The state of the restaurant industry

Post by karatestomp » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 6:18 PM UTC

manigandham wrote: post #149

karatestomp wrote: post #113

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The one time I bought on Grubhub I had trouble getting the price to something reasonable even with the coupon I had (only reason I was trying it) because all the menu prices were way higher than at the actual restaurants. Even with (IIRC) the delivery fee waived and a significant % off (I wanna say 20 or 30?) it was about the same as going in. Does Grubhub do the menu-price adjusting part, or do the restaurants? Unli…

All of the delivery apps have much higher prices than what you can get at the place yourself. I suggest take-out or drive-thru if you're able.

Post by koliber » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 6:19 PM UTC

Mtinie wrote: post #52

KptMarchewa wrote: post #9

I can't understand why would somebody think that putting latest data on the left is a good idea.

It's a very good idea for time-series data which has a "freshness" aspect. If you started with the beginning of the dataset, February 18, you'd be adding significant weight to values which are comparative to, but no longer representative of, the current state of things on March 16. Not to mention, if it was first-to-last displayed left to right, you may miss the scroll bar and not understand the value of the data bei…

Post by JCharante » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 6:20 PM UTC

neltnerb wrote: post #137

I'm always a little surprised that so many people never picked up the ability to even do basic cooking. Of course, as recently as Sunday people like Nunes were telling people it was important to support their local businesses by eating out as if it were their patriotic duty. It might be different now that even Fox and Trump are saying the same thing as the CDC finally. Maybe not if people literally cannot feed themse…

Post by karatestomp » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 6:22 PM UTC

frgotmylogin wrote: post #162

karatestomp wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The one time I bought on Grubhub I had trouble getting the price to something reasonable even with the coupon I had (only reason I was trying it) because all the menu prices were way higher than at the actual restaurants. Even with (IIRC) the delivery fee waived and a significant % off (I wanna say 20 or 30?) it was about the same as going in. Does Grubhub do the menu-price adjusting part, or do the restaurants? Unli…

I noticed the same thing a while back with DoorDash when trying to order some Cracker Barrel breakfast. It was something like a 30-40% hike across the board. I emailed DoorDash to ask what was going on with the prices and got a super misleading response along the lines of "our partner restaurants set their own prices" [1]- basically deflecting the blame back at the restaurant. So I emailed Cracker Barrel, and they ar…

Post by mdavidn » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 6:25 PM UTC

magduf wrote: post #33

zaroth wrote: post #12

Siting at a table with your family that is wiped down just before you sit seems to me like an incredibly low risk activity. As in, less risky than picking up food from a grocery store where infected people are shopping and touching things on a daily basis.

I don't see how it's low-risk to have an infected person preparing your food in the kitchen. At least with a grocery store, you can wash off the produce before you use it. With a restaurant, there's nothing covering the food at all. And remember, the chefs in the kitchen are paid peanuts, and have no safety net whatsoever, so there's zero incentive for them to get tested or to stay out of work if they get sick. This…