We noticed the food quality from restaurants are subpar and we have cut down drastically. I make way better food at home. Even take out is nearing close to $100 for a family of four (we stopped ordering out completely) and food quality was questionable. Be wise folks, keep your money.
It used to be that people went out to eat for special occasions and appreciated it so much more, it was an event. My prediction is that for many of us that it will probably revert back to that type of mindset, and that's not a bad thing at all. Cooking simple meals at home is so much healthier, in all actuality takes less time than ordering and waiting for the food to get there (including cleaning up after if you're halfway efficient), and so much less expensive. Why does everyone want to throw their money away on substandard food and way overpriced drinks at restaurants of any kind when that money could simply be used for much more intelligent purchases that have a much greater value in the long run ... *talk about flushing your $$$ down the toilet*. Luxury vs necessity vs really getting ahead in life.
I make my own food for my family and i know exactly what is put in to the food, i use only a tbsp of oil..i always incorporate healthy fruits and vegetables that are organic...lord knows what kind of junk they put into the oils at restaurants...you know they dont care about you as much as you do for yourself. It is also cheaper to make your own meals. Yesterday i went to starbucks and my drink was 8 dollars, then i had to tip 4 dollars...ridiculous!
@@RiDankulousI mean many restaurants offer salads. Some restaurants offer grilled vs. fried meats, etc but the healthy places will also cost more. It's rare to find mid range price healthy dish restaurants.
My family rarely eat out, may once a year ( our anniversary). We love cooking and eating at home, family bonding not being around strangers at restaurants.. We've been super healthy ever since eating at home and saved a LOT OF MONEY, at least 2 thousand dollars each year.
The price of fast food has especially skyrocketed. Currently it costs $14 for a standard non-upgraded adult meal at Wendy's in my area, and some fast food chains have the nerve to ask for a tip particularly when paying with a credit card.
More often now I buy the meal without a drink and take it home!!! RESTAURANTS have the NERVE to NOT put the prices of their soft drinks on the MENU!!! I am now just asking for WATER when I dine in with my meal!!!
@@rollingdudes8859yes, no combined meals at fast food restaurants. I used to buy a pizza pie every Friday for my family, it started getting costly for just a cheese pizza pie over $25 at thd mom& pop Pizzaria. Even Dominos can get costly with the sides ect , especially delivery. Now most restaurants charge extra 3% for when you use your debit card to pick up your food, so you have to use cash so you won’t be charged extra. Then have the nerve to have tip request for picking up your own food! I buy a large Boboli crust or fresh pizza dough and make my own pizza with toppings, it half the price and healthier because I put veggies on 1/2 the pizza & meat toppings on the other half for my kids. I pay half the price and have extra toppings for the next week. Since the pandemic I have learned to make simple family friendly meals & ethic dishes to (Chinese, Italian, Jamaican, Indian , African, Spanish ect ) and most of the ingredients are healthy, if not I use alternative healthier options. Today going out to the restaurant for a family of four or more is a luxury. We are going back to the 70’s when I grew up. Families rarely ate out unless for a very special occasion, otherwise we ate at home even for birthdays. I am not poor, but I don’t want to waste my hard earned money on unnecessary high prices to eat out either. A once a month “entertainment “ day can suffice . You can be savvy with that too, by bringing bottled iced water, snacks ect when going to outings especially in the summer. Inflation is accelerating fast & businesses are trying to make up for their 2 1/2 year pandemic losses. Salaries need to match the high cost of living too. But that’s another story! 🙄🤷🏾♀️
Just got back from McDonalds, 36 bucks for 2 combo meal and chicken nugget is ridiculous! We got home and realize they missed one burger in the bag! Staff are rude too.. done eating outside!
10%?? My local restaurants here in Los Angeles saw menu prices jump 25% or more. Some dishes have doubled in price since 2020. An average dinner for four comes out to $150, not including tip!!
@@eddieg6436 But now, because people like you have moved to places like Las Vegas, those places are increasing prices because of all the new people there.
@@ronaldlindeman6136 Not my problem. I moved from VERY expensive Calabasas to Las Vegas, to get a bigger, better, yet cheaper house, and save on taxes and retire. You could do the same thing if you moved to a small town, or some place rural. 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
@@USSHammerologynot my job to pay their income. Let it all rot. The business takes more profits, let people fail and get stable jobs that don't involve tips. Save us all the headache. Tips for doing your job, many do that job terribly.
Stopped going out to restaurants almost completely a couple of months ago. Like flipping a switch. Used to eat out few times a week. Just realized the dining experience wasn't worth the cost anymore.
Wife and I eat out very little. Reasons are costs of course, quality of food, poor service, etc. Also, I know my way around a kitchen so whatever I cook is usually better than in restaurants without the germs. I like a glass of wine or 2 with my meal and paying over $10 for a cheap 5oz glass of wine (plus tax and tips) is outrageous.
I cook at home all 3 meals. Indian cooking is a whole lot of work but its worth it. I know what's going in my body. At the end of school year I treat myself and kids to a restaurant meal may be once or twice in summer. Restaurant food has gone down in quality and size and the bill is unbelievable. On days I want off from kitchen its a simple sandwich to our rescue or cook over 2-3 days worth of chicken curry and refrigerate it.
I can't afford it. $26 for Door Dash. One order of Chinese food $9.99 and a nearly $3 tiny carton of plain white rice for my granddaughter just the way she likes and two egg rolls. One $9.99 pizza delivered costs $26 . It's crazy.
Those are really reasonably prices to pay to have the food of your choice picked up and delivered to your front door. We all know that delivery drivers don't get the full delivery fee, but even if they did, that's only $16 for an hour of their labor and use of their car. Honest question, how much do YOU think would be a fair rate for you pay to get an hour of someone's labor and use of their car? Less than $16?? Really?! Go pick up your own food. People want first world convenience but want to pay exploitation rates for it.
@@jennifermarie3158 Are you trying to shame me because I felt the prices are too high?? 🤔🤔 Never said anything negative about the drivers, you added that. And reasonable to who? A pizza delivered including the tip used to be like $16. So to have a $9.99 pizza comes to $26 is a lot more. And how dare you tell me what I can determine to be too expensive for me. And telling me to go pick it up, are you going to buy me a car?? How about take your judgement and STFU RUclips Karen.
@@debbieframpton3857 Yes, I'm aware. I used to deliver food to office buildings before Door Dash and Uber even existed. I know how it works. It's still now too high a price for me.
Trader Joe's sells a box of 5 spring rolls for $5. Pop them in the air fryer for 15 minutes, tastes as good or better as takeout quality without the wait, delivery fee and tip. 2 spring rolls at the closest Chinese restaurants near my house is 2 for $5. No sane person on an average salary will order out when they can eat better at home.
subways $5 dollar foot long is now over $10. all of them are over $10. definitely skipping all restaurants for the year plus. ill cook at home and save my $. quality is poor and service is poor. not worth raising prices. let em bleed or go bankrupt. I can cook better anyways.
