> Even more galling was that, in another restaurant immediately next door in the same retail park, an identical wrap was priced at €8.50. How can one outlet charge almost double the price of the other’s when, presumably, both pay roughly the same rent and appeared to employ a similar complement of staff?
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What does she want – Government inspectors to kick the door in and make sure neighbouring businesses charge the same.
This is the kind of moany low brow article you’d expect on a blog; not the Newspaper of Record
“Even more galling was that, in another restaurant immediately next door in the same retail park, an identical wrap was priced at €8.50. How can one outlet charge almost double the price of the other’s when, presumably, both pay roughly the same rent and appeared to employ a similar complement of staff?”
Because one retailer is chancing their arm and presumably not for very long. Though some details would be helpful so to damp down the suspicion of apocryphal tale telling.
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What point does she think she’s making? Nobody is forced to buy an overpriced wrap
I stopped going to a local restaurant because, over the space of three weeks, the same order was a different price
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what a strange article
> Even more galling was that, in another restaurant immediately next door in the same retail park, an identical wrap was priced at €8.50. How can one outlet charge almost double the price of the other’s when, presumably, both pay roughly the same rent and appeared to employ a similar complement of staff?
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What does she want – Government inspectors to kick the door in and make sure neighbouring businesses charge the same.
This is the kind of moany low brow article you’d expect on a blog; not the Newspaper of Record
“Even more galling was that, in another restaurant immediately next door in the same retail park, an identical wrap was priced at €8.50. How can one outlet charge almost double the price of the other’s when, presumably, both pay roughly the same rent and appeared to employ a similar complement of staff?”
Because one retailer is chancing their arm and presumably not for very long. Though some details would be helpful so to damp down the suspicion of apocryphal tale telling.
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What point does she think she’s making? Nobody is forced to buy an overpriced wrap
I stopped going to a local restaurant because, over the space of three weeks, the same order was a different price
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