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Wendy’s Wants to Start Uber-like Surge Pricing in 2025 (gizmodo.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

PC repair is a low volume, high touch, high skill business. If you set aside a single $100 customer for a $500 one, it can work since both exist.

Hamburgers of the Wendy's grade are a volume and convenience game. For every thousand $4 customers, can they replace them with 667 $6 customers?

I've noticed an interesting phenomenon in the last couple years. The cheapest options and biggest chains ramped their prices much faster than the places a notch or two better. The gap has closed enough that suddenly those "notch or two better" places are more competitive than before-- if it will be $50 instead of $30 to take the family to Wendy's, why not stretch to $65 for get Five Guys or a local place instead.

[–] mods_are_assholes 1 points 9 months ago

What the fuck do you think you're going to get for 4 bucks that will be anything close to a decent meal at Wendy's?