@merrydaye4763 i just used them as a metric. All fast foods beyond expensive now. Tacobell over $10 for a dilla and a taco and a drink? There's not $3 in materials or labor spent there. They are overcharging based on food cost, and it's obvious. Paired with the lousy service over the years and treating workers like expendable crap. Like I said let em bleed. Good resuturants that take care of there employeess and customers will stay around. Because people will still support (even while limited) real business with real hearts. Let the giants cry. They know exactly why it happens.
Here in southern California, all restaurants have raised prices significantly, including the typical "mom and pop" stores. Greed isn't limited to the big chain restaurants. Everyone here is an opportunist.
if you look at the cost of restaurant operations, you'd be surprised by how little they charge. You might think that 'why is a burger with drinks and fries $15 when it used to be just $10'? the cost of labor goes up, rent goes up, everything goes up. Ingredients cost may not go up as much, but the other stuff in the restaurants that enable the food to be cooked and served sure do.
If you're going to go out to eat, why would you waste money on Chipotle? You can get a decent meal at a mom and pop shop for the same (if not cheaper) price. Why pay 12/13 dollars per meal at McDonalds when you get pay a few dollars more for a well made dinner?
@@Wesley-rn7oc Plus Chipotle is also save for people with celiac disease as it's gluten free (not a dietary fad, this is a very real and serious medical issue for her)... which is one of the very few places my 13 year old granddaughter can order a meal from.; another option we found for her is Bibbibop, which is also fresh, very good, and about the same price point.
In addition to cost, the health concerns are a concern for either dine-in or take-out. Restaurant's have a profit motive in a highly competitive business. So the food is going to be loaded with unhealthy ingredients that also have the lowest costs and maximum taste: margarines, "vegetable" oils, salt, etc. The cost was one thing but then adding in the health part kills it for me.
I like to eat out for lunch, but I have stopped visiting some of my favorites (Bojangles, Chick Fil A, Zaxby's) because the combos are almost $10 now. I eat a Jr tray at Cookout ($5.99 + tax) or the $5 biggie bag at Wendy's more frequently these days because the other places are just outrageous.
There's a small mom and pop walk up type restaurant that serves all the basics that has maintained decent prices that we'll go to about once a month for a treat. But as far as sit down restaurants are concerned, we will only go to those for special occasions like birthdays, etc. It's just too expensive to eat out like we used to.
Eating out isn’t worth it anymore. When you assume the restaurants are making everything from scratch, in reality many are just whipping out previously made frozen dishes, recook or reheat it before bringing it to your table. Or there are just numerous hot plates in the kitchen, and essentially you’re just eating cafeteria food but someone brings it to your table.
Don't know where they got those prices, 8% wouldn't be so bad, but a Big Mac is 32% higher in my town than last year, Soup and Salad at Olive Garden is 22% higher, happy hour beer is 26% higher yet wholesale beer price didn't change. With this perceived inflation, most places are just gouging out of greed.
No it's not, you're going to pay more for a Big Mac when McDonald's has to pay their teenage employees $15.00 an hour to stand there at the counter texting their friends while taking your order.
What about those 18% service charges and then the 20% suggested tips that are appearing on the tabs? If I ever see this on the bill, it means no tip and no more visits…ever!
I live in a rich area. Nothing has stopped these people from eating out and shopping. So I don’t get a true gauge of the economy because of this. Restaurants and the malls are packed.
National credit card debt is also at an all-time high. There’s a whole swath of our national demographic that hasn’t figured out how to adjust their lifestyle. it’s going to hurt when the shoe drops.
@@queen.kristal8395 yup they are. I am not but I see the activity all around me. I live in Fort Lauderdale. We had a jump start with our economy during the pandemic and I assume that has helped plus all the rich people that have moved here since 2020-Present is crazy.
I live in a rich area and it’s more senior citizens that live in the neighborhood and some of my neighbors don’t eat out and I asked why and they are afraid of getting sick. Even with Covid shots and one lady that lives near me says the restaurants meals are smaller and the prices are higher. Good thing she can still make food.
I got into the bad habit of ordering out and eating at restaurants a lot during college because I really struggled to find the time to cook consistently (full time classes while also working a job to pay rent), but it got to the point where it was just WAY too expensive. I've stopped ordering out entirely now. Everything just costs so much.
Depends on where you go to be honest. If you're going to a very nice local place with well trained chefs that have many years of experience and are in control of their own menus then the food is going to be very high quality ;).
@@nestharusTrue but it will be very expensive. One of my former friends had gourmet dining as she calls it and it costs $150 per person and that was years ago. It is much higher now.
@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj Doesn't have to be expensive. You can get a nice entree for $20-$70. Not saying it's cheap but anything cheaper is likely to be junk food :p. Junk food includes all high calorie low nutrient items from burgers/pizzas to butter chicken/naan to chimichangas/chile relleno :).
We live in a van so it's massively convenient for us to eat out once a week, and the meals usually last 2 days. But when we had a home, we cooked all day every day. We cooked such fresh food that we got sick when we did eat out once every few months.
Biggest problem is the "suggested" tip amount of up to 30% I've seen. Why is the percentage rate going up? The tip amount goes up just by the fact that food cost more. No need to increase the rate.
Restaurants are now adding a 4-5% "Health" or "surcharge" to stave off the cost of doing business. It's extremely insulating to consumers , many of whom work for or own business that absorb the costs of doing business. Then you pay a tip on top of the entire amount upwards of 20%, which doesn't even remove this fee. It's nothing short of a scam. Just raise your prices, which are already high. Nobody would put up with this in any other business but somehow we've accepted it in the food business. Sorry that your $30 drink somehow doesn't have enough margins to pay for the cost of doing business. It's not even a joke.
Restaurants are taking advantage of the customers. Food costs have started to drop, Beef, chicken, Eggs, and Fish are all going down but restaurants are intent to keep the prices as high as possible with no end in sight and reducing the serving sizes and options to add up the final bill. As the bill keeps increasing you are obligated to increase the tip for the same quality of service. Hence the consumer is the biggest loser with more out-of-pocket spent for the same if not less quality and quantity. That said we only support locally owned and run restaurants that add to the local communities.
I mean, near me, the restaurants have raised their food prices by at most $2 (in the Midwest). I think after lockdowns, we just became more price-conscious, as we had a lot of people working from home as well. I started working from home, and it's permanent, and I don't see the need to go out to eat the way I used to when I would eat driving home/to work. I think we had a lot of that happen here, and a lot of people in the area still at least do hybrid, so there are fewer customers at the restaurants.
