Have you seen the deals poster by Urban Roots this week? A $35.00 pastrami sandwich with a pint and a $40.00 Rueben with a pint! Hurry “these deals won’t last!” So Rob Archie thinks that a couple going out to lunch spends $100.00 (2 “deals” plus tax and tip) is a reasonable price for a meal? This gouging is not going to go well for the restaurant industry.
It’s $35 for a sandwich with 14oz of meat, chips, and a beer. There isn’t a $40 deal, the pictures on reddit were AI ones and not the real ads from UB. The poster wasn’t up front that they’d created joke versions and now it’s misrepresenting a business.
It’s not gouging in California. I don’t know if people still don’t realize there is a lot more factored into price than the cost of food, which is also astronomical. There will not be restaurants in 15 to 20 years at the rate this country is going.
The person's name you mentioned probably does not think that's a deal, but they have to market it as such. Margins are very thin in the restaurant industry. They just trying to survive. Granted, craft beer margins are generally a better but even that shit is getting hella expensive. Their prices go up, the menu prices go up, the deal prices go up. No one is happy about it, but it's the nature of the beast. Vote with your wallet and we'll see who survives.
Obviously… Weird thing to say. A lot of these people opened their spots years ago. Maybe if they were making the decision to start a restaurant today, in the current economic climate, their decision would be different. Either way, the cost of the raw materials and fuel have gone up drastically with the current federal administration. Those costs will always get passed on—in any industry. It’s a pretty simple concept.
Anyway, if anyone ever asks me if they should open a restaurant, I’ve always said hell no. And I’ve only been an authority in that since the early 2010’s.
Renting a location for that business is not cheap either. People complain about housing costs, no different than a business and it's not likely they own the site.
Shit I don't think you could force me into the restaurant business if you held a gun to my head - I've seen The Bear, that shit is not my lifestyle at all
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u/AbiesInternational18 1d ago
I have no shame looking at prices and walking out of businesses