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

[goldstone]

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.

 

[Cian]

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.

 

[dougdeep]

Seeing as how everyone is using coupons for everything

Big assumption there. What coupons are these?

 

[BuddyBoy]

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

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

If they've got any sense, yes. If they simply discount their price by 20% they won't be making any money and will go bust. Unless they can either sell you something that you wouldn't otherwise have bought.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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.

Burger and chips for €20 in the current financial climate? Route One to going bust I'd have thought

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Big assumption there. What coupons are these?

Are these the food coupons David Cameron has spoken about?

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

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.

 

[goldstone]

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

 

[SeagullSongs]

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

 

[Wally Gould]

You can a get second main for £2.50 at ASK when you buy a full price one. The deal has been going for a few weeks now. Also Pizza Express have a good offer. (We got a an email after eating there with a voucher for a free bottle of house wine next visit).

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-restaurant-deals

 

[Cian]

Burger and chips for €20 in the current financial climate? Route One to going bust I'd have thought

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]

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

But Pizza Express and similar charge around £9. Dominos is an absolute con in the pizza world.

 

[King of Birds]

Dominos is an absolute con in the pizza world.

Not really surprising seeing as it's part of the Murdoch empire.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

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!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

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?

 

[BuddyBoy]

Not really surprising seeing as it's part of the Murdoch empire.

Is that a fact? Not surprising at all then!

 

[brighton rock]

Poor harvest coming this year with imports of grain about to start prices will only go up again

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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?

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]

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?

if you considered the size of the large pizza and the price of say an M&S sarnie, then yes they do.