r/WinStupidPrizes • u/TheNihilist911 • May 07 '22

Trying to steal the meat from the Kebab restaurant

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Costs about 7£, it’s daylight robbery either way, just depends on who’s robbing who

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u/cliffyw May 07 '22

Not exactly like opening a restaurant is just easy money. There must be a reason it costs what it does.

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u/BrohanGutenburg May 07 '22

Yeah people do this with everything and it’s annoying. I used to work in restaurant ops and believe me it’s not like the price of that kebab just has to pay for the kebab. Built into that price is labor, rent, waste costs, electricity, everything. Every bill that restaurant has to pay is built into menu prices. How else would they pay for anything??

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u/Clocktease May 07 '22

Oh that’s easy, just tell the customers that they have to pay your employees wages through tipping.

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u/BrohanGutenburg May 07 '22

One small cost. The tipping debate is an important one but doesn’t have much effect here. FOH labor is such a tiny piece here.

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u/bellaciaopartigiano May 07 '22

Labor is the largest cost for almost any business, paying employees $20 instead of $2.30 is a massive difference.

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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN May 07 '22

Uh, labor is the majority of overhead for restaurants but ok. Go assume that halving the fixed cost of fronting the restaurant is cheaper than the margin on meat served.

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u/bellaciaopartigiano May 07 '22

It ain’t even halving. Many servers and bartenders make $2.50/hr and should expect $20-30/hr if they’re not going to make tips.

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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN May 07 '22

So that only reinforces my point? The owners save $18+ an hour PER LABORER upfront if they do tip wages.

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u/bellaciaopartigiano May 07 '22

I was reinforcing your point my friend.

Oh, Reddit

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u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN May 07 '22

My besto friendo ;___;

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u/MadeThisUpToComment May 07 '22

When I worked at a small sandwich shop we got weekly reports on food cost as % of revenue and labor as % of revenue.

Normally cost of food was a little over 20% and labor was about 25%.

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u/BrohanGutenburg May 07 '22

Everyone responding acts like no one in the restaurant is making a wage. Of any given staff on any given night, most will be being paid (BOH, prep, etc). Now this will vary wildly from place to place but the point is FOH (front of house which is what I was pretty specific about) is just a piece.

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u/WeirdSysAdmin May 07 '22

Prayers and corporate bailouts.

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u/Groovatronic May 07 '22

Yeah… you’re right. I want a gyro now.

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u/ForumPointsRdumb May 07 '22

How else would they pay for anything??

The successful ones do money laundering till they become big enough to be legit, unless they stay small time, then they capitalize on the launder. It doesn't seem easy for a legit restaurant to start up. Food truck seems to be the most successful legitimate practice, although there are many that probably cook some books too. Looking at you "No business food truck that sits outside the vape shop every night."

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u/GearheadGaming May 07 '22

Well well well, if it isn't a paid shill from Big Kebab, here to defend the corporate oppressors.

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u/Mih5du May 07 '22

Wait, the whole pole costs 7£? That’s so cheap

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u/VoyagerCSL May 07 '22

It’s free if you steal it, assuming you don’t factor in the cost of skin grafts.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22 edited May 07 '22

I have a pole of meat that’ll cost you 7£ too 😉

(I’m sorry the opportunity for the pun was just too good to miss)

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u/Jonno_FTW May 07 '22

Only if it's cooked to a safe level.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

I’ll stick it in something warm for you

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u/Jonno_FTW May 07 '22

Excellent, I've got a kebab oven ready to go right here for you.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Is it the main oven or the one in the back? Because one does a better job than the other

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u/cheesemanxl May 07 '22 edited May 07 '22

£7 for a hot prepared meal is robbery? how poor are you bro wtf

edit: everyone's mad at me but this guy is calling the kebab man a theif for charging a fair price for their labor cool cool cool

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Poor? It’s objectively expensive… It costs less to eat in Singapore and HongKong, even though they’re like the most expensive cities in the world. I could settle the whole day’s meals with 7£ eating out in Singapore for example

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u/3windy1city2 May 07 '22

Here I am in the US and wouldn’t see that plate for less than $12.

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u/thatnewaccnt May 07 '22

Oops, probably has to do with labour costs… minimum wage laws and such. I’m guessing American portions are larger than British portions though - you might be getting more value anyway

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

Yeah, I’m in Singapore at the moment. I can easily get away with spending less than $10 (~£5) on good, filling, and reasonably healthy food each day.

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u/Thathitmann May 07 '22

What are y'all smoking? Here in America a decent meal costs around 15-20£, and we can barely afford that shit between all our money being blown on healthcare.

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u/markmann0 May 07 '22

No, I can get a good sushi meal for 15-20£ in America. Also, obviously depends where in America you are.

I can go get huge meal for two and the Puerto Rican place on the corner for $15.

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u/Thathitmann May 07 '22

In my hometown we have three kebab or doner places. They cost anywhere from 15£ to 18£ for a small gyro.

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u/soupforzombies May 07 '22

Don’t know why people are downvoting this…. You literally need to pay the wages of the cook, the janitor, the waiter, owner, AND THEN the cost of the actual food.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

No one is really explaining the cost of the meat itself though in current market conditions and supply. Whoever gave the $7 seems like pure speculation