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Chain restaurant fees are getting absurd (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ArtVandelay@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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I got this fun fee after trying to order takeout from Buffalo Wild Wings (yes I'm naming and shaming). How exactly does adding a dollar help you operate takeout? It's literally less work than waiting on a table. This is nothing more than a shameful cash grab to pad profits.

I cancelled my order and got local street tacos instead.

EDIT: Look what I found this morning, lol https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/buffalo-wild-wings-takeout-fee-backlash-complaint-rcna90228

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[-] trent@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

i spent $20 at Arby's for a burger, fries, and shake (as a meal). just go to Olive Garden... seriously lol

[-] pineapplefriedrice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know if this is the case everywhere, but here a lot of chains are switching to doordash partnerships, which is just gross. At this point I'll stop ordering delivery/takeout from any chain that does this because I'm just that disgusted by Doordash and Uber.

On the bright side, if you're in a city, usually there are more than enough delivery co-ops or in-house delivery services available that it's not too painful to ditch delivery apps.

[-] mourkeer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Why does dd and Uber disgust you?

[-] 1019throw@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I mean,it's only a dollar. In general, tipping culture is our of control but I'm fine with nominal fees for local places. I know during covid, Chinese restaurants closed for awhile around us.

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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Street tacos are going to be better anyways. As good as bww might be, I'll take a truck with a passionate team any day.

[-] camelbeard@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

If the taco truck is behind an alley and the owner has a mustache and scratches his ass and the pork tastes great but a little raw, don't eat there.

[-] LetMeEatCake@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Feels oddly specific.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The Greatest Taco

[-] ZcaT@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I barely even go out nowadays, I just try and fail to make it myself.

[-] cassetti@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Fortunately I married someone who can cook better than anyone I've ever met and they're frugal. Every meal is centered around whatever main ingredient is going to go bad first to ensure we don't throw away food, ever (and any scraps we do have leftover get fed to the chickens to produce more butt nuggets and meat).

These days the quality of food at restaurants has gone way down and one can often cook a much better meal at home. Like we have gone to a few hole-in-the wall places with pretty decent food, and then we have gone to pretentious up-scale places where the prices are 3x higher than normal and the food was still only mediocre - even fancy yacht club restaurants where almost everyone is stuck up and acts like they're better then the staff have terrible food. I have to laugh that they think it's worth $50 for a cheesburger when it tastes no better than what I could get from Applebees (at least they could have used higher quality beef for the burger! Nope - sysco special).

ChatGPT really helps make things easier for even novice cooks like myself - just tell it what you have and ask for suggestions then directions.

Honestly I don't miss going out for food and paying those dumb ridiculous prices

[-] SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 1 points 2 years ago

The original poster added context in a comment, saying that the location they ordered from was a Buffalo Wild Wings Go store, a contactless version of the establishment.

Was the location you were ordering from one of these? Maybe instead of paying proper wages like fast food restaurants these assholes were trying to make up for people being unlikely to tip for pickup to keep the profits from being able to pay employees barely anything?

[-] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Mine was not, it was a traditional BWW establishment. Tbh, I didn't know they had such a thing lol

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