Toronto Restaurants

[Darts]

Have you noticed a drop in restaurant clients post pandemic?

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[escortsxxx]

Have you noticed a drop in restaurant clients post pandemic?

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Wages up 33%
Uber mafia
Food rent up
People out of the habit
Inflation cuts to the budget
People are starting to starve as food banks end

 

[Darts]

I think people are buying their groceries and making their meals at home.

 

[K Douglas]

Restaurants are a tough business to turn a profit at the best of times. Currently the market is brutal. I eat out more frequently than the average person and I would say that patronage numbers are down at least 1/3 from a year ago. And as we know a year ago numbers were down from pre covid by at least 25%.

 

[hockeyguy19]

High prices, poor service and tipping culture are the main factors I believe is keeping people away.

 

[shack]

High prices, poor service and tipping culture are the main factors I believe is keeping people away.

You gotta believe that food delivery services have had an impact on in person dining.

Having said that, I don't get it. Inferior product and increased prices. I avoid them as much as possible. I guess that there's a lot of lazy people. Pizza and Chinese food have their own dedicated drivers so they're better.

 

[dvous11]

Restaurants are a tough business to turn a profit at the best of times. Currently the market is brutal. I eat out more frequently than the average person and I would say that patronage numbers are down at least 1/3 from a year ago. And as we know a year ago numbers were down from pre covid by at least 25%.

They all started gouging during covid and it hasn't let up.
Anyone who opens a little food spot and isn't greedy will be busy AF and make great $

 

[explorerzip]

Pizza and Chinese food have their own dedicated drivers so they're better.

Most pizza and Chinese places focus on takeout and have a limited seating area or none at all. In a way, that makes the seating area subsidized by the takeout business. Dedicated drivers aren't cheap and they're on company payroll and maybe benefits. Then there's the cost of fuel and insurance. That makes me curious about the cost difference between having dedicated drivers vs Uber Eats. The restaurants that aren't as take out focused will have little choice but to use Uber Eats.

 

[richaceg]

I think people are buying their groceries and making their meals at home.

Definitely
..lockdowns lead people to watching food channels...I was binging on baking and cooking while working at home....while others were stocking on toilet papers, was stocking on flour and meats....we still go out to eat. We visit either the keg or baton rouge once a month.

 

[Insidious Von]

The gouging has become extreme, consumers are becoming way to savvy to fall for it. My washing machine busted, the parts to fix the problem are extortionate and The Brick wants you to think that you're getting a deal when buying a new one is a massive rip off.

It's like companies have learned nothing from the built in redundancy that North American made cars pawned off on drivers before Japanese cars arrived in North America.

And it's not just manufactures goods,the entertainment is offering warmed over regurgitation and puzzled why the film industry is failing. More on that in the theater thread.

The Big Dawg (Matty Matheson) has put out a ten recipe cookbook for college students on line -gratis. So they can learn to cook.

 

[shack]

Most pizza and Chinese places focus on takeout and have a limited seating area or none at all. In a way, that makes the seating area subsidized by the takeout business. Dedicated drivers aren't cheap and they're on company payroll and maybe benefits. Then there's the cost of fuel and insurance. That makes me curious about the cost difference between having dedicated drivers vs Uber Eats. The restaurants that aren't as take out focused will have little choice but to use Uber Eats.

Yeah. I was referencing it mainly in terms of when I personally am OK with delivery not the in-dining aspect.

 

[Darts]

Dedicated drivers aren't cheap and they're on company payroll and maybe benefits. Then there's the cost of fuel and insurance. That makes me curious about the cost difference between having dedicated drivers vs Uber Eats. The restaurants that aren't as take out focused will have little choice but to use Uber Eats.

I spoke to a couple of these bicycle guys (that clog up the bike lanes).

1) They are paid per actual deliveries.
2) They rent their bikes from the restaurant.

 

[explorerzip]

I spoke to a couple of these bicycle guys (that clog up the bike lanes).

1) They are paid per actual deliveries.
2) They rent their bikes from the restaurant.

I was clearly talking about car drivers. Hence the cost of fuel and insurance. It makes no sense to me that restaurants would rent out bikes to Uber Eats contractors because of the cost to buy and maintain them.

 

[Darts]

If they already own a car wouldn't they be delivering humans instead of pizza?

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