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post 1655565473 02-03-2022, 08:23 PM
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post 1655565483 02-03-2022, 08:23 PM
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You are right.. I work in a restaurant. All the portions are being cut and prices raised, Scallops from $35 -> $40 and you only get 4 instead of 5 etc etc......

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post 1655565573 02-03-2022, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted By cjayzzz⏩
You are right.. I work in a restaurant. All the portions are being cut and prices raised, Scallops from $35 -> $40 and you only get 4 instead of 5 etc etc......

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post 1655565663 02-03-2022, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted By EDcellent⏩
I went to Olive Garden since I got a gift card, and I haven't been to one in years. I decided to get the chicken parm meal. I laughed when I opened the to go container, what used to be a huge breast, turned out to be two chicken patty sized cuts of meat.

I rarely eat out for two reasons. How expensive it's gotten, and how much healthier it is to cook at home.
Me too. I used to go out to eat almost every day.

Now I only go out to eat around once a month

Its become way too expensive
post 1655565763 02-03-2022, 08:30 PM
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Have not noticed any change in my fast food places (Chipolte, PapaJohns, etc).
I live in Florida.
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post 1655566493 02-03-2022, 08:52 PM
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Have not ordered out since roughly October- has it really gotten this bad with portions?
post 1655566613 02-03-2022, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted By Inger2⏩
Have not ordered out since roughly October- has it really gotten this bad with portions?
My chipotle bowl usually feels about a pound heavy and today it felt about 6 oz. When I opened the tin top it was pathetic and I had to move the meat and cheese to look for rice and beans underneath. I thought they had forgotten them.

Last weekend my Jersey Mike's cheese steak was about 5 inches long and it used to be about 8 inches long (the smaller size).

I was full after I ate them but they were at LEAST the same price as before, probably more I just don't pay attention to the price. It's robbery, I tell ya.
post 1655577333 02-04-2022, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted By redmelly⏩
My chipotle bowl usually feels about a pound heavy and today it felt about 6 oz. When I opened the tin top it was pathetic and I had to move the meat and cheese to look for rice and beans underneath. I thought they had forgotten them.

Last weekend my Jersey Mike's cheese steak was about 5 inches long and it used to be about 8 inches long (the smaller size).

I was full after I ate them but they were at LEAST the same price as before, probably more I just don't pay attention to the price. It's robbery, I tell ya.
Jersey Mikes hasn't changed the size of their bread lol

And if anything I think Chipotle stepped up the amount of rice and beans (cheap chit) to replace the weight/size of the good stuff (proteinz)
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post 1655577463 02-04-2022, 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted By AgRyan⏩
Jersey Mikes hasn't changed the size of their bread lol

And if anything I think Chipotle stepped up the amount of rice and beans (cheap chit) to replace the weight/size of the good stuff (proteinz)
I always get double meat at Chipotle.. but I only ask for itafterthey put the meat on first. That way they have to match what they've already put on and can't skimp.
post 1655577673 02-04-2022, 04:38 AM
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Smaller portions cant be bad thing for the majority of the population with such high rates of obesity and overweight people.
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post 1655578143 02-04-2022, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted By clive⏩
Smaller portions cant be bad thing for the majority of the population with such high rates of obesity and overweight people.
Its not the portion sizes as much as it is eating low quality, high fructose syrup food combined with modern day inactivity
post 1655578263 02-04-2022, 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted By clive⏩
Smaller portions cant be bad thing for the majority of the population with such high rates of obesity and overweight people.
In after..
post 1655578793 02-04-2022, 05:26 AM
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I went to a breakfast/lunch/dinner diner place a couple months ago. First time I had been to a sit down restaurant in like 2 years, as I don't enjoy eating out much anymore. But, I had been to the place countless times in my lifetime before that. I noticed their portions were substantially smaller, and it seemed like they didn't really give a crap anymore.

It's noticeable at fast food joints like McDonald's too. I only go to their drive throughs, because F sitting down in a fast food dump to eat these days. Their portions are smaller across the board. Meat patties are like 30% smaller than they were a few years ago, they give you 30 - 40% less fries in any given order, etc. Between that and all the inflation price hikes on everything, I seldom feel like eating out at all.

