Restaurants struggling to survive amid 'food-flation' | NewsNation Now

Many are ditching restaurants in favor of cooking at home as food prices remain elevated in the U.S. One restaurant owner told NewsNation's Nancy Loo he's trying to strike a balance between raising prices and keeping customers happy.
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[@sprague49]

Remember "Learn to code?" Now it's "Learn to cook!"

[@rmyoung77494]

And the waitstaff has been saying that if you can’t afford to tip 20% (minimum!) then “you can’t afford to eat out”. Ok

[@Liberalcali]

Sounds great to me If they are pushy like that to me I don’t have to tip it’s not required I looked up the law you are not legally required to tip.

[@sting40121]

15% was a good tip in the 90's. In April, I had a smog check for my car, the shop printed a receipt with the 10, 15, 20% tip option...

[@user-hc9lp3hb1r]

An A in school requires effort beyond average otherwise you get a B or C. Same with tips where a B or C effort should NOT get 20%.

[@QuattroSG]

Sting, Id never tip for something Im legally required to do that’s idiotic 😂

[@dutchmaster1999]

You can't afford to eat out

[@user-uo6xu7dt7w]

For the last 6 months, I have been eating out 1-2 times per month. I used to eat out 1-2 times a week. I no longer have any money left over for eating out. Just in the last year, my monthly utility bills have increased 20%, auto insurance is up 25%, gasoline is up 20%, food at grocery stores for me is up 33%. I literally have no money left for non-essentials like eating out.

[@QuattroSG]

Yep but these idiots want to tell us inflation is like 4%, 4% for what and for whom? Not what In seeing everyday

[@daviddigital6887]

I live in apartments and never see pizza or food delivery drivers anymore. Up until a few years ago it was a regular thing to see delivered food. Not anymore !

[@enhancedutility266]

It's cheaper to get it yourself 😊

[@dutchmaster1999]

Door dash

[@pw1086]

Farmer’s Market are super expensive. Eating out is expensive, fast food is expensive, and every restaurant and fast food chain want a tip or donation of some sort. Time to prepare my vegetable garden for abundant of vegetables this summer.

[@shaymalchione809]

I’m so glad I got out of the restaurant business when I did.

[@AaronBowley]

for the same amount as a meal at a restaurant i can get food for a week from the grocery store

[@leeannjuday]

Same here in Colorado. Things sure have changed in the last 3 years.

[@CrabFiles]

Colorado is ran by loons :P The Crazy people...

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

Bidenonmics is great.

[@keisukeyoshida2839]

Thank Biden

[@leeannjuday]

💯 Bidenomics, horrible politicians & woke Denverites voting blue. Just awful.

[@robtarqs4647]

One croissant 5 dollar what

[@watermelon520b]

a croissant in paris is no more than €2 at the fanciest boulangerie…

[@workstationmark4103]

Grocery store food will replace fast food

[@leave3386]

Stagflation now.Depression is next.

[@PeterFnPorker]

we are already in a depression... they are calling it "The Silent Depression" because Billionaires own the media and refuse to acknowledge the obvious... a used car cost the same as a new one off the lot just 20 years ago...

[@josephd2059]

Forced tipping, service fees, overpriced Sysco food, all the same, favorite dishes removed from the menu, smaller food portions, complete meals gone ( pay extra for salad and everything), unprofessional service staff ( tattooed, body piercing showing, sloppy,), dirty bathrooms = dirty kitchen, understaffed (extra long wait for service). Is it any wonder?

[@jimmycain8669]

That’s exactly why I wonder who can’t eat better at home. Blessed with a high income and I eat organic at home.

[@tech4life884]

How can the owner say there's basically no profit on a $4.50 croissant that doesn't even cost more than $0.10 to make?.

[@lov2cyanaked]

rent, labor, ingredients, machine/oven. The profit might seem like its there but the volume isn't. Rent for restaurant locations in CA is ugly

[@dennydude]

Rent

[@rabidgoon]

Restaurants are a big waste of money. I don’t understand these people who go to expensive trendy restaurants. I walk by and look at them spending over $100 for a meal and I just shake my head. I don’t get the allure.

[@dutchmaster1999]

Agreed

[@philsipad]

When high school girls living at home can no longer compete due to higher minimum wage makes restaurants want to hire more experienced people, one wonders what high school girls do to make money.

[@jimbeam2705]

Onlyfans

[@TheAsiandramafreak]

If you go to sit down that’s 20% on top of the menu price, which is already inflated. The tipping culture in the US is ridiculous, even when you get bad service you are still expected to tip. It’s not like the food is amazing, it’s either too salty, greasy, or too sweet. You are probably extending your life by not going!

[@richarddecker9515]

Waste of money to eat out

[@jackuzi8252]

We've all heard a lot about higher food costs and higher wages, but the soaring rents have affected commercial spaces as well. If a restaurant is paying 50% more rent than before the bug hit, that's killing profit.