Oh, it is so much easier in Denmark. You pay the price which is shown in the menu card and the bill. Everything is included and you don’t have to tip unless you think you’ve got some extra good service. Many of the people working in the restaurants don’t exactly expect tip but they are happy if they get it but they don’t expect it. On the other hand, it is more expensive to go out, eating in Denmark, and most of the population make their own food in their homes every day.
@@scottstokes1878 nope! I pay 37% and the average between 40 and 42% …. And if you pay higher percentage, is it only when you exceed a higher salary, and only on the last part of the salary, so it’s never a percentage of all your salary… and every person has the first part of your salary ( around 8000$ a year ) free from income tax
@@nedcpa there are many benefits. You don’t pay for your education actually, you get money while you study. If you get unemployed, you get money from the state you don’t pay for health service you don’t pay when you get old when you get into a home for elderly people. if the rent is too expensive and you don’t earn enough money you get subsidize from the state to pay the rent. So I would say you have every opportunity even though you don’t come from a wealthy home to get an education to be treated in the hospital and if you get a disability, you get enough money to live and so much more.
I first thought it was ok in the beginning after the lock down was over. But this is getting out of hand. I am fine with eating out. It is time the restauranteur realize they need to value their customers.
10%? that's probably like avg across the entire region but bare in mind that most good restaurants are often located in the busiest section of major cities where cost have gone a lot higher than 10%.
Im 28, earn $112k+, no debt, over 100k net worth so far. Came from poverty. I eat out for occasions or for a treat, past that i eat at home. Now the ROI of these meals is subpar. Aka worth less but cost more. When i go out Saturday nights, i down 5 shots right before the uber driver gets here to get a good buzz and save at the bars. I get called cheap, poor by people.... Meanwhile friend invited me on a cruise and within 10min i gladly and could afford to drop 3k... Wants vs necessities, leaves me a good amount left over each month to endulge in what actually makes me happy.
I generally avoid restaurants that don't have a buffet. Buffet restaurants allow me to start eating shortly after I arrive, I can select from many items, and take as much as I want of any of these items. If I'm not happy with one item, I can choose another immediately. This is especially useful when traveling because it saves time. As long as the staff isn't obnoxious, I don't worry about 'how I'm treated'--I don't feel a need to be 'pampered'. I can easily afford to spend more at the sit-down restaurants, but I don't feel any compelling reason to do so.
We rarely go to restaurants anymore. When we do, we only get water for a beverage and skip dessert. Most of the time we get takeout. Also, for birthdays, anniversaries, valentine's day, etc, my wife and I usually exchange restaurant gift cards.
The prices of eating out have changed how often we do. Used to be we had a lunch and a dinner out once a week. Now, its either lunch or dinner once a month and we refuse to go to the chains because of food quality, cost, service, with costs so high we only support local places. I hope most of them go out of business and we go back to mom and pop places.
I used to eat at this local small japanese ramen spot every week because it cost less than $10 for my order. Now it's $15 plus without the tip. it costs me $19 to eat here now, that's double the amount from 2017... i can''t justify it and only eat there once a month or so
Pho and Teriyaki use to be under $10 for the longest time (over 20 years) in Seattle but those days are long gone now. Now bowls and plates are $15 and over for casual joints. I make my own pot that I can eat for almost a week.
Save money by: instead of getting Japanese, eat Vietnamese. Instead of Italian, eat Middle Eastern. Instead of Korean, eat Indian. The more trendy and popular a food type is, the more expensive.
With RUclips, I can now cook some of my favorite restaurant meals at home and many times it turns out even better than at the restaurants. I still eat out from time to time, but if I really wanted to cut down on my spending, I would cook a lot more at home. And cooking is kinda fun. The only issue is dealing with all the clean up which I hate to do after I am done cooking.
The price isn’t the issue, tipping is. I don’t feel like paying that much tips but don’t want to get called cheap either. Cooking at home is the best choice.
My family hardly ever ate out even back in the days. We only did for occasions or if we have family visiting from afar. Cooking at home is cheaper and usually a lot healthier. Eating out should be a novelty not just how you feed yourself and your family.
I went out to eat recently, and they charge service fees for eating there, 15% gratuity was taken out automatically, and my total turned out to be $31 due to all the other charges If you order takeout, these restaurants charge 15-18% for carry out. I definitely won’t be going to restaurants (maybe I’ll go to the fast food one).
I make my money in the West and spend it in the Far East. Currently putting my feet up in Asia on a beach surrounded by clear blue waters. If I fancy something to eat, I go to one of the local stalls and grab a pad Thai for £1. Phucc paying Western prices which is probably at least x10 what I pay for here.
I spend $30 twice a month to eat out. I have a family of 4. We just get pizza deals or Burger King, sometimes Asian food. No delivery, no tip. I live outside of DC.
*LIES LIES LIES.... Restraunt Prices are more like 50% higher today than 2 or less years ago.* _THESE BILLIONAIRE LIARS of MEDIA know they Average American are being PUMMELED with 30% to 60% Price HIKES in the GROCERY STORES!_ *People are TURNING OFF CABLE PHONES NO TRIPS NO INSURANCE
I spent $45 for lunch not including tip on a lunch size burger and side salad with a chicken tender meal and a blooming onion appetizer at Outback , and they messed my order up, so service is mediocre and food prices are ⬆️ - crazy
No more ipad screens for every freaking person demanding a tip for every job now. Pay your employees more, raise the price of the product idc.. but stop with the ipad screens and guilt tip trick im over it
My girlfriend and I reducing our restaurant outings. Prices are out of hand. For 1 appetizer, 2 mains and 3 drinks its coming out to to *$130 CAD to $150 CAD* with tax and tips
My husband wanted a torta (Mexican sandwich) from a local Mexican joint. He asked me if I wanted some tacos and I told him to buy me some stake meat from the grocery. His torta was $10. The steak meat was $8 for a bit over a pound. I ate about 6 decent delicious tacos over 2 days. He ate only one time.
@@CompaGuitarra well for starters even if it costs 10$ for 6 tacos still is a great deal. Having in consideration that the meat cheap tacos stands have a Lot of fat pieces and cheapest meat available. Also each taco would cost about 1.66$? Like where in Chicago? More like close to 3$ and from a cheap place
I noticed lately, some restaurants automatically add 4% to every bill for “kitchen staff appreciation”. A big turn-off to me! Never return to such restaurants. It’s a ripoff!
We go out for food I can't make well at home, typically mom & pop ethnic food restaurants, or higher end steak/seafood for a celebration/ special treat. Fast food to mid tier regular American food places have never really ever been worth it to me, but they were convenient. The food was usually ok at best. We're fine w/ going out less often for better food & in places where servers make decent money. Go back to eating out being special & not dreary.
