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My sister walked out of a restaraunt while having lunch with some co workers because she refused to pay 8.00 for a tossed salad . would you pay 8.00 for a tossed salad ? I would'nt . She did explain before she walked out that she simply cannot afford to spend that much on lunch . How many of you would pay that for a tossed salad ?
My sister walked out of a restaraunt while having lunch with some co workers because she refused to pay 8.00 for a tossed salad . would you pay 8.00 for a tossed salad ? I would'nt . She did explain before she walked out that she simply cannot afford to spend that much on lunch . How many of you would pay that for a tossed salad ?
Was it a tossed salad or a chef's salad? The reason I ask is that very few people have a tossed salad for lunch. It's more of a side dish. Whereas, having a chef's salad for lunch is far more common.
I routinely pay $7.99 for a chef's salad. In addition to the salad fixin's there is turkey, ham, boiled egg, bacon and cheese. Certainly, I would say it is worth $8 to me.
The "tossed" side salad, however is only $2.99 and is just lettuce with a little cut up carrot and purple cabbage (out of a bag). If your friend was expected to pay $8.00 for a little salad like this, then I can understand his outrage.
I work in NY and I pay nearly $8.00 for my salad lunch everyday. I get lettuce and 5 toppings of my choice.
Luckily my company gives us $9.00 lunch stipends, but when the company provides catered lunch and I don't want it, i still buy the salad with my own money.
Sounds like drama to me. Have some damn ice tea, say your skipping lunch, and just enjoy the company. Sheesh why does everything have to be dramatized.
Quit watching so much reality TV people.
I do have to say the weekly Fatso competition was funny this week.
missik you have a point, but if it was just a regular salad without any meat or fish, then that salad was not going to be filling and, yes - it was pricey.
Restaurants make the most money on toss type of salads, soups, noodle dishes like spaghetti, pizza, "specials" and soft drinks, and of course booze.
Where was this? If it was in a major metro city I do not believe $8.00 is a lot of money for a salad. I have ordered salads around the $9-10 mark and they were not small.
Here is a menu of one restaurant in particular I use to order from so you can see the difference in prices of salads including build your own:
Besides the fact that the dishes has to pay the rent, utility, products, advertising, labor and make profit - most people would think that $8 salad is outrageous expensive ( true), but have no problem paying for soda from the fountain that sells for 20 x the restaurant's cost ( more if the glass is full of ice ).
Other big time mark-ups: wine by the glass ( 300-400% mark-up), beer cost roughly 25 cents on the dollar, spirits even less - 22 cents on the dollar ( wholesale cost of the item, without factoring in labor and overhead).
Most restaurants sell their pasta dishes for 6 - 10 x more than cost, margin for a scramble is about 80%, large cheese pie that sells for $16 to $20 probably only cost $2.50 in ingredients, mixed green salads diners order for $8 - $10 cost the restaurant no more than $1.60.
Now when you think about the mark-ups ( including all overhead costs ) then:
Wine by the glass: up to 5 x
Mixed green salad: up to 8 x
Fountain soda: 20 x
Eggs: 5 x
Pizza: about 8 x
Some pastas: 6 - 10 x
are the profit makers
and
Steak: Restaurants break even or lose
Seafood: Break even or lose
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