[@jimmycain8669]

They priced me out the bars 20 years ago. I’ve been priced out the restaurants for 4 years the day of Covid lockdown here.

[@fpm8338]

GOOD - these restaurants are charging way too much for mediocre food. Bye bye restaurants!

[@myownboss1]

A little background on me first: I have no debt; paid off house; make 6 figures; plan to retire next year. I am ‘okay’ financially. I have a busy job so get lazy about cooking etc so order DoorDash once in awhile, but am now thinking because it gotten crazy (I live in California), I may stop. Tired of eating salads, I wanted to cheat with an eight piece chicken from Popeyes: 29 chicken, 5 fries, 4 delivery fee, 2 expanded range fee, 5 service fee, 4 tax, 12 tip = 61 for 8 pieces of chicken and fries…. Yeah, don’t think I’ll be using delivery service much longer…‼️👎🏾🤔🤨

[@harpgrewal8203]

It's a new world and not in a good way

[@coreytrevor1311]

My go to Mexican restraint has raised prices at least 60% since Covid. Now you have to pay $1.50 for the formerly FREE chips and the food quality declined at least 30% Bidenomics is a complete joke (except for those in the stock market).

[@snake0911]

Restaurant prices increased 26% since pandemic. On top of that sales tax went up and you’re expected to tip 20%. So precovid, a restaurant bill is $100 + $10 sales tax + $22 tip = $132. Now that bill is $126 + $12.6 sales tax +$27.72 = $166.32. That’s a $34.32 increase each time you eat out. Things are going up but everyone gets their cut…the restaurant, government, servers. Customers are getting hit by 3 different increases. No wonder they want none of it.

[@alphaj9]

We want a $20 minimum wage….what everything costs more now?!?

[@dennydude]

That is only for franchise with +40 locations. Don't be an uncle tom for the corpos

[@jamiedecker7853]

FJB says we all have the extra money to spend!! Grrrrrr

[@jimbochoo3316]

There are just too many restaurants.

[@digitalelectronswebsolutio6524]

True. Also...I'm working a remodel contract at a big retail store. The middle age folks I work with also open up to me about the digestion issues they are currently experiencing. I would say some people are having to make changes and eat out less and avoid fast food or restaurant food that is heavily cooked with things that could trigger inflammation such as cheap seed oil. At the same time....Nah, lol, they still eat out. But I do love to hand out Underberg herbal bitters ✅

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

I'm starting videos of home cooking I learned growing up on the farm. Just HAVE to cook at home now. I loved eating out but now I've not eaten out in a year. It's fun to cook and have friends over for dinner rather than going out. People are amazed like I'm a magician I can cook a meal.

[@Prophet_be_her_name.]

Small towns have it ALOT worse

[@workstationmark4103]

Before my town grew in size road kill and stray cats were on the menu

[@dutchmaster1999]

@@workstationmark4103😂

[@beaubiden9293]

Let’s go Brandon!!!

[@yl003760]

Make 400k a year and feel too expensive to eat out. Crazy world.

[@pteranodon6612]

This one cafe I go to used to be packed during the pandemic. I went there recently to pickup an order and there were no other customers there. I'm thinking they may not survive.

[@Chad.Tyrone4UNow]

Eating at home is faster, cheaper, healthier and better than fatty greasy restaurant food.

[@slewone4905]

in california, I swear they want Restaurants to go out of business. First Covid, then the price of food, law suits from handicaps from the same guy in entire cities, that never even been to the restaurant. then the $20 an hour minimum wage for fast food, then they target with tax audits. All this back to back.

[@ChosenOne6666]

Keep going to Starbucks for that $8 latte.

[@dutchmaster1999]

Small black coffee is $2.84 in my area

[@ChosenOne6666]

@@dutchmaster1999 You love it

[@dutchmaster1999]

@@ChosenOne6666 not really

[@ChosenOne6666]

The prices at the grocery stores are the same.

[@user-ru5im2zx7t]

I always favor eating at home d since I can control what I put in the meals and am confident that it won’t harm me in any way I’m aware of. When people around me know I prefer eating at home, they usually feel sorry for me, like I’m no fun and missing out in life. Now I’m so happy to see people started to realize the benefits of eating at home. Food is the best doctor. Healthy food healthy life.

[@kimberlylepine5115]

This has been true for us, but I also feel better eating food I prepare at home. Only a few restaurants I know of offer quality food that isn't over salted and loaded with additives.

[@jimbeam2705]

I remember going to a big steak place looking forward to a nice steak and big baked potato. The meal came and both were covered with salt. I couldn't believe it.

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

The Burger King on Merritt Island had 4 custermers in one hour.

