Why do take out joints charge so much for fries 🍟 this is a 💲 1.00 worth of potato I’m boycotting this shit
Why do take out joints charge so much for fries 🍟 this is a 💲 1.00 worth of potato I’m boycotting this shit
by MemoryBeautiful9129
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These_Tumbleweed4885
Looks really good
SaintLouisduHaHa
Because overhead. Because labour. Because it’s what people will pay (and means the margins can be slightly less on other things).
Old_Equivalent3858
Is this a real question? Have you worked in or owned a restaurant, OP?
You’re paying for labor, utilities, rent, etc.
If the price of stuff offends you, learn to cook at home. Then do us a favor and open your 10 cent fry shop. I’m sure you’ll have a line out the door in no time!
Indifferencer
Because you aren’t paying just for the potato, obviously.
When you eat out, even at a take-out place, you’re paying for someone to get that potato, slice it up, cook it, package it, and hand it to you. So the business you’re getting it from has to pay not just for the potato, but wages, rent, equipment, utilities, taxes, etc. None of those things are free. Then they need to mark it up to cover not just all that but hopefully make a profit too, otherwise they won’t stay in business long.
Of course it’s much cheaper to eat at home if you’re only counting the base cost of the ingredients. But here’s the thing: if you have an income, *time is money.* You’d need to do the math to figure out what that amount is, but depending on how much your free time is worth, how many other people you’d be preparing the fries for, and a bunch of other factors like whether you enjoy cooking or think it’s a chore, the take-out option might be a much better deal.
31moreyears
Have you seen the price of oil?
tomfreeze6251
And yet, sadly, most of the restaurants go broke or close within 5 years because they don’t make enough money.
AgentFoo
My time is worth more than the money I’d save, especially when you factor in prep and cleanup of all that oil.
Suitable-Ratio
Labour costs are huge. Utility and insurance bills are off the charts. Thankfully rent is dirt cheap in Toronto.
cindybubbles
Because they have to pay people to cut, season and fry the fries. They have to also buy the ingredients from the wholesaler who buys them directly from the farmers. Ever seen a food terminal before? Because that’s where the wholesalers are, selling produce to grocers and restauranteurs.
All of this adds to the price of the newly finished potato product. That’s why it costs a lot.
coldsobanoodles
Simple rule to remember, at least if you are interested in eating out: the cost of food is rarely the main part of the cost of the dish.
FS_Scott
careful, finding out that cooking for yourself is more affordable than eating out is the first step on a slippery slope to growing your own food and making your own clothes…
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Looks really good
Because overhead. Because labour. Because it’s what people will pay (and means the margins can be slightly less on other things).
Is this a real question? Have you worked in or owned a restaurant, OP?
You’re paying for labor, utilities, rent, etc.
If the price of stuff offends you, learn to cook at home. Then do us a favor and open your 10 cent fry shop. I’m sure you’ll have a line out the door in no time!
Because you aren’t paying just for the potato, obviously.
When you eat out, even at a take-out place, you’re paying for someone to get that potato, slice it up, cook it, package it, and hand it to you. So the business you’re getting it from has to pay not just for the potato, but wages, rent, equipment, utilities, taxes, etc. None of those things are free. Then they need to mark it up to cover not just all that but hopefully make a profit too, otherwise they won’t stay in business long.
Of course it’s much cheaper to eat at home if you’re only counting the base cost of the ingredients. But here’s the thing: if you have an income, *time is money.* You’d need to do the math to figure out what that amount is, but depending on how much your free time is worth, how many other people you’d be preparing the fries for, and a bunch of other factors like whether you enjoy cooking or think it’s a chore, the take-out option might be a much better deal.
Have you seen the price of oil?
And yet, sadly, most of the restaurants go broke or close within 5 years because they don’t make enough money.
My time is worth more than the money I’d save, especially when you factor in prep and cleanup of all that oil.
Labour costs are huge. Utility and insurance bills are off the charts. Thankfully rent is dirt cheap in Toronto.
Because they have to pay people to cut, season and fry the fries. They have to also buy the ingredients from the wholesaler who buys them directly from the farmers. Ever seen a food terminal before? Because that’s where the wholesalers are, selling produce to grocers and restauranteurs.
All of this adds to the price of the newly finished potato product. That’s why it costs a lot.
Simple rule to remember, at least if you are interested in eating out: the cost of food is rarely the main part of the cost of the dish.
careful, finding out that cooking for yourself is more affordable than eating out is the first step on a slippery slope to growing your own food and making your own clothes…