Like come on, people are otraged about the most minor stuff, but somehoe can’t be bothered to boycot or change the situation with convenience pricig, where same stuff you buy at a store is 10-20x the price per unit.
“Youre taking advantage of my tiredness, making me pay more of my hard-earned money for the privilege of being too tired to prepare my own food/drinks myself, essentially making me work more hours for having worked too many hours and being tired as a resilt of it. So: making me more tired for being tired already”
Okay, but the profit margins of takeaway food and drinks really aren’t that high. Commercial real estate is expensive, the logistics are much less efficient than supermarkets, and it’s labour-intensive as well. There is no conspiracy to rip off ordinary folks, especially considering it’s pretty easy to enter the food retail market.
In fact, takeaway is actually quite affordable in the US compared to rich European countries. The Big Max Index, for example, is about 40% higher in Norway and Switzerland.