Indeed, but I think there are other factors that come into play when people decide to eat out or eat in. For example, is it worth waiting 20 - 40 minutes to be seated, then another 15 minutes just to pay your check, etc. I think, under those circumstances, some people would prefer to either stay in and cook (even if the food doesn't taste as great) or order their food "to-go".
@@cosmicviewer477 If anyone is waiting 20 to 40 mins for a table, they need to go else where. I go out a lot and i've never waited more then ten mins for my table. When the wait staff come to check on you near the end of your meal just ask for the check. Buy the time you finish and get your doggie bag, You are ready to go. As I see it. Folks make problems where there is none, for the most part? The only problem i have with staff is I ask for a glass of warm tap water right off, and I always get a glass of ice and water. Changing out the water, keeps them on their toes for the rest of the meal. lol lol If food does not taste good at home, it's the cooks doing. Cooking three to four meals a day can be tiring, I know because I do it. Most cooking / food/ problems would go away, if every one in the house is made to learn how to cook well!
Have you been to the grocery store $20 for a bag of chicken wings ! Hill country Fair brand in Texas that's the cheapest brand before the Walmart brand eww meet from Walmart 😱 think about that $20 is 1/5 of $100 That means one bag of chicken cost 1/5 of $100 You could only buy five bags of chicken wings with $100 doesn't that sound insane! But everybody's on food stamps so nobody's complaining
Get yourself a home cookbook! you can finally make good use of your kitchen appliances and have guests over and wow them with your food skills. Plus, those higher prices and tips don't go to the kitchen, atleast here in NYC
It’s really funny to me all of these similar economics videos of why don’t people do or spend money on _____, and the answer is just always people don’t have much money anymore. How many cross industry analyses do you need to come to the same conclusion of soaring inflation, insurmountable student debt, and stagnated wages, which have no chance of long term sustainability?! Therefore, people can’t buy stuff and start / support families. Report on the rich people who led to this late stage corruption and stop asking everyday consumers stupid questions. Everything trickles up to unchecked corporate greed.
The gap between the rich and the worker class is the widest it's been in over a century, but a good part of the population is brainwashed to make every excuse in the book to avoid seeing the system is rigged and continue licking the boot.
We eat out 2 times a week, one place has "Happy Hour" food for under 10.00 a plate. My favorite Thai place is around 15.00 a plate. No fine dining, no fast food (I don't eat it anyhow), no deli sandwiches. I bulk cook and we eat the same thing for a couple of days in row, it's cheaper and healthier.
We noticed the food quality from restaurants are subpar and we have cut down drastically. I make way better food at home. Even take out is nearing close to $100 for a family of four (we stopped ordering out completely) and food quality was questionable. Be wise folks, keep your money.
Also portions are alot smaller
They're gonna price themselves outta business, Price gouging + pushing tips is a recipe for disaster.
Many indie resto's are closing in Vegas. If you want to eat with the tourists, be prepared.
It used to be that people went out to eat for special occasions and appreciated it so much more, it was an event. My prediction is that for many of us that it will probably revert back to that type of mindset, and that's not a bad thing at all. Cooking simple meals at home is so much healthier, in all actuality takes less time than ordering and waiting for the food to get there (including cleaning up after if you're halfway efficient), and so much less expensive. Why does everyone want to throw their money away on substandard food and way overpriced drinks at restaurants of any kind when that money could simply be used for much more intelligent purchases that have a much greater value in the long run ... *talk about flushing your $$$ down the toilet*. Luxury vs necessity vs really getting ahead in life.
There’s nothing better than a home cooked meal!
I make my own food for my family and i know exactly what is put in to the food, i use only a tbsp of oil..i always incorporate healthy fruits and vegetables that are organic...lord knows what kind of junk they put into the oils at restaurants...you know they dont care about you as much as you do for yourself. It is also cheaper to make your own meals. Yesterday i went to starbucks and my drink was 8 dollars, then i had to tip 4 dollars...ridiculous!
I know eating out cost more than cooking, I treat this as entertainment with my family, nothing more nothing less. We can afford to.
@@RiDankulousI mean many restaurants offer salads. Some restaurants offer grilled vs. fried meats, etc but the healthy places will also cost more. It's rare to find mid range price healthy dish restaurants.
@sew_gal7340 tip 4 dollars?!? Did you order multiple drinks??? The lowest tip option is $0.50 in the app you know.
We went from eating out 3-4 times a week to eating out once a month.
Same with us. It’s very rare we go out now.
My family rarely eat out, may once a year ( our anniversary). We love cooking and eating at home, family bonding not being around strangers at restaurants.. We've been super healthy ever since eating at home and saved a LOT OF MONEY, at least 2 thousand dollars each year.
@@musicful7036ame with our family. We only eat out for occasions. We cook at home since it is way cheaper and healthier.
The price of fast food has especially skyrocketed. Currently it costs $14 for a standard non-upgraded adult meal at Wendy's in my area, and some fast food chains have the nerve to ask for a tip particularly when paying with a credit card.
You're eating at the wrong Wendy's you can get a meal and a drink for $4 if you have the $2 key ring can use multiple time for a frosty
Huh? The chicken parm salad is like $8 lol
@@debbieframpton3857 we don’t live in a backward red state with child labor
More often now I buy the meal without a drink and take it home!!! RESTAURANTS have the NERVE to NOT put the prices of their soft drinks on the MENU!!! I am now just asking for WATER when I dine in with my meal!!!
@@rollingdudes8859yes, no combined meals at fast food restaurants. I used to buy a pizza pie every Friday for my family, it started getting costly for just a cheese pizza pie over $25 at thd mom& pop Pizzaria. Even Dominos can get costly with the sides ect , especially delivery. Now most restaurants charge extra 3% for when you use your debit card to pick up your food, so you have to use cash so you won’t be charged extra. Then have the nerve to have tip request for picking up your own food! I buy a large Boboli crust or fresh pizza dough and make my own pizza with toppings, it half the price and healthier because I put veggies on 1/2 the pizza & meat toppings on the other half for my kids. I pay half the price and have extra toppings for the next week. Since the pandemic I have learned to make simple family friendly meals & ethic dishes to (Chinese, Italian, Jamaican, Indian , African, Spanish ect ) and most of the ingredients are healthy, if not I use alternative healthier options. Today going out to the restaurant for a family of four or more is a luxury. We are going back to the 70’s when I grew up. Families rarely ate out unless for a very special occasion, otherwise we ate at home even for birthdays. I am not poor, but I don’t want to waste my hard earned money on unnecessary high prices to eat out either. A once a month “entertainment “ day can suffice . You can be savvy with that too, by bringing bottled iced water, snacks ect when going to outings especially in the summer. Inflation is accelerating fast & businesses are trying to make up for their 2 1/2 year pandemic losses. Salaries need to match the high cost of living too. But that’s another story! 🙄🤷🏾♀️
I budget $50 a month for eating at restaurants. When the money is gone, I’m done!
