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The market sounds a little imbalanced. If they were competing with other restaurants then that would be an option. But they aren't competing with other restaura
by zaphar 10y ago
The market sounds a little imbalanced. If they were competing with other restaurants then that would be an option. But they aren't competing with other restaurants. They are competing with companies that give the food away free to their employees. Those companies can afford to pay the chefs, and kitchen staff more because they don't make money selling the food. They make money on high margin digital goods. The market will only sustain so many $500 a meal restaurants. The casual dining restaurants, which sound like the hardest hit, can only increase their prices so much before they price themselves out of the market.
- marmot777 10y agoThis seems way more extreme than the general problem. I live in a city that does not have any problem supporting a variety of great restaurants from low to high end. It sounds to me like possibly the people who are being hired away from the tech companies are benefiting. I think it's still an ethical issue as this situation is obviously hurting restaurant owners and people who don't have the money for the super high end. That's a shame.