Loveroffinerthings

Loveroffinerthings t1_j3jr1k3 wrote

Reply to comment by PalpitationNo in RI Shrinkflation List by claw046

I go to restaurant depot, and they don’t call the cops on you, you do need a membership though. I’ve been in food service as a chef/buyer for 25+ years, the prices have gone up drastically. The low price for chicken now, was 3x that a year ago. French fries used to be $17/cs. Overhead costs have skyrocketed too, my software costs have gone up 20%. Luckily I have t had to pass much cost on because my food cost has only gone up 3 points, but if your business sells chicken wings, fries and bar foods, those costs have gone way up from pre-pandemic.

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Loveroffinerthings t1_j3i5qd0 wrote

Chipotle, screw that place. Used to be like $6.85 for a bowl that could’ve been 2 meals. Went yesterday, it’s now $10 for sofritos, and the lady is counting the grains of rice, and not filling the guac that’s like $4. Baja’s still hooks me up.

I see it at a lot of other places, but I understand that most places are just passing on costs that their distributor give them, that the broker gives them, that the mega corporations give them.

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Loveroffinerthings t1_j1z900z wrote

I’ve driven through many developing countries, but Chile(which is pretty well fully developed now) has toll roads, and they are great, even up into the Andes. Other ODEC countries with tolls have good and bad roads, France has private tolls, but nice roads with 130/140 KPH roads. Germany, no tolls, amazing roads, many unrestricted parts. Japan’s roads are great, but their public transit is also amazing. I think it comes down to priorities, greed, corruption levels, and driver care. If the driving public is kind, drives safely, no over weight trucks, and the government works for the ppl, you’ll get nice roads. RI and the USA in general are not the best drivers, the politicians don’t prioritize road safety, smoothness. We also don’t have much gas tax in RI compared to most countries, which lowers the amount in the pot.

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