Talking about bbt, Taiwan's bbt is very cheap, Vancouver is grabbing $$$
Littleprince 發表於 2009-3-30 09:50
It is call " The highest price market would bear" strategy.
Just like people would pay $6:00 for instant noodles
The market already collapsed in Seattle, they are selling it for US$1.00
Some BBT places have dropped to $2.00 and many would follow suit soon too.
It is not my problem cus I hardly buy from Cha Restaurant, and BBT is not my cup of tea, too old
Drinks are the most profitable products in resturants. Charging extra for cold drinks is just a tatic to get higher profit. It is not because of extra material and labour (especially the labour for preparing a cold drink or hot drink are almost the same in Chinese resturants. extra material? maybe $.10. ).
cold drink and tiny bowl of rice....same thing....rip off la...LOL
shutterbug 發表於 2009-3-30 11:17
Yeah, once I went to a Chinese restaurant for causal dinner,
the dishes were alright, but when I checked the bill, they dared
to charge us $10 for rice which we did not order. They just
assumed someone from our party would order rice then they
charged us per person. Call it rip-off.
It is call " The highest price market would bear" strategy.
Just like people would pay $6:00 for instant noodles
The market already collapsed in Seattle, they are selling it for US$1.00
Some BBT pla ...
somewhereintime 發表於 2009-3-30 10:48
No need to be that professionally complicated. It's just "物離鄉貴".