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The graph showing restaurant cost inflation trumping grocery cost inflation over the last couple years is surprising to me. There's a big difference. Labor cos
by CompelTechnic 8y ago
The graph showing restaurant cost inflation trumping grocery cost inflation over the last couple years is surprising to me. There's a big difference. Labor costs are a huge factor, I would guess.
- pjc50 8y agoAnd real estate costs.
- village-idiot 8y agoThis is probably the answer, combined with the continuing cost of building new restaurants in expanding suburbs.
- bunderbunder 8y agoI'm wondering if franchising has something to do with this. There are just so many fast food restaurants along the highways and dotted around the sprawl of big box stores that surround towns these days. And they seem to always be nearly empty. My (wild) guess is that some of this is that the motherships are permitting overbuilding. They get their franchising fees regardless, and don't necessarily have a whole lot of reason to care if their franchisees are bringing in enough business to turn a healthy profit.
- village-idiot 8y agoIsn’t this part of what put Krispy Kreme into bankruptcy?
- joobus 8y agoExploding health insurance costs for all employees that qualify are also being passed on to customers.