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Not in the US. See "portion distortion". https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447051/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447051/ https://pmc.ncbi.
by goosejuice 6mo ago
Not in the US. See "portion distortion".
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447051/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1447051/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8667835/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8667835/
Edit: hamburgers and hotdogs are pretty standardized though
- kulahan 6mo agoEveryone knows what a quarter pounder is!
- drittich 6mo agoOr do they? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMNqJQaf08E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMNqJQaf08E
- saghm 6mo agoOne time when I was a kid and my dad and I were in line at Fuddruckers, we overhead someone else in line say "I don't think I could eat a third of a pound, so I'll have to get a half a pound instead. It's still a reference we laugh about over two decades later.
- astr0n0m3r 6mo agoClearly, you've never seen Pulp Fiction.
- userbinator 6mo agoUnfortunately no mention of prices, so increase in portion sizes might be below inflation; and I suspect the former could be a strategy of compensation for inflation by making it seem less drastic ("yes it costs more, but we also made it bigger!")
- bryanlarsen 6mo agoThe cost of labor has gone up faster than the cost of food ingredients so portion size inflation is a rational response by restaurants.