Married with 3 kids - we order all waters and still spend $50 in one meal out :/
what about drinks? beer wine? is it included in $50...what about taxes or tips
@@sakcee I drink water. No appetizers, no dessert. I spend less than $20 and leave a $5 tip.
@@linuxsurfer2002 what's your goto stops ?
I went to burger King a few weeks ago and it was $23 for 2 meals. $50 goes quick now.
A part of the problem is all these fees they keep adding to your bill. Mandatory drink fee, service fees, plus the food and gratuity. It’s too much!
We haven't stepped foot inside of a restaurant since 2020. Family of five easy spends 100 bucks it's ridiculous.
And that's at waffle House 🧇🏠
100 bucks for 5 ppl are actually good. Me and my husband spend around 70-80 easily and no alcohol drink
same here ...
@@songhenry1084 that was in 2020 the last time we ate out. im sure it would be much more now
That was back in 2020 the last time we ate out as a family. No idea what it would be now.
Just got back from McDonalds, 36 bucks for 2 combo meal and chicken nugget is ridiculous! We got home and realize they missed one burger in the bag! Staff are rude too.. done eating outside!
So right!
What happened to the dollar menu? 🤔
Well make meals at home.
10%?? My local restaurants here in Los Angeles saw menu prices jump 25% or more. Some dishes have doubled in price since 2020. An average dinner for four comes out to $150, not including tip!!
I moved from L.A. to Las Vegas….L.A. is simply too expensive!!!! 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Atlanta prices up nearly 40 percent t Indian restaurants and serving size reduced to 3/4 th of pre-pandemic days
@@AP-do8mi That’s RIDICULOUS!! I’d stop going.
@@eddieg6436 But now, because people like you have moved to places like Las Vegas, those places are increasing prices because of all the new people there.
@@ronaldlindeman6136 Not my problem. I moved from VERY expensive Calabasas to Las Vegas, to get a bigger, better, yet cheaper house, and save on taxes and retire. You could do the same thing if you moved to a small town, or some place rural. 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Outrageous tipping expectations.
I love tipping well. Don't be a scummer. 😅😂
@@USSHammerology why do you like tipping. Shouldn’t the owner pay their employees enough so that they don’t have to dehumanize themselves for tips.
@@USSHammerology who the f brags about " i love tipping well" ??????
@@USSHammerologynot my job to pay their income. Let it all rot. The business takes more profits, let people fail and get stable jobs that don't involve tips. Save us all the headache. Tips for doing your job, many do that job terribly.
@@djm2189 Don't cry when the staff begin to leave for greener pastures. Nobody wants to work...
Stopped going out to restaurants almost completely a couple of months ago. Like flipping a switch. Used to eat out few times a week. Just realized the dining experience wasn't worth the cost anymore.
Wife and I eat out very little. Reasons are costs of course, quality of food, poor service, etc. Also, I know my way around a kitchen so whatever I cook is usually better than in restaurants without the germs. I like a glass of wine or 2 with my meal and paying over $10 for a cheap 5oz glass of wine (plus tax and tips) is outrageous.
I cook more now. Getting better at cooking and saving money has been great. Honestly I think we need that in the US. People in Europe cook a lot more.
I cook at home all 3 meals. Indian cooking is a whole lot of work but its worth it. I know what's going in my body. At the end of school year I treat myself and kids to a restaurant meal may be once or twice in summer. Restaurant food has gone down in quality and size and the bill is unbelievable. On days I want off from kitchen its a simple sandwich to our rescue or cook over 2-3 days worth of chicken curry and refrigerate it.
Sheesh. I sure will miss spending 25$ (plus tax) on a single sandwich.
I can't afford it. $26 for Door Dash. One order of Chinese food $9.99 and a nearly $3 tiny carton of plain white rice for my granddaughter just the way she likes and two egg rolls. One $9.99 pizza delivered costs $26 . It's crazy.
Those are really reasonably prices to pay to have the food of your choice picked up and delivered to your front door. We all know that delivery drivers don't get the full delivery fee, but even if they did, that's only $16 for an hour of their labor and use of their car. Honest question, how much do YOU think would be a fair rate for you pay to get an hour of someone's labor and use of their car? Less than $16?? Really?! Go pick up your own food. People want first world convenience but want to pay exploitation rates for it.
I tried DoorDash recently to treat my friends. Never again. I’ll drive and get it. 😂
@@jennifermarie3158 Are you trying to shame me because I felt the prices are too high?? 🤔🤔 Never said anything negative about the drivers, you added that. And reasonable to who? A pizza delivered including the tip used to be like $16. So to have a $9.99 pizza comes to $26 is a lot more. And how dare you tell me what I can determine to be too expensive for me. And telling me to go pick it up, are you going to buy me a car?? How about take your judgement and STFU RUclips Karen.
You're paying for the convenience of doordash not the food
@@debbieframpton3857 Yes, I'm aware. I used to deliver food to office buildings before Door Dash and Uber even existed. I know how it works. It's still now too high a price for me.
Trader Joe's sells a box of 5 spring rolls for $5. Pop them in the air fryer for 15 minutes, tastes as good or better as takeout quality without the wait, delivery fee and tip. 2 spring rolls at the closest Chinese restaurants near my house is 2 for $5. No sane person on an average salary will order out when they can eat better at home.
You can just make it yourself. Spring rolls are so easy to make.
I like Trader Joe's
subways $5 dollar foot long is now over $10. all of them are over $10. definitely skipping all restaurants for the year plus. ill cook at home and save my $. quality is poor and service is poor. not worth raising prices. let em bleed or go bankrupt. I can cook better anyways.
Fav Italian deli has worlds best sub for $12😇. Why anyone would go to Subway is beyond me. Been nasty for well over a decade 🤢
@merrydaye4763 i just used them as a metric. All fast foods beyond expensive now. Tacobell over $10 for a dilla and a taco and a drink? There's not $3 in materials or labor spent there. They are overcharging based on food cost, and it's obvious. Paired with the lousy service over the years and treating workers like expendable crap.
Like I said let em bleed. Good resuturants that take care of there employeess and customers will stay around. Because people will still support (even while limited) real business with real hearts. Let the giants cry. They know exactly why it happens.
Here in southern California, all restaurants have raised prices significantly, including the typical "mom and pop" stores. Greed isn't limited to the big chain restaurants. Everyone here is an opportunist.
