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I feel exactly the same way and I've lived in the US all my life. I often take home enough to have a complete meal the next day. I don't really know why resta
by Psyonic 17y ago
I feel exactly the same way and I've lived in the US all my life. I often take home enough to have a complete meal the next day. I don't really know why restaurants serve such gigantic proportions... I guess there are enough people that eat it all to make it worthwhile.
- jsdalton 17y agoSadly, I think it comes down to simple economics. The marginal costs to a restaurant of a small amount of additional food on your plate is minimal. The downsides aren't that great either...assuming the price to the customer of a bit of extra food is the same, the people who want extra food will be happy, and those that don't just don't have to eat it. Now ask that same restaurant to start serving smaller portions, in comparison with their competition. They haven't really cut too much in costs, but suddenly they're the guys with wimpy portion sizes, while the restaurant next door serves up a full, satisfying meal. I think we're just seeing the result of a market that's catering to the unfortunate preferences of us, the consumers.
- davidw 17y agoYeah, restaurants/grocery stores definitely compete more on quantity than quality, at least for some things, in the US, than in "Europe" (meaning that corner of Europe that I'm familiar with), where people will discriminate amongst products and buy the better ones.
- tomjen 17y agoThat might very well be true, but then there should be a small number of slightly (but not all that much) more expensive restaurants, that will rather focus on a bit of upscale food.
- kingkongrevenge 17y ago> restaurants serve such gigantic proportions This is only true at cheap restaurants. High quality food does not come in large portions. Stop going to garbage restaurants.
- JabavuAdams 17y agoWe're discussing this in the context of public health.