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Have restaurants that accept coupons put their prices up to compensate?



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goldstone

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Jul 5, 2003
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I went to Loch Fyne the other evening armed with a "20% off food" coupon. I used to go to Loch Fyne quite regularly (pre the coupon craze) and I'm convinced their prices have increased fairly steeply.

Seeing as how everyone is using coupons for everything I am guessing that restaurants have put up their prices in order to achieve the same net earnings as in the pre-coupon days? Woe betide the poor sod who goes to eat there without a coupon!

Was my dinner any cheaper than pre-coupon times? I doubt it.

And Top Table. Great offers, but at the majority of restaurants you are offered a special Top Table menu with limited choice and smaller portions. Now I don't object to the smaller portions personally as i don't have an enormous appetite, but you do get the impression sometimes that the whole thing is a bit of a rip-off.
 




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Cian

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Jul 16, 2003
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Dublin, Ireland
On experience, yes. Local place here does a "€60 for €20" voucher and their prices have gone through the roof since doing it, a "gourmet" burger and chips is nearly €20 in and of itself now.
 




BuddyBoy

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Pizza restaurant coupons are still a good deal. Prices haven't risen too steeply and a 12" pizza will always be a 12" pizza.
 






Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

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MYOB said:
On experience, yes. Local place here does a "€60 for €20" voucher and their prices have gone through the roof since doing it, a "gourmet" burger and chips is nearly €20 in and of itself now.
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Burger and chips for €20 in the current financial climate? Route One to going bust I'd have thought :wave:
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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thedonkeycentrehalf

thedonkeycentrehalf

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Jul 7, 2003
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Food prices generally have gone up a fair bit recently - your local supermarket shop should demonstrate that. However, I think those places that constantly offer promotions have been frequently 'adjusting' their prices.

A prime example is Pizza Express- I reckon in the last year most of the pizzas have gone up by around 20% but can't remember the last time we paid full price as there is always some kind of offer available online either through their own website, vouchercodes, etc.
 




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goldstone

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Jul 5, 2003
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Interesting that the ads appearing on this thread are for ..... restaurant coupons. So that's how t'internet works???
 


SeagullSongs

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Oct 10, 2011
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On a similar note, I think that the price for a Dominos Pizza is ridiculous. £17 for a large?!
Even if you do the two-for-tuesday deal, that's 2 large pizzas for £17. You could easy pop down to Co-op* and pick up a couple of pizzas to chuck in the oven for a fiver.

*other food shops are available
 






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Cian

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Dublin, Ireland
Tom Hark said:
Burger and chips for €20 in the current financial climate? Route One to going bust I'd have thought :wave:
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Apparently the presentation and the atmosphere in the place makes it "worth it". Was about €8 before they started doing the apparently fantastic value vouchers.
 


BuddyBoy

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SeagullSongs said:
On a similar note, I think that the price for a Dominos Pizza is ridiculous. £17 for a large?!
Even if you do the two-for-tuesday deal, that's 2 large pizzas for £17. You could easy pop down to Co-op* and pick up a couple of pizzas to chuck in the oven for a fiver.

*other food shops are available
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But Pizza Express and similar charge around £9. Dominos is an absolute con in the pizza world.
 






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robinsonsgrin

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LA...wishing it was devon..
even better.. morrisons etc create your own pizzas... 2 for 4 quid.. as choose the most expensive meaty toppings, then add on the onions etc when you get home. always better for a non-cheese eater like myself! i suppose you could then take said pizza and sit down the park with a bottle of white lightning for a really special ambiance!
 










Tom Hark Preston Park

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Lord Bracknell said:
Broken down into its component parts, a pizza is nothing more than a freshly baked open sandwich. Do folk really pay twenty quid for a sarny?
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Daft argument m'lud, if I may be so bold. Broken down into its component parts, beer is nothing more than a load of water and a few plant husks and - implausibly - some ground-up fish bones. Do folk really pay four quid for it?
 


beorhthelm

beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003
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Lord Bracknell said:
Broken down into its component parts, a pizza is nothing more than a freshly baked open sandwich. Do folk really pay twenty quid for a sarny?
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if you considered the size of the large pizza and the price of say an M&S sarnie, then yes they do.
 


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