They’ll also stop if their food costs go way up. This all started because it was a better deal for the restaurants to make bigger portions than to cut prices to compete with each other.
Sure.
Most of the profit doesn’t really come from the food.
It comes from the drinks and alcohol that might be consumed with it.
If a restaraunt can get you in THEIR door and not their competitors’, they’ve made the largest step towards profit.
Larger portions were a way of enticing people to choose a particular joint, but then they all joined in.
Any restaraunt trying to back off from larger portions won’t be able to cut costs enough to compete, unless CONSUMERS make conscious decisions across the board.