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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You voted with your wallet. That’s how capitalism is supposed to work.
except actual voting is 1 person = 1 vote. shareholders, corporate conglomerates, and lobbyists have made it that 1 person gets millions upon billions of votes. when we do vote with our wallets and buy from the places we want to support, the corporations always win in the end. either by buying them out, or because what we supported decided to cater to shareholders instead of customers. just look at what happened to reddit
If capitalism worked Buffalo Wild Wings wouldn’t exist. Trash food. Go to a local pub or something.
The value that chain and fast food restaurants bring isn’t quality. Their value is (1) convenience, and (2) consistency.
Many people will often prefer to have a known quantity quickly in preference to a highly probably better but uncertain quantity slower. Every Dunkin Donuts has donuts that taste the same as all the other locations. That’s more valuable than people think.
That’s why those locations are successful.
These chains are going out of business because their demo is dying. People who know how to use the internet to find well liked local spots don’t go to these places.
https://moneywise.com/life/food/millennials-are-killing-off-these-restaurant-chains
Capitalism does work in the voting with your wallet. However there’s two things that tend to get in the way. Laziness and mergers. Either customers don’t care and/or all your other opinions got bought out.
You forgot regulatory capture and socialism for the business owners
We don’t have pubs in the area next to my local BWW. Lots of places don’t have pubs.
Ya that makes sense.
That’s how free markets work. Free markets and capitalism are different things.
“Yes I’m naming and shaming”
God i love not being on Reddit
Ah convenience fees. I love paying more money for causing less work. Ticket master, oh these digital tickets that will be distributed immediately will have an extra $14 fee… Per ticket!
McDonalds is especially egregious recently. Time was you could get a set for ¥500 (about 5 dollars) Then suddenly all the menu items went up to ¥700 - ¥900. That starts to get very very close to the alternatives which are much better. The only competitive edge they had was price really.
Same in Europe, MacDonalds used to be the cheap fast option. Now it’s almost restaurant prices. If I pay restaurant money I expect restaurant quality, not fast food.
No shit. Last time I went with my girlfriend we just had some fries, couple burgers and nuggets.
€34! Not doing that again.
I grabbed a single burger at Wendy’s last weekend and it was $6.50. That was my last trip to Wendy’s…I expected half that!
I have to say, where I live Wendy’s is actually cheaper than McDonald’s, so if I’m craving a cheeseburger I hit up Wendy’s instead. But yeah prices for fast food are absurd nowadays.
Same here. Literally no reason to go to McDonalds these days, worse food for a worse price.
I’d bet all the cash in my wallet that the tacos were significantly better than anything from Buffalo Wild Wings.
They were delicious, cheaper, and I don’t know what my dumb brain was even thinking
Maybe the owner is taking the tips from the servers, and this is to “compensate” that
This may be imposed by the take out provider. Some states/municipalities also tack on extra fees
There is no provider. This is me, driving to the restaurant, walking to the counter, and getting my food.
Payment provider. BWW may have a contract with a payment provider, in which they don’t pay the fee to use this payment platform for a flat fee of $1 per.
This is of course, all speculation.
For only takeout orders?
I could see it. Online billing probably uses a different payment provider than physical machines. And it’s probably a smaller proportion of their business, so they’re not willing to eat the cost like they do for physical machines.
It was/is just Buffalo Wild Wings themselves.
https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/buffalo-wild-wings-takeout-fee-backlash-complaint-rcna90228
The payment provider would also be taking payments for dine-in customers, no?
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.
Why does dd and Uber disgust you?
Can’t speak for the other person, but Uber is disgusting for hacking a raped woman’s medical files to try and slander her in court.
I’m guessing because those have fees and the restaurants increase their prices to compemsate for that.
That’s exactly why for me. I’m not lazy enough (and I have good transportation) to drive and pick up food if I’m doing takeout instead of getting stuff delivered and paying fees and tips on top .
Tiping culture has gotten wildly out of hand
Over COVID I tipped 20-25% times we’re tough for everybody and service workers kept it all going. But in other words back to normal I’ve made a conscious effort to put it back in the 15 to 20 range.
And everyone wants a tip, even just picking up food you’re asked to tip.
I hate when restaurants force me to tipe
As a non-US citizen, this is a ridiculous greed.
As a US citizen, this is a ridiculous greed.
If you are sitting in the restaurant, you are probably paying for some ridiculously overprized drinks as well.
Maybe compare it to ordering the same stuff but picking it up yourself.
Or compare it to yet another innocuous bs fee slipped in under the radar by companies testing what they can get away with
I haven’t ordered from BWW in a few years but that is shameful what some of these corporations will add in “fees” to see how much they can nickel and dime their consumer.
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.
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.
Feels oddly specific.
The Greatest Taco
I had plenty of sympathy for restaurants when the pandemic first hit. Extra fees? Yeah, I get it, and I’ll throw in an extra tip for the workers who are braving the place so that my fat ass can get some delicious food. The problem is that they haven’t dialed back the fees/tipping requests. If anything, they’ve gotten much worse.