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Their input costs are going up. They have to account for inflation too
if you look at the cost of restaurant operations, you'd be surprised by how little they charge. You might think that 'why is a burger with drinks and fries $15 when it used to be just $10'? the cost of labor goes up, rent goes up, everything goes up. Ingredients cost may not go up as much, but the other stuff in the restaurants that enable the food to be cooked and served sure do.
GREED will be the reason the UNITED STATES EMPIRE falls from the TOP!!!
If you're going to go out to eat, why would you waste money on Chipotle? You can get a decent meal at a mom and pop shop for the same (if not cheaper) price. Why pay 12/13 dollars per meal at McDonalds when you get pay a few dollars more for a well made dinner?
Your second question: convenience
Cause your gonna spend $10 more at IHOP plus tip
Chipotle is pretty cheap and fresh. It's a good, balanced meal that can be acquired and consumed quickly. Fair deal.
@@chadsmith7075 lol how is IHOP a mom and pop shop
@@Wesley-rn7oc Plus Chipotle is also save for people with celiac disease as it's gluten free (not a dietary fad, this is a very real and serious medical issue for her)... which is one of the very few places my 13 year old granddaughter can order a meal from.; another option we found for her is Bibbibop, which is also fresh, very good, and about the same price point.
In addition to cost, the health concerns are a concern for either dine-in or take-out. Restaurant's have a profit motive in a highly competitive business. So the food is going to be loaded with unhealthy ingredients that also have the lowest costs and maximum taste: margarines, "vegetable" oils, salt, etc.
The cost was one thing but then adding in the health part kills it for me.
High costs, weak portions, lackluster service.
Time to cook at home
I like to eat out for lunch, but I have stopped visiting some of my favorites (Bojangles, Chick Fil A, Zaxby's) because the combos are almost $10 now. I eat a Jr tray at Cookout ($5.99 + tax) or the $5 biggie bag at Wendy's more frequently these days because the other places are just outrageous.
I know some people who eat out so much because they "hate cooking", as if cooking is a God-given talent. It's a poor and very expensive excuse.
There's a small mom and pop walk up type restaurant that serves all the basics that has maintained decent prices that we'll go to about once a month for a treat. But as far as sit down restaurants are concerned, we will only go to those for special occasions like birthdays, etc. It's just too expensive to eat out like we used to.
My wife and I have only gone to places that offer lunch specials or happy hr specials since the pandemic.
I used to love eating at a sit down restaurant at least once a week but since the pandemic it's more like once a month. I've gotten used to it.
Eating out isn’t worth it anymore. When you assume the restaurants are making everything from scratch, in reality many are just whipping out previously made frozen dishes, recook or reheat it before bringing it to your table. Or there are just numerous hot plates in the kitchen, and essentially you’re just eating cafeteria food but someone brings it to your table.
Don't know where they got those prices, 8% wouldn't be so bad, but a Big Mac is 32% higher in my town than last year, Soup and Salad at Olive Garden is 22% higher, happy hour beer is 26% higher yet wholesale beer price didn't change. With this perceived inflation, most places are just gouging out of greed.
No it's not, you're going to pay more for a Big Mac when McDonald's has to pay their teenage employees $15.00 an hour to stand there at the counter texting their friends while taking your order.
@@StalinTheMan0fSteel Still too little in compensation for dealing with the public.
@@scottstempmail9045 Then they can get a job working in the back.
I live in NYC where they charge $18 for a glass of wine. No thanks.
Might as well go to the grocery store and by a bottle.
What about those 18% service charges and then the 20% suggested tips that are appearing on the tabs? If I ever see this on the bill, it means no tip and no more visits…ever!
Yep. Even a subway at 17.00 is more than reasonable. Can't fit it into the budget.
💸 I think of more accurate word instead of inflation, is price gouging
Rampant price gouging going on. I find myself putting items back on the shelf after checking the price and deciding its just not worth that
I live in a rich area. Nothing has stopped these people from eating out and shopping. So I don’t get a true gauge of the economy because of this. Restaurants and the malls are packed.
National credit card debt is also at an all-time high. There’s a whole swath of our national demographic that hasn’t figured out how to adjust their lifestyle. it’s going to hurt when the shoe drops.
@@pushslice yup…that is true and I am aware of that but people seem to not care…
You said their rich
@@queen.kristal8395 yup they are. I am not but I see the activity all around me. I live in Fort Lauderdale. We had a jump start with our economy during the pandemic and I assume that has helped plus all the rich people that have moved here since 2020-Present is crazy.
I live in a rich area and it’s more senior citizens that live in the neighborhood and some of my neighbors don’t eat out and I asked why and they are afraid of getting sick. Even with Covid shots and one lady that lives near me says the restaurants meals are smaller and the prices are higher. Good thing she can still make food.
Good. Hopefully prices will go down and people need to cook at home more often anyway.
Be smart, stay home and boycott the gouging.
I got into the bad habit of ordering out and eating at restaurants a lot during college because I really struggled to find the time to cook consistently (full time classes while also working a job to pay rent), but it got to the point where it was just WAY too expensive. I've stopped ordering out entirely now. Everything just costs so much.
I cook more food at home mostly due to better quality and how I like it.
Depends on where you go to be honest. If you're going to a very nice local place with well trained chefs that have many years of experience and are in control of their own menus then the food is going to be very high quality ;).
@@nestharusTrue but it will be very expensive. One of my former friends had gourmet dining as she calls it and it costs $150 per person and that was years ago. It is much higher now.
@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj Doesn't have to be expensive. You can get a nice entree for $20-$70. Not saying it's cheap but anything cheaper is likely to be junk food :p.
Junk food includes all high calorie low nutrient items from burgers/pizzas to butter chicken/naan to chimichangas/chile relleno :).
I used to go once or twice a week because of the price I go to once every other month. It's just not worth it.
We live in a van so it's massively convenient for us to eat out once a week, and the meals usually last 2 days. But when we had a home, we cooked all day every day. We cooked such fresh food that we got sick when we did eat out once every few months.
What do you think of living in a TINY HOME on WHEELS? It is gaining popularity giving the INSANE COST of RENTING and BUYING HOMES!!!
The American dream. Living in a van and using Walmart bathrooms
Biggest problem is the "suggested" tip amount of up to 30% I've seen. Why is the percentage rate going up? The tip amount goes up just by the fact that food cost more. No need to increase the rate.
That is the nature of percentages. They increase exponentially. Simple math. When I go out to eat, it's at Costco's free buffet 🤣
Prices have increased and portions have gotten smaller.
Restaurants are now adding a 4-5% "Health" or "surcharge" to stave off the cost of doing business. It's extremely insulating to consumers , many of whom work for or own business that absorb the costs of doing business. Then you pay a tip on top of the entire amount upwards of 20%, which doesn't even remove this fee. It's nothing short of a scam. Just raise your prices, which are already high. Nobody would put up with this in any other business but somehow we've accepted it in the food business. Sorry that your $30 drink somehow doesn't have enough margins to pay for the cost of doing business. It's not even a joke.