Chipotle has always been terrible about that. Their whole business model is based on tricking customers into thinking they're getting huge portions by giving them 2 pound rice burritos with a bit of cheap meats, beans, and other stuff tossed in. Then they cover up the blandness of it all by drenching it in cheese/sour cream and sauces. Had a burrito there the other day and was quickly reminded of why I only go there once every few years these days.
post 1655579283 02-04-2022, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted By clive⏩
Smaller portions cant be bad thing for the majority of the population with such high rates of obesity and overweight people.
they just buy more of it, Murica and UK getting fatter and fatter, need a fat tax to tax fat people for being fat
post 1655579383 02-04-2022, 05:51 AM
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Stop falling for the left vs right nonsense
post 1655579423 02-04-2022, 05:53 AM
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That's why you only go to all you can eat buffets.
You tell THEM how big your portion is. Cuck them hard and make sure you calculate and eat at least double the profit they make from your bill
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So when you buy the same products over and over again you make observations like this.
This began easily at least 6 years ago but has increased during the pandemic in 2020. I first observed it with Breyers going from a half gallon down to a quart for the same price. My gf called me a conspiracy theorist but it just continued with product after product. Toilet paper, orange juice, bakery products, you name it, it all has decreased in ounces (read the boxes) and jumped in price.
Restaurants think you are dumb and won't notice but again if you are used to a box of fried rice having 15 shrimp and it is now mostly rice, you take notice.
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Originally Posted By stevemckenna⏩
Yeah, it's called shrinkflation. Thanks, Biden!
This. It's a psychological ploy by charging the same price for less product.
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Originally Posted By chaunce54⏩
This. It's a psychological ploy by charging the same price for less product.
I think this stuff has been happening since early in the pandemic, using less ingredients or lower quality ingredients etc to offset higher costs without increasing prices for consumers
post 1655583873 02-04-2022, 07:37 AM
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Getting harder to find those gems of value, but the mom & pop chinese restaurants are still giving SERIOUS value when it comes to portions. Also a greek place here that is awesome for quantity.
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Yep, gotta love Biden's America

Fancy place I go to went from like boat sized plates for their sides to little bowls now while increasing prices...

Thanks fuk face Biden
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Originally Posted By Titansfan08⏩
Yep, gotta love Biden's America

Fancy place I go to went from like boat sized plates for their sides to little bowls now while increasing prices...

Thanks fuk face Biden
but now we get smaller portions of mean tweets, so there’s that
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Originally Posted By AWSbruh⏩
Good srs america is getting too fat
This.

But they should reduce the cost a bit
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Originally Posted By northernlights7⏩
I went to a breakfast/lunch/dinner diner place a couple months ago. First time I had been to a sit down restaurant in like 2 years, as I don't enjoy eating out much anymore. But, I had been to the place countless times in my lifetime before that.I noticed their portions were substantially smaller, and it seemed like they didn't really give a crap anymore.

It's noticeable at fast food joints like McDonald's too. I only go to their drive throughs, because F sitting down in a fast food dump to eat these days. Their portions are smaller across the board.Meat patties are like 30% smaller than they were a few years ago, they give you 30 - 40% less fries in any given order, etc.Between that and all the inflation price hikes on everything, I seldom feel like eating out at all.

Chipotle has always been terrible about that. Their whole business model is based on tricking customers into thinking they're getting huge portions by giving them 2 pound rice burritos with a bit of cheap meats, beans, and other stuff tossed in. Then they cover up the blandness of it all by drenching it in cheese/sour cream and sauces. Had a burrito there the other day and was quickly reminded of why I only go there once every few years these days.
I understand why it is happening [job sucks and not having enough staff/angry customers makes it even worse + higher labor and food costs], but it seems like a downward spiral must occur as restaurant food becomes less worth the hassle and cost.

I hadn't been to Rosa's Tortilla Factory since maybe June- went last week and it was $6 for one soft taco and one bean tostada. Not only was it $2 more there was also less meat, less beans, and less cheese. These aren't large or high cost items and at a fast food place besides. IIRC the price has gone from $2+ in the mid 00s > $3+ > $4+ around 2017? then jumped to $6 in less than a year.
Originally Posted By x-trainer
So when you buy the same products over and over again you make observations like this.

This began easily at least 6 years ago but has increased during the pandemic in 2020. I first observed it with Breyers going from a half gallon down to a quart for the same price. My gf called me a conspiracy theorist but it just continued with product after product. Toilet paper, orange juice, bakery products, you name it, it all has decreased in ounces (read the boxes) and jumped in price.
Restaurants think you are dumb and won't notice but again if you are used to a box of fried rice having 15 shrimp and it is now mostly rice, you take notice.
Posted before, but lol at coffee.

16 oz. bag > 14 oz. bag > 12 oz. bag > saw some bags that were 10.5 ozs. recently.
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Yes I’ve noticed it too

Real inflation is more like 30-40 percent, not the 7 percent the CPI is telling us
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Originally Posted By proudmanlet⏩
but now we get smaller portions of mean tweets, so there’s that
Oh ya, good point. Also no more Orange so I guess I'll take it
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smaller portions and higher prices.

We're getting it from both ends.
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Originally Posted By WantToBeLeaf⏩
I love Jersey Mike's, but the regular size is too small and the large (giant) is too big. There is no middle ground.
double meat regular is the answer.
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