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What if I get offered cheaper food during slow periods? Let’s be honest, $12 for a chicken sandwich meal is too expensive. Wendy's wants to sell more food so t
by dcow 3y ago
What if I get offered cheaper food during slow periods?
Let’s be honest, $12 for a chicken sandwich meal is too expensive. Wendy's wants to sell more food so they want to find the price that makes you think “I’d rather just go grab a BOGO Dave’s Single and Chicken Sandwich for $8 than run to the grocery store”.
People don’t realize they’re already being dynamically priced with coupons and sales and loyalty programs and by location. I don’t understand the outrage.
As long as they don’t price gouge, dynamic pricing is actually the norm. Probably the most notable thing about the statement is AI menu recommendations. It’s odd that people are more weirded out about dynamic pricing than about an AI studying their eating habits.
- gremlinsinc 3y agothe current prices would most likely be a baseline, they can't go below $12. During dinner you might pay 20, 2pm in the afternoon maybe 14.... etc..
- dcow 3y agoDo you have inside info? Today I pay less than the sticker price every time I use one of the offers from these places (hint the offers are always available). I can’t remember the last time I bought a full priced menu item. And look at McDonalds, you pay an extra $1-2 per menu item when ordering deliver vs pickup. Dynamic pricing.
- crtasm 3y agoIs it cheaper when less people are ordering delivery? More expensive when the weather's bad? I think you're just describing a surcharge.
- Brian_K_White 3y ago"What if I get offered cheaper food during slow periods?" Ask me after that has ever happened a single time in the history of humans.
- fragmede 3y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding you, but aren't happy hour discounts are just that? Discounted food and beverage during slower hours.