Price tags, which are normally printed out individually for items using paper and ink, are slowly being replaced by digital displays that grocers say will increase productivity and potentially lower prices for consumers.
They always throw that line out there.
Bullshit. It never serves the customer’s interest. Just like every big-box store was supposed to lower prices and increase variety for the consumer, instead they drove small stores out of business, reduced variety to save costs, sell the same junk, and now control pricing where you no longer have choices.
One would think they could prevent price changes during the order process... This is just gouging for a little more money from the customer. I'd be surprised if they didn't do it systematically.
Bad business practice too. Are those few cents worth them considering not to choose BK next time? As well as everyone they show/post the picture they took to?
Burger King made a statement that they're not using surge pricing, rather they're reducing the cost during slow hours. Uh... That's surge pricing since they already raised the "regular" cost quite a lot.
A billion times to the quadrillionth power. Until the heat death of the universe, beyond the decay of protons and the evaporation of the last black hole in the degenerate era.
That may be because they don't check the tickets every minute. Once they check it, they get the current price. You should use the airline or hotel site anyway. It's usually cheaper.
Do you know where this person lives and what food places are available near them? No, you don't, so how the fuck do you know? Food deserts exist, there are whole towns that depend on dollar stores for groceries. You having options doesn't mean everyone does.
(E: not that someone needs to be in that situation to justify to you or anyone else why they eat what they do, just pointing out how flawed your base assumptions are)
that's what they want. we're entering the "whale economy". why should they make and sell 10 burgers for $1 each when they could make and sell 1 burger for $10? they make the same revenue but more profit because their labor and materials could be cut by up to 90%. some idiot will keep paying because they're impulsive or desperate or have enough money to simply not care. if nine customers are alienated for the one that opens their wallet 10x wider than usual, the investors are happy and the MBAs give themselves bonuses and celebrate. it works for mobile/f2p games, it works for saas, it works for software, it'll work for this and it'll work for every other industry before long. get ready for surge pricing groceries and gas and internet and power - it's coming, under the false justification of "savings". the unprofitable non-whales can die for all they care.
This makes absolutely no fucking sense. Comparing a restaurants business model to f2p/saas is absurd.
Fast food restaurants have 2 main selling points, cheap and fast. If you take away the cheap all you're left with is people who don't have time to go anywhere else. People who are interested in spending a lot of money on food are not going to spend that money at McDonalds.
I need more context here. I know of talk about dynamic pricing, but heard they walked that back. I mean would you get the same notification if you like added bacon or a dessert on the final menus right before you hit total?
Don't know about US case law, but UK and NZ, the pricing when selecting is considered an "invitation to treat". When the product is actually brought to checkout an offer is made at the listed price on the checkout, which can then be either accepted or declined.
Was brought up after a business was done for selling switchblade knives that were only on display - as no offer was actually made and accepted they weren't "being sold".
To answer your question more directly, prices listed on advertising and boards are considered "invitation", not an offer and acceptance. It can change until the final offer and acceptance is made - bullshit but legal.
