Mangiare fuori è troppo costoso adesso? Le famiglie dicono che i prezzi più alti le scoraggiano
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di tylerthe-theatre
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Yes. I have a decent disposable income yet still I’m like nah, I’m not rewarding greed. I do still eat out but not just on a whim like I used to. I also travelled to the Balkans a lot in recent years which makes our prices seem even more outlandish In comparison.
Some of the yummy mummy contributions the article are hilarious. Eating out every week! My heart bleeds.
Price is certainly a blocker for some.
But I think that for most people, it’s the perceived lack of *value* that’s a bigger problem. It’s not that they *can’t afford* to eat out, and more that it doesn’t feel *worth* eating out any more.
The good restaurants near me always seem to still be busy despite having increased their prices. Lots of the mediocre ones aren’t there any more.
Higher prices plus a higher service charge. No thanks
This is what I’ve found with restaurants. Why would you go for a chicken burger at £18 when you could go for a pork pluma for £24?
The staffing and rates increases seem to have absolutely hammered the casual end of the market, meaning there’s now not that much difference between your pub fish and chips or chicken burger place and the funky place that’s doing seasonal small plates and skin contact wines.
To be honest the quick meals I used to get, fast food and the like, are way too expensive for me to justify it now. Mid range meals are better, but a lot require sitting down and the like and I probably don’t always have time or effort to do that just for mid range, and the high end is always going to be special occasions and rare treats anyway.
So basically for every price point I’ve basically made a calculation “yeah it’s better to just cook at home”, especially with all these meals delivery services that give you good recipes
120 quid for two now is the average when we go out.
You can eat cheaper yes, and there are some places afar we eat where the food is nice and and wine is good and it’s not as expensive.
Valentine was hitting about 160 so we decided to go out next week, as it’s milking season it seems.
Lots of places also asking for card details upfront.
I can see why families don’t venture out anymore.
Town was empty according to people who work in restaurants we know so it seems a safe even valentine’s is hitting the rocks.
Yes.
If we need to eat out it’s normally Wetherspoons.
Local pub charging £22 for fish and chips, it isn’t going to happen. Especially when the portion is so big I can’t eat it all. Such a waste as well.
We have the world’s highest energy prices and the high cost of hiring staff, especially on lower wages in the hospitality and restaurant industry, all push up prices at the same time that ordinary families are struggling to make ends meet.
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see what the outcome would be.
The last lot weren’t great but at least they had some bright ideas like the Eat out the Help out campaign – and that was during a pandemic.
If you consider the price of food shopping now, I actually think eating out has become slightly cheaper relative to that.
I have no data to support it, but that’s the way it feels to me.
Yes. I don’t go out to eat anymore because I’m paying half a weeks shopping for one meal. It’s not worth it, most of the time it’s better when I make it at home anyway since I worked as a chef and baker for a while.
It’s higher price for same service and I just don’t see the point in it anymore.
Maybe years ago when prices weren’t so inflated and there was more value in food as a result, but times change and eating out isn’t a luxury that’s worth indulging in as much nowadays.
I think the culture amongst younger people has shifted to ordering huge amounts of takeaway food instead of eating out. Often the cost is similar but they’d just prefer to eat it in their own living room
Its more people have less disposable income.
Its the reason the economy is struggling in order for capitalism to work the majority, the working classes, need cash to spend.
My wife and I used to enjoy breakfast out. Since Covid, the price of my two favourite local places has genuinely doubled. So its either £40 for two people, or I’ll whip up some pancakes and bacon for a fraction of the price.
We only eat out now when away from home and even then, we’ll usually get a takeaway if we’re staying in hotel and find somewhere cheaper during the day.
50% cost, 50% at a lot of places you can feel that the hospitality industry is fucked, whether it’s worse service, poor quality,worse ingredients,ect.
Average quality meal has gone from £8 to 11 main £3.5 starters/pudding to £17 to 20 and £7 to 9 so as family with 2 kids we no longer eat out regularly. Even stopping on way back from day out not done anymore. Fish and chips is also not happening once bill came to over £50 basic fish/chips no drinks or sauces
Coffee and a cake is now £8-10. I see the prices in the menu when my Dickensian little face is peering through Starbuck’s window.
It does seem at times they seem more concerned about profit per unit sold and not profit in general
Definitely. One of the main problems is alot of places the quality is not better than what you can buy and make at home. Certainly true for any chain restaurants.
I remember there was a tgi fridays in my city. Tried it out and was just frozen supermarket food sold at premium prices. I could have literally eaten at a better restaurant for similar or slightly higher prices. I never went back and apparently no one else did as it was shut down 6 months later.