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In France the prices have to be visible from outside the restaurant and you’d better be able to pre-compute your final bill before pushing the door. I am alway
by nraynaud 4y ago
In France the prices have to be visible from outside the restaurant and you’d better be able to pre-compute your final bill before pushing the door.
I am always surprised that a country like France protects its invisible market hand better than the US that is more capitalist minded. Information symmetry is absolutely essential for market actors to behave in their own best interest.
- wolverine876 4y ago> I am always surprised that a country like France protects its invisible market hand better than the US that is more capitalist minded. The US now serves 'capitalists', which is different than serving the free market or a capitalist economic system.
- xbar 4y agoIs that all of EU?
- maweki 4y agoProbably not. In Germany you have to show an excerpt of the menu (including prices) outside the restaurant. Usually the owners prop one or two of the middle pages of the menu and a page of the seasonal menu in a wall display by the entrance.
- db48x 4y agoMany but not all restaurants in the US do that as well, even though they aren’t required to do it. They do it because customers appreciate it, and they know that customers are more willing to try an unfamiliar place if they have some idea of what the food is like.
- nicbou 4y agoGerman law also states that the price you see must be the price you pay, including applicants taxes. It’s in the Preisangabenverordnung.