free.tuneup@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 10, 11:35 am, Rudy Canoza <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> lc wrote:
>>> Eateries shrink dishes and prices, but checks stay the same
>>> 5/10/08
>>> Restaurants are offering smaller, cheaper ****tions, but that doesn't
>>> mean dainty dining. Instead, people are using smaller dishes as an
>>> excuse to add to their orders, spending — and probably eating — just
>>> as much as before.
>>> T.G.I. Friday's, Quiznos and Au Bon Pain and other "fast-casual"
>>> restaurants have introduced smaller, cheaper alternatives to supersize
>>> ****tions. The twist: Diners who order the petite ****tions are also
>>> likely to indulge in an appetizer or dessert.
>> This is as it should be. Americans eat TOO ****ING MUCH FOOD.
>
> Eating too much and the price of food is not the same thing.
Of course they're related. Demand varies inversely with price. When
the price of something is lower, people consume more of it. Food is no
exception.
> You want
> to tell some family that can't figure out how to pay for gas and
> groceries,that they eat too much anyway...
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