You Are About To See an EPIC Industry Change

[The-J]

The market will reveal if 'tippable service' is worth it or not. If people, by and large, would prefer NOT tipping and getting European-style service, then the trend will catch on.

Tell you the truth, we've been seeing 'fast casual' restaurants dominate the lunchtime space for the past 10-15 years. No wait staff, just cooks, assemblers, and cashiers manning a single file line of people. There's no tipping there. Not saying that chain restaurants are gonna turn into that, but I'll tell you that I get a much better burger at Five Guys than at Applebee's, and guess what: it's cheaper and faster, too... largely because I don't have to tip 20%.

 

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[OldFaithful]

8) up-sells fell by over 80%

I think this is a big hurdle. Shops of all stripes live by such thin margins that the up-sells really help.

 

[grindmode]

8-10 minutes later.... hmmmm

 

[Vigilante]

My predictions have been shit lately

Joe’s Crab Shack Reportedly Preparing For Bankruptcy

http://www.dontwasteyourmoney.com/j...partner&utm_campaign=scripps&utm_content=WFTS

 

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[AustinS28]

All the Danny Meyer restaurants in NYC have been doing this for some time (around 2 years). Cool concept.

I also order a lot of food, I like how Uber Eats excludes tipping unlike seamless.

*edit
Just noticed the date of the OP...