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Fountain & Bottled Drink, Popcorn, Pretzel, and Other Snack Item Prices Exponentially
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donsullivan
Premium Member
How could anyone not have seen this coming when they agreed the the $15 minimum wage? Every price on everything was guaranteed to go up to cover the costs of that wage increase.
Lensman
Well-Known Member
Does corporate America really run with such a straight line passing along cost increases to their customers? If the markets will support pricing large fountain drinks at $4.50 each after CM raises, why didn't they support $4.50 large fountain drinks before? That could have been an extra 80 cents for every drink in the pockets of shareholders for years!
BTW, in reality I do think there is something of this effect in bureaucratic corporate America if you're determining retail pricing using constant margins. But under this theory their costs had to have gone up by 10-20 percent. I am doubtful of that.
MacRtst
Active Member
So glad I am able to buy water here in PA and ship it to the resort before I get there. Got a GREAT work discount on shipping with one of the major carriers. And it's just the wife and I. I manage to buy and ship 24 bottles of water for about $10. And due to allergies we can't churro. If anything our money gets eaten up at starbucks for coffee. I'm sure one of these day a price increase is going to get us though. Prob the APs next year.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Oh man you cracked it.
Wait? But what about the price increases before the new minimum wage (which doesn’t start for YEARS) how can we blame those increases on the frontline cast?
Gotta have a fall guy,,, Todd from Tower of Terror, you son of a....how dare you demand slightly more per hour?!?!? Now poor TWDC has to charge us exponentially more for snacks and drinks to keep from going belly up.
eddie104
Well-Known Member
You don't have to be rude to prove a point.
yaksplat
Well-Known Member
You really ship water? Whats wrong with the bottled water at publix?
MacRtst
Active Member
Nothing at all, we love Publix. BUT, we always do DME though. Then I don't have to rent a car or LYFT which woud cost that going back and forth.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
I looked at it this way...
So the average “raise” is probably 2-3 dollars an hour...double that with taxes, benefits and overhead gives you 6.
The cost of smart water from coke is the same...and pitifully low.
So they sell it for a dollar more...so the first 6 are gone...covers expense.
Does the average cart sell 6 an hour? Over/under?
Ever wonder why some carts aren’t open? Could it be because they know each day/minute what is selling and what isnt...so they shut down what won’t meet the quota?
So do you accept the excuse? Tough call.
So the average “raise” is probably 2-3 dollars an hour...double that with taxes, benefits and overhead gives you 6.
The cost of smart water from coke is the same...and pitifully low.
So they sell it for a dollar more...so the first 6 are gone...covers expense.
Does the average cart sell 6 an hour? Over/under?
Ever wonder why some carts aren’t open? Could it be because they know each day/minute what is selling and what isnt...so they shut down what won’t meet the quota?
So do you accept the excuse? Tough call.
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Just a reminder...that’s often impractical for a lot of reasons. Which you can imagine.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Ahhh...onset symptoms. One of the weirdest things ever...
Standing in front of the fridge chugging anything wet...losing weight as you run to the bathroom.
(31 years
). Good to hear all is well.Ok...tangent over.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
iMax
Well-Known Member
As a QSR Food & Beverage cast member, I can tell you that the $5 cap is false, pretzels at my location are $6 and change and people can use their snack credits on that with ease, I'm more than sure it's the same case for smartwater.
Unfortunately, refill mugs are not refillable in the parks, only resorts.
This is probably everyone's best bet, BYOW (bring your own water)
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
No one-off ticketed events are a good comparison because it’s about the total, aggregate price. Unless youre local...you pay for tickets, all food, entry charges, merchandise, travel to and from and daily transport...for an average onsite of 7 days for likely 12-16 hours per day.
They do not equate. Fallacy of scale/comparison
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flyerjab
Well-Known Member
Season ticket holders for sports teams are a better comparison. I remember when we went to our last Eagles game. I got food for myself and my son and I recall at that time thinking “this is more expensive than Disney’s food.” And that is saying something.
WDW862
Well-Known Member
Only impractical if you're lazy. I paid $50 for a week's worth of food using Instacart. There are no excuses.
eliza61nyc
Well-Known Member
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Actually I find Disney fandom very brilliant.
First they can read, no one said the prices were "too low" at all, nor do I see anyone "defending"n anything. that's usually in the imagination of the "perpetual upset and kvetching about something"
Next, most disney "fandom" as you call them have recognized one big important point. THEY SIMPLY DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE ANYTHING THEY FEEL IS TO EXPENSIVE.
They have already given you a number of alternatives . See the disney fandom usually does not feel "entitled". Disney nor any other company "owes" the consumer prices they think are moral or fair. Now I am not "defending" these prices but I will defend their right to charge whatever the little ole hearts desire. Just like I have the right not to purchase it.
lol, I live in a city with a soda tax. I haven't purchased a soda here since day one of the tax.
I disagree, I find complainers more emotionally beholden. They will complain and whine, yet still play the game so who's actually the stupid one?
It's not rocket science. You are allowed to bring in drinks to the parks. If you think the mouse is trying to get over on you. Don't buy the merchandise.
A person can't ride your back if you ain't bent over.
Actually I find Disney fandom very brilliant.
First they can read, no one said the prices were "too low" at all, nor do I see anyone "defending"n anything. that's usually in the imagination of the "perpetual upset and kvetching about something"
Next, most disney "fandom" as you call them have recognized one big important point. THEY SIMPLY DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE ANYTHING THEY FEEL IS TO EXPENSIVE.
They have already given you a number of alternatives . See the disney fandom usually does not feel "entitled". Disney nor any other company "owes" the consumer prices they think are moral or fair. Now I am not "defending" these prices but I will defend their right to charge whatever the little ole hearts desire. Just like I have the right not to purchase it.
lol, I live in a city with a soda tax. I haven't purchased a soda here since day one of the tax.
I disagree, I find complainers more emotionally beholden. They will complain and whine, yet still play the game so who's actually the stupid one?
It's not rocket science. You are allowed to bring in drinks to the parks. If you think the mouse is trying to get over on you. Don't buy the merchandise.
A person can't ride your back if you ain't bent over.
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