A Virginia eatery has added an inflation fee, as restaurants across the United States are grappling with record-breaking costs of raw goods, materials and labor.
Sunset Grill owner Leslie Whitney said she and her husband thought ‘long and hard’ before charging customers a 3.5percent inflation fee in order to cope with widespread economic pain.
‘Doing menu changes in accordance with daily rising prices was not reasonable, as we would have been printing and reprinting two or three times a week,’ Whitney told CBS6.
Hundreds of thousands of restaurant owners across America, who are still reeling from post-pandemic woes, are now fighting to keep their businesses afloat amid inflation and supply chain issues.
Inflation reached a 40-year high of 9.1 percent last month, according to the government’s consumer price index, as people across the US struggle to make ends meet and complain about the painful cutbacks they have to make.
Meat and poultry have increased in price by an average of 10.4percent, while fruit and vegetable prices rose 8.4percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that menu prices have increased around 7.7percent in the last year.
Inflation raised the price of meals in Delaware. The sales Tax on those meals have remained the same so the TOTAL new costs are much higher. Ocean City visitors are now flooding nearby Delaware restaurants as well as its grocery stores. I wonder what the budget in OC will look like at the end of this season from all the border jumpers?
Rickies stomach ache gets worse and worse each summer day.
you might find that is to go against the credit card so the owner doesnt have to pay the fee
It’s easier and cheaper than printing new menus every week.