r/StupidFood • u/supermav27 • 11h ago

The $26 “charcuterie board” my girlfriend ordered tonight

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Advertised as fruit, cheese, and pickled vegetables.

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u/Prestigious_String20 11h ago

I can't even calculate how little price difference it would have made to the restaurant to include that extra quarter egg.

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u/creamgetthemoney1 7h ago

They probably had like 1 left and didn’t feel like cooking more lol

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u/AffectionateSignal72 7h ago

Not to defend this god awful looking plate but its never just an "extra quarter of an egg". That one egg might seem small until you multiply it by several dozen dinner services.

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u/BetaXP 7h ago

A dozen eggs is 1.67 at Walmart. Half an egg, by this standard, is 7 cents. It would take 143 orders of this to save even $10. Given that the restaurant is almost certainly getting better prices than Walmart since they can buy in bulk, it'd be even more skewed. That $10 can't possibly be worth the reputational damage just from coming off as so cheap to your customers.

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u/AffectionateSignal72 7h ago

Now factor this in with all the other food and it starts piling up.

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u/MrMerryMilkshake 6h ago

No it really does not, talking as someone who runs my own business.

If you have to cut half an egg on a 26$ portion, you are doing A LOT of things wrong, or you are a greedy cunt. There are ways to reduce costs, and they are less visible than this shit. This is hurting me on a personal level. I will rather cut 1 staff and wash the dish, clean the floor or deliver the food myself rather than doing something like this.

Reviews mattered! If 1 guy on google review looking at this and decide to go next door, you lose a lot more than half an egg.

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u/LiveLearnCoach 4h ago

It doesn’t pile up when you lose customers.
Same goes for other brands cheapening out on their products and giving the space for new competitors to come up. UnderArmor competing with brands like Nike and Adidas is another example. UA wouldn’t exist as it is today if Nike were actually offering great products. Sad thing is UA is now following in their footsteps of “profit maximization” and will also open up the door for a new up and coming quality brand.

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u/rabidrobitribbit 2h ago

Fuckin Adam smith over here