Portion sizes in America
4 years I’ve been living in the US, and the portion sizes at restaurants still seem completely ridiculous. This evening, I ordered the steak fajitas, and was provided with a plate of food sufficient to feed me, Sarah, and a small African nation, for a mere $12.95. Now I know this is the land of plenty etc. but surely basic economics would dictate that someone should be saying "Well hang on a minute. If we reduce portion sizes by say, 25%, we can reduce the cost by, say 10%, pocket the difference, attract more customers, save a bunch of money on food supplies, be generally less wasteful and still keep the customers happy" ?
I’d think so, anyway.
sonoazure said:
May 04, 03 at 4:31 pmThis is the land of gluttony! If we can we will.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/05/04/obese.toddlers.reut/index.html Even Toddlers are obese according to cnn! They cook up better that way!
and lemme guess, red robin?
jgurney said:
May 04, 03 at 4:57 pmAzteca in fact.. I go to Red Robin for burgers :)
llarian said:
May 05, 03 at 4:30 amOh, but why?
I mean, anything worth doing, is worth doing to excess right?
That’s the American Dream. =)
jgurney said:
May 05, 03 at 4:38 amHunter S. Thompson has taught me that the American Dream is only to be found in Vegas :)
llarian said:
May 05, 03 at 4:42 amThen you don’t hang out with me and my friends nearly enough. =)
bigt2 said:
May 05, 03 at 2:30 pmYeah the portions at Azteca are ridiculous. And I like good Mexican food. Which Azteca isn’t.
jgurney said:
May 05, 03 at 4:39 pmI quite like Azteca. Not to say it’s good Mexican food, necessarily, but I find their stuff pretty tasty anyway.