cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/4802929
TIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye’s chicken and passing it off as their own. They would buy the chicken at Popeyes and upcharge for their own chicken and waffles d…
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Original Title: TIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye’s chicken and passing it off as their own. They would buy the chicken at Popeyes and upcharge for their own chicken and waffles dish. Once found out the owner refused to apologize.
I worked at a restaurant that didn’t stock all fruit/veg. When somebody ordered something they’d send me across the street to the grocery store, and then I’d bring the stuff through the back entrance. Seems similar here
Sometimes at the pizza joint we would get bad mushrooms from the truck. They were presliced and maybe someone let them set out at the factory? But sometimes they’d be slimy right off the truck. I’d toss them out, place a refund request, and then go to Kroger at 2-3AM after we closed to buy all their button mushrooms and slice them up.
Even more rare that we’d be so low I would go buy out two Kroger’s. They aren’t even 24 hour anymore. It’s a shame, grocery shopping in the middle of the night after work was pretty nice.
I’m fine with getting ingredients needed to actually make the food, but if I go to your restaurant and order what is, supposedly, your food and you’re just going to the place across the street and serving me that for more money I’d be pretty pissed.
That’s not at all similar. You’re buying the ingredients not the cooked food.
Yes, sure but same happens for cooked stuff… You know almost every restaurant buys their premade food from a vendor right? Then the restaurant just reheats it–unless you are eating at a place that is doing all dishes from scratch… But that is rare these days.