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From time to time I like to get chick fil as a treat I tend to get their fried chicken sandwiches never tried the grilled version.
The other day I decided to get their grilled chicken club and I kid you not they wanted $11.39 for just the grilled chicken club
And the price of chicken has come down.
All restaurants have seemingly out-paced food inflation, and there are too many of them apparently; as even Burger King is now closing locations deemed unprofitable.
It seems the service industry as a whole cannot handle paying living wages anymore, at least without making said products and service unaffordable to their customer base; existing business models are breaking.
And the price of chicken has come down.
All restaurants have seemingly out-paced food inflation, and there are too many of them apparently; as even Burger King is now closing locations deemed unprofitable.
It seems the service industry as a whole cannot handle paying living wages anymore, at least without making said products and service unaffordable to their customer base; existing business models are breaking.
Chicken is cheaper than Beef and Pork least around here.
Normally complaints of "price gouging" are just rants but the OP has a point and that is on occasion certain locations will greatly increase their prices to "test the market".
One town near me, I stopped at McD's and they wanted about $10 for a 2 cheeseburger combo...which was about $7 in other places in the general area. All their other combos were jacked up too.
So, I left and will never go to that store again. Ever. *shrug* Vote with your wallet folks.
P.S. This is in a VERY low cost of living rural area. The McD's is the only fast food in that tiny town so I think they're just trying to flex a little monopoly power.
1. Make a profit.
2. Provide value to society/economy (in terms of products and services).
Correct. Because if you don't do #1, you won't be around to do #2.
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Originally Posted by Sunbiz1
And the price of chicken has come down.
All restaurants have seemingly out-paced food inflation, and there are too many of them apparently; as even Burger King is now closing locations deemed unprofitable.
It seems the service industry as a whole cannot handle paying living wages anymore, at least without making said products and service unaffordable to their customer base; existing business models are breaking.
Ok.. I think too much is being made of BK closing 400 restaurants. They'll still have ~7000 in the US.
I'd be interested to see where some of these closing locations are located. I suspect many of them are likely in older buildings, areas that have shifted their focus and things like that.
This is less that the company is in trouble, and more that.. If I were an investor, I'd WANT to see this. No point in keeping underperforming locations open. So, I don't see this as any form of problem. They shut down ANOTHER 400 on top of that.. We're getting towards 10% of their locations and.. that could be an issue.
From time to time I like to get chick fil as a treat I tend to get their fried chicken sandwiches never tried the grilled version.
The other day I decided to get their grilled chicken club and I kid you not they wanted $11.39 for just the grilled chicken club with a combo it came close to the $20 range I was going to get two of those sandwiches and a combo I ended up saying no thanks and went to the popeyes a few doors down and got a couple of chicken sandwiches for half the price which are bigger and far superior.
These prices are getting ridiculous and now they expect tips too. I saw Mcdonald's was charging $3 for 1 stinking hashbrown.
I know the answer is to eat at home. Have you been to the grocery store lately? Ok, rant over just my 2cents on how ridiculous price gouging has become.
You can buy prepared chicken / chicken wings at the grocery store a lot cheaper than fast food.
A business has two purposes (in no particular order).
1. Provide value to society/economy (in terms of products and services).
2. Make a profit.
Sorry that is incorrect - a business has one main purpose
1. Make a profit for the owner by SELLING something of value to THEIR customers (not society/economy)
BTW - it is NOT price gouging if you have options - such as Popeye's or Chic-fil-a - price gouging is if the price is attempting to take unfair advantage with no options.
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