$20 isn’t a lot of shrimp. It’s easy to eat more than that.
“$20 isn’t a lot of shrimp. It’s easy to eat more than that”
Red Lobster buys more than 30 million pounds of shrimp a year. They sell medium size 36-40 per pound shrimp. Wholesale on that size is $4 or less per pound. So $20 is a lot of shrimp at the wholesale level.
Of course the meal comes with more than just shrimp. I suspect a lot of the issue is overhead. Maybe more staff in the kitchen keeping up with all the shrimp moving through. And the biggie is the gluttonous slobs are making marathon sessions out of the all you can eat deal, turnover of tables certainly goes down.