Re: Prices are to high
 

I guess that you don't take into consideration that you drive 40 -50 miles round trip to Mt Dora or Eustis and sit in all that traffic and construction that takes an hour to get there. I figure 50 miles @ $.32/mile (gas, oil, tires, insurance, etc that IRS allows) = @$16.00 you have added to your "cheap" restaurants. Here I just hop in my electric cart and go for nothing and be there in 10 or 15 minutes. Therefore I feel I am getting a bargain in the Villages. (Coupons or not)>

Re: Prices are to high
 

Buffet Breakfast at K.B.s for six bucks, sounds like a bargain to me! ;D Yum, Yum, we love going out for breakfast/brunch. I can hardly wait. What time do they serve breakfast? Perhaps their prices go up in "high" season when the snowflakes arrive??

Re: Prices are to high
 

Re: Prices are to high
 

Take a look at this link. If nothing else it is a guideline for tipping in several types of service.
http://msms.essortment.com/propertippinge_rmuv.htm 8)

Re: Prices are to high
 

Thanks DickY

It says it all.

Steve Now lets go eat. ;D

Odd thought!!
 

Restaurants tolds us the rising costs of food and drinks was due to the "rising cost of gasoline" for transporting food stuffs. I could buy into that then when gas was $4+ a gallon.
Gas is now around $1.75 a gallon. Has anyone seen the prices lowered in the restaurants? Odd thought, isn't it?

Restaurant food cost
 

It's not that strange, the food cost doesn't only response to the cost of the transportation.

The average food cost for a restaurant is at 35%, People assume that 50% decrease in gasoline cost would bring down the average food cost significantly.

the fact is that the food cost for a typical restaurant would come down 4 % at most, items like rice, cooking oil, egg and few others have gone up 50% at least comparing to beginning of 2008.

the cost of manufactured items like food containers have gone up pretty much when the gas was at $4.00 + per gallon.

Restaurant menu price has to be adjusted responding to inflation, labor cost, rent increase and etc. I have seen many restaurants haven't changed or unable to change their menu prices (mainly competition) for at least 3 years. so once the menu prices have been raised for a restaurant, the prices don't come down because restaurateurs don't think they could raise menu price once every year without losing business.

just my 2 cents.