Restaurants are taking advantage of the customers. Food costs have started to drop, Beef, chicken, Eggs, and Fish are all going down but restaurants are intent to keep the prices as high as possible with no end in sight and reducing the serving sizes and options to add up the final bill. As the bill keeps increasing you are obligated to increase the tip for the same quality of service. Hence the consumer is the biggest loser with more out-of-pocket spent for the same if not less quality and quantity. That said we only support locally owned and run restaurants that add to the local communities.
I mean, near me, the restaurants have raised their food prices by at most $2 (in the Midwest). I think after lockdowns, we just became more price-conscious, as we had a lot of people working from home as well. I started working from home, and it's permanent, and I don't see the need to go out to eat the way I used to when I would eat driving home/to work. I think we had a lot of that happen here, and a lot of people in the area still at least do hybrid, so there are fewer customers at the restaurants.
Oh, it is so much easier in Denmark. You pay the price which is shown in the menu card and the bill. Everything is included and you don’t have to tip unless you think you’ve got some extra good service. Many of the people working in the restaurants don’t exactly expect tip but they are happy if they get it but they don’t expect it.
On the other hand, it is more expensive to go out, eating in Denmark, and most of the population make their own food in their homes every day.
Japan is similar, but the costs are lower than Denmark. In fact, pretty reasonable.
dont you also pay like 70% income tax in denmark?
@@scottstokes1878 nope! I pay 37% and the average between 40 and 42% …. And if you pay higher percentage, is it only when you exceed a higher salary, and only on the last part of the salary, so it’s never a percentage of all your salary… and every person has the first part of your salary ( around 8000$ a year ) free from income tax
@@bullerfnis1961 What benefits do you receive from the Danish government after paying such high taxes?
@@nedcpa there are many benefits. You don’t pay for your education actually, you get money while you study. If you get unemployed, you get money from the state you don’t pay for health service you don’t pay when you get old when you get into a home for elderly people.
if the rent is too expensive and you don’t earn enough money you get subsidize from the state to pay the rent.
So I would say you have every opportunity even though you don’t come from a wealthy home to get an education to be treated in the hospital and if you get a disability, you get enough money to live and so much more.
Just boycott all restaurants
Hilarious that during the pandemic period, we are encouraged to support the restaurants at al cost, and now restaurant cost is letting me stay away
I first thought it was ok in the beginning after the lock down was over. But this is getting out of hand. I am fine with eating out. It is time the restauranteur realize they need to value their customers.
I have no problems paying for my meal. I just hate the tipping that needs to go with it.
10%? that's probably like avg across the entire region but bare in mind that most good restaurants are often located in the busiest section of major cities where cost have gone a lot higher than 10%.
Poor service and poor quality is not worth it for me. I haven't enjoyed eating out in a while. I prefer to cook at home.
I find vacationing abroad is much cheaper than domestic. You get for the money. Use to be the other way around.
Im 28, earn $112k+, no debt, over 100k net worth so far. Came from poverty. I eat out for occasions or for a treat, past that i eat at home. Now the ROI of these meals is subpar. Aka worth less but cost more. When i go out Saturday nights, i down 5 shots right before the uber driver gets here to get a good buzz and save at the bars. I get called cheap, poor by people.... Meanwhile friend invited me on a cruise and within 10min i gladly and could afford to drop 3k... Wants vs necessities, leaves me a good amount left over each month to endulge in what actually makes me happy.
Very nice! : )
That's the way to do it, you'll live below your means and be able to retire comfortably. That's how we did it 3 million for retirement.
Eat at home.
IN OTHER NEWS: Water wet and sky blue. More at 11.
I generally avoid restaurants that don't have a buffet. Buffet restaurants allow me to start eating shortly after I arrive, I can select from many items, and take as much as I want of any of these items. If I'm not happy with one item, I can choose another immediately. This is especially useful when traveling because it saves time. As long as the staff isn't obnoxious, I don't worry about 'how I'm treated'--I don't feel a need to be 'pampered'. I can easily afford to spend more at the sit-down restaurants, but I don't feel any compelling reason to do so.
We rarely go to restaurants anymore. When we do, we only get water for a beverage and skip dessert. Most of the time we get takeout. Also, for birthdays, anniversaries, valentine's day, etc, my wife and I usually exchange restaurant gift cards.
The prices of eating out have changed how often we do. Used to be we had a lunch and a dinner out once a week. Now, its either lunch or dinner once a month and we refuse to go to the chains because of food quality, cost, service, with costs so high we only support local places. I hope most of them go out of business and we go back to mom and pop places.
I used to eat at this local small japanese ramen spot every week because it cost less than $10 for my order. Now it's $15 plus without the tip. it costs me $19 to eat here now, that's double the amount from 2017... i can''t justify it and only eat there once a month or so
Pho and Teriyaki use to be under $10 for the longest time (over 20 years) in Seattle but those days are long gone now. Now bowls and plates are $15 and over for casual joints. I make my own pot that I can eat for almost a week.
Save money by: instead of getting Japanese, eat Vietnamese. Instead of Italian, eat Middle Eastern. Instead of Korean, eat Indian. The more trendy and popular a food type is, the more expensive.
Don’t get me started on tipping…
With RUclips, I can now cook some of my favorite restaurant meals at home and many times it turns out even better than at the restaurants. I still eat out from time to time, but if I really wanted to cut down on my spending, I would cook a lot more at home. And cooking is kinda fun. The only issue is dealing with all the clean up which I hate to do after I am done cooking.
The national chains and buffets will always have customers waiting..
Red Lobster has lunch specials until 3:pm.
The price isn’t the issue, tipping is. I don’t feel like paying that much tips but don’t want to get called cheap either. Cooking at home is the best choice.
It’s okay to skip the tip for takeout and stick with 15% when dining in.
I would buy take out and bring it home.
Geez, you're going to be an 'expert' guest on CBS News, and you pull a t-shirt out of the hamper for your on-air time? Impressive.
Nice that she cleaned up the living room, too
People are cutting back on clothing purchases and laundry expenses. 🤣
I was thinking the same thing 😂
People do not have the money. We cook at home
My family hardly ever ate out even back in the days. We only did for occasions or if we have family visiting from afar. Cooking at home is cheaper and usually a lot healthier. Eating out should be a novelty not just how you feed yourself and your family.
I went out to eat recently, and they charge service fees for eating there, 15% gratuity was taken out automatically, and my total turned out to be $31 due to all the other charges
If you order takeout, these restaurants charge 15-18% for carry out. I definitely won’t be going to restaurants (maybe I’ll go to the fast food one).