[@user-py6go9lf8v]

Soup lines coming soon

[@raymondlin8728]

Landlords raising store rent, gas, electric water, insurance, licenses, going up.... what do you expect. Isnt your household expences going up too? They need, have to raise prices , or they cant meet expenses, and go out of business plus they need something to provide for their family, its not a charity . Business owners are not millionaire 🙄

[@maxalli.botanico]

I went to chick fill a in Cali last week and I spent 27 dlls: chicken nugget meal, kale salad and iced coffee... so crazy

[@marcbastien6142]

You need about $1.2 million for a burger

[@jayr3053]

Yup. I no longer eat out anymore.

[@bobdobbs420]

5 dollars for a croissant... go home, Frenchy,

[@bfrost7]

maybe the owner should work at the restaurant as well instead of leeching off the workers.

[@CEOkiller]

Gotta love Bidenomics…

[@QuattroSG]

4%? Where do they get these numbers? Most things are up a few dollars, a few dollars when you’re talking small bills that went from 8-10 to 14-18 dollars is a lot higher than 4%. Does anyone even believe these people anymore? Inflation on everything is stupidly high, there is very few items were the price hasn’t shifted too much I can recall.

[@garytee3689]

I used to eat out 5-8 times a week, splurged almost every meal, especiallydinner...now I've cut back to 3 times a week by not tipping and not ordering beers for almost a year, seems to help.. not a popular choice but I know a lot of people doing the same just to eat out a bit more still

[@roland3445]

Profit is a bad thing to get on, companies shouldn't be in the game to make profits. Companies are there to provide for the people.

[@theetruth4267]

Can you, please? Companies need to make money to pay employees to keep the company going. Thank you!

[@themasterofbbq1234]

Lemon stands aren't there to provide for the people. Even 5 year olds are there to hustle.

[@koolerpure]

As a cook myself I think it’s great that people are being forced to cook for themselves. Half the things I’ve made in my life for customers makes me question if people have kitchens at home

[@StephenMarquez]

idrgaf cause i just eat at the Whole Foods hot bar. I think yuppie restaurants are done for. I could see some fast food places thriving, but overall I think eating at a restaurant is a fad.

[@GoonieLord]

Why is every time something goes wrong we immediately use a made up word

[@melonyogloo]

I am glad that I got used to not eating out during the pandemic.

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

California has always been expensive. Americans voted for this in 2020. So, if you don’t know who to vote for in 2024, then you ain’t lookin for inflation to end anytime soon.

[@theetruth4267]

How is voting going to stop this. Does trump have a magic wand? Please let me know as soon as possible. Thank you.

[@topicalstormofficial]

Covid didn’t make people get healthier but maybe this will.

[@apexcapital1328]

If you’re struggling with food you need to get your lazy butt up and work more.

[@roymoxley2587]

Comiforninia good luck

[@jessebfly]

Ain't Bidenomics great?

[@Liberalcali]

I’m on a Bidenomics diet

[@raulbarragan6748]

Joe

[@jacksaloman9513]

LOL, STILL WILL VOTE BLUE

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

Why Joey is a disaster.

[@dutchmaster1999]

Hell yeah, brother!

[@bacardimgtow4505]

These idiots, (owners and staff) don't wanna do what it takes to be successful. Countless comments and videos, which I'm sure they see themselves, tell them why we as customers stop going. But yet they don't wanna change, so it's on them. Get rid of compulsory fees and tipping, better customer service (your lucky to get a smile from these wait staff), better quality food (make things fresh and to order) if not the process is wrong, cleaner restaurants and bathrooms, if not they're just lazy. All of which is not beyond their control.

[@aslkdjfzxcv9779]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@wereproductsnotconsumers8179]

It is pronounced Bidenflation.

[@in4cer457]

it's con man trumph fault. Educate yourself. 😂😂

[@kylemckennie2599]

Joe's Bidding

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

@@in4cer457No it isn’t.Stop lying and show some respect to President Trump.

[@lothean2099]

We truly need new leadership..no more biden or trump.

[@CrabFiles]

Sure, you want another person to push your failed policies and ideology... Just changing out your leader doesn't change your failed ideology...

[@lindamcdaniel2419]

Well Trump is winning.

[@tinafatbottom8069]

what biden doing

[@zalronwow7222]

At least Newsom raised their labor they have to pay.

[@Asimmehra]

Americans becoming poorer, but bidenomics is doing great

[@AKAAAK]

Eat at home.......or stop complaining about high restaurant prices

[@Geo-ct4mw]

no more tipping. plain and simple. eat at home from now on. let go brandon.

[@brentfisk4549]

Bidenomics baby! Isn't is wonderful! 😂😅😂😅😂 Inflation was 1.4% when Trump left office, and now its at a very conservative 15% Elections have consequences TRUMP2024

[@passerau]

Corporate profit from 2020 - 2023 has doubled in only 3 years, which is insanely high for such a short period of time. This is Greedflation. Companies used the supply chain issue as a justification to raise price, now that it's fixed, they don't want to reduce the price. Higher earnings mean they are making more money, which means they are overpricing each items. Ty🙏