For some reason unknown to me, I pay attention to details and I question things I probably shouldn't. So here's my question(s) for today....
What in the wild world of sports goes on in food pricing?
A couple of examples-
I buy a sausage biscuit for .99 cents. That's a biscuit and sausage- .99 cents. I buy a plain biscuit, it costs me $1.19. How's it cheaper to do less work and sell less product? You didn't have to cook any sausage, you didn't have to assemble it once cooked. Nothing. So apparently more product and more work costs less money. I don't understand.
I buy a 32 oz. Iced Tea for .99 cents. Buy a small Iced Tea, 20oz, it costs me $1.59. So how can a larger cup and more product cost me less? I don't understand.
A national chain is advertising 2 can eat for $14.99. One person can eat the same meal for $7.49. Huh???? 2 times $7.49 is $14.98. So how come it costs extra if we order the exact same thing individually? Sure, it's only a penny, but didn't someone think along the lines that you're pushing a bargain, and the bargain shouldn't cost more than if you bought the items individually? I don't understand.
A local restaurant saw a loss of business, so they raised their prices. Now they are out of business because their parking lots became totally empty once they raised their prices.
Another chain used to have 60-90 minute waits. Place was always packed. They raised their prices 40-60%. Now their parking lot is empty. They said the poor economy had really hurt their business. Huh? Maybe your pricing hurt your business?
I don't understand how people think raising prices gets you more customers.
On the other hand, there are a couple of places that have put specials in place and brought the prices down and those places, that used to be easy to get into, are now packed with people waiting in line.
Very interesting to watch how that business works. It's something I'll probably never understand, which is why I asked these questions.
Anyone got insight into that world?