Most have fricken doubled. Meals that used to be 7-8$ are now 15-18$.
I make my money in the West and spend it in the Far East.
Currently putting my feet up in Asia on a beach surrounded by clear blue waters. If I fancy something to eat, I go to one of the local stalls and grab a pad Thai for £1. Phucc paying Western prices which is probably at least x10 what I pay for here.
I spend $30 twice a month to eat out. I have a family of 4. We just get pizza deals or Burger King, sometimes Asian food. No delivery, no tip. I live outside of DC.
*LIES LIES LIES.... Restraunt Prices are more like 50% higher today than 2 or less years ago.* _THESE BILLIONAIRE LIARS of MEDIA know they Average American are being PUMMELED with 30% to 60% Price HIKES in the GROCERY STORES!_ *People are TURNING OFF CABLE PHONES NO TRIPS NO INSURANCE
Food that should be served Hot being served at Room Temperature and Poor Service keep more people at home
I spent $45 for lunch not including tip on a lunch size burger and side salad with a chicken tender meal and a blooming onion appetizer at Outback , and they messed my order up, so service is mediocre and food prices are ⬆️ - crazy
They mess up my order at fast food places and restaurants all the time :(
Too expensive to eat out!! And the TIPPING is ridiculous. FORGET IT!!!
Use coupons.....lol. Foot long subway sandwich $14.99, but with a coupon....its only $6.99.....just an example.
Exactly! I have a coupon right now for a footlong, chips and a drink for $8.99!!
No more ipad screens for every freaking person demanding a tip for every job now. Pay your employees more, raise the price of the product idc.. but stop with the ipad screens and guilt tip trick im over it
My girlfriend and I reducing our restaurant outings. Prices are out of hand.
For 1 appetizer, 2 mains and 3 drinks its coming out to to *$130 CAD to $150 CAD* with tax and tips
My husband wanted a torta (Mexican sandwich) from a local Mexican joint. He asked me if I wanted some tacos and I told him to buy me some stake meat from the grocery. His torta was $10. The steak meat was $8 for a bit over a pound. I ate about 6 decent delicious tacos over 2 days. He ate only one time.
@@CompaGuitarra well for starters even if it costs 10$ for 6 tacos still is a great deal. Having in consideration that the meat cheap tacos stands have a Lot of fat pieces and cheapest meat available. Also each taco would cost about 1.66$? Like where in Chicago? More like close to 3$ and from a cheap place
I’ve seen prices up 70% in some restaurants in the last 3 years.
Questionable food and surly underpaid wait staff... NO THANK YOU
I noticed lately, some restaurants automatically add 4% to every bill for “kitchen staff appreciation”. A big turn-off to me! Never return to such restaurants. It’s a ripoff!
higher menu prices also means higher bills + tips... yet services are getting worse... of course, I choose to cook at home
It is cheaper eating at home these days. It doesn't hurt going out once in a while.
We go out for food I can't make well at home, typically mom & pop ethnic food restaurants, or higher end steak/seafood for a celebration/ special treat. Fast food to mid tier regular American food places have never really ever been worth it to me, but they were convenient. The food was usually ok at best. We're fine w/ going out less often for better food & in places where servers make decent money. Go back to eating out being special & not dreary.
Chefs at restaurants make better tasting food than most people.
Indeed, but I think there are other factors that come into play when people decide to eat out or eat in. For example, is it worth waiting 20 - 40 minutes to be seated, then another 15 minutes just to pay your check, etc. I think, under those circumstances, some people would prefer to either stay in and cook (even if the food doesn't taste as great) or order their food "to-go".
Speak for yourself
That’s not untrue , but a fair counterpoint: I can through a lot more butter and salt at My food too, and it will arguably taste better..
@@cosmicviewer477 If anyone is waiting 20 to 40 mins for a table, they need to go else where. I go out a lot and i've never waited more then ten mins for my table. When the wait staff come to check on you near the end of your meal just ask for the check. Buy the time you finish and get your doggie bag, You are ready to go. As I see it. Folks make problems where there is none, for the most part? The only problem i have with staff is I ask for a glass of warm tap water right off, and I always get a glass of ice and water. Changing out the water, keeps them on their toes for the rest of the meal. lol lol If food does not taste good at home, it's the cooks doing. Cooking three to four meals a day can be tiring, I know because I do it. Most cooking / food/ problems would go away, if every one in the house is made to learn how to cook well!
Most restaurants people can afford have cooks, not chefs.
McDonalds prices went up 25 percent... just as a start!
I stopped going to restaurants when the bill averaged 60-70$ for 2 people here in Montreal !
Modern women no longer know how to cook at home. Denny's is not good enough for them any longer. Men must get a second job to feed them nowadays.
Have you been to the grocery store $20 for a bag of chicken wings ! Hill country Fair brand in Texas that's the cheapest brand before the Walmart brand eww meet from Walmart 😱 think about that $20 is 1/5 of $100 That means one bag of chicken cost 1/5 of $100 You could only buy five bags of chicken wings with $100 doesn't that sound insane! But everybody's on food stamps so nobody's complaining
Get yourself a home cookbook! you can finally make good use of your kitchen appliances and have guests over and wow them with your food skills. Plus, those higher prices and tips don't go to the kitchen, atleast here in NYC
It’s really funny to me all of these similar economics videos of why don’t people do or spend money on _____, and the answer is just always people don’t have much money anymore. How many cross industry analyses do you need to come to the same conclusion of soaring inflation, insurmountable student debt, and stagnated wages, which have no chance of long term sustainability?! Therefore, people can’t buy stuff and start / support families. Report on the rich people who led to this late stage corruption and stop asking everyday consumers stupid questions. Everything trickles up to unchecked corporate greed.
The gap between the rich and the worker class is the widest it's been in over a century, but a good part of the population is brainwashed to make every excuse in the book to avoid seeing the system is rigged and continue licking the boot.
People are not going to cut back on eating, they are going to cut back on traveling and Apple phones.
wrong. i've cut back on eating out, still got a new apple phone and plan to travel. not everyone's priorities are eating + eating out.
I’m 56 years old. I’ve cooked more this year than ever before
Smart!
Same.
We eat out 2 times a week, one place has "Happy Hour" food for under 10.00 a plate. My favorite Thai place is around 15.00 a plate. No fine dining, no fast food (I don't eat it anyhow), no deli sandwiches. I bulk cook and we eat the same thing for a couple of days in row, it's cheaper and healthier.
You folks are a joke, no one is talking about high rents that corporate landlords are charging these restaurants. Blaming the restaurant is sooo wrong
Food prices are up + tax + 18% tip charge. What was a 10-15 dollar meal turns out to almost 30 its crazy