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This is true of restaurants everywhere. The reason they always ask you what you want to drink and if you want dessert is because those things have margins that
by throwaway173738 1y ago
This is true of restaurants everywhere. The reason they always ask you what you want to drink and if you want dessert is because those things have margins that can turn their night from red to black as a business. The food in most places is a draw so you’ll drink and then buy cake.
- muzani 1y agoNot the case in Muslim countries and I guess developing countries, lol. Developing countries have very low labor costs. In some places, the drink is the loss leader. A group of people head out to a place and pay the minimum - a $0.50 cup of tea. One of them will buy a basket of snacks for the group. Someone in that group might order the food. A plate of noodles or naan is nearly free in terms of ingredient costs. Sometimes it's the atmosphere. I'm not sure if other countries have this, but there might be a major game on TV - football, wrestling, etc. Not everyone can afford to watch it at home, so everyone goes to a cheap restaurant. Sometimes the people who do have it at home just go to hear the cheers.