food is higher, energy, taxes, insurance, etc.
Then joe citizen (or Richard) comes along and eats there and says, well that was OK but was it worth $25?
It seems to me the answer for restaurants is the fast casual concept like panera bread or panda express. Have a limited menu of items that can be served fast without a wait staff. At panera or panda my son and I eat for around $17. This seems to be the way to go IMO.
Thank you for reading my rant.
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However, there's a Schezuan place we love that is amazing and gives you tons of food and is very inexpensive compaired to other asian restaurants here, but because it's so far from us we still don't go that often. If it were closer we'd eat out more often.
I wanna have 3-8.
Back away from alvsy and nobody gets hurt.
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