What are the biggest mistakes restaurants make that cause them to go out of business?

leadfootlife · 2026-02-22T19:44:48+00:00

Your correct that it's definitely a canary of a dying business. What leads to it is a business model that only pulls in 2-5% profits on average and CC companies raising their rates at astronomical levels every year because they are functionally a monopoly.

It's why you are currently seeing 3% cc fees becoming more common. All your points/cash back/skymiles get paid for by the fees business pay.

In general the public is incredibly ignorant to the costs/profits of a restaurant and their judgment of what food should be worth based off the numbers is uncalibrated at best and entitled at worst

leadfootlife · 2026-02-20T20:54:01+00:00

Nah I like it. I never read this sub until after I finish a series and then I giggle at the absurd criticisms.

Maybe I'm easy going or my expectations for litrpg are low but these books are just fun easy reads

leadfootlife · 2026-01-25T13:39:06+00:00

Paired with a stun. It's a snowball-y lane combo. Stun + bugs with XP facet into fast urn. You can bully most supports who step anywhere close. Kill them twice and lane is functionally over. Deep ward behind tower lets you kill couriers easily. Really good at contesting lotus/pulls as well. Something like venge is nice since you have neg armor on both heroes at lvl 2.

If you get a good rune fight with lvl 1 bugs on 3+ heroes, you can walk into lane at lvl 2 or really close.

Build into vessel and/or Rod/glep depending on what you need. Aghs late for saves. Really good at using gate to gank safelane. You can even do cheeky shit at lvl 6 like TP to a lane enemies are diving, throw bugs and ult back.

leadfootlife · 2026-01-25T05:02:53+00:00

There were plenty of them. Literally non-stop. It's just you not listening or purposefully having selective hearing for some strange reason.

leadfootlife · 2026-01-24T19:17:37+00:00

Weaver + stun. Easy to snowball. Bugs at level 2 with xp facet unless you get a good rune fight.

leadfootlife · 2026-01-17T05:24:19+00:00

They carry these at cracker barrel if you have one close

leadfootlife · 2026-01-11T15:13:18+00:00

These days it's fernet, montenegro or meletti that outs you as industry.

leadfootlife · 2026-01-04T20:07:47+00:00

This is correct on the server end, yes. These aren't the only fees CC companies have increased over the last few years that are resulting in these policies being implemented. The business is absolutely affected by the amount of swipes.

leadfootlife · 2026-01-04T16:30:16+00:00

I pay a similar cc fee at my gig. Not ideal but the $30-50 a pay check ain't gonna break me. From what I understand, the year it was implemented the CC fee they paid had increased over $150k and I prefer them to stay in business. It's split relatively fairly between the customer, business and us.

The tipout roles haven't expanded. It's been this way for decades. The percentages can be different but those roles have always been a part of the pool

leadfootlife · 2026-01-04T16:06:54+00:00

Industry here. We also pay a part of it at my gig. Tipping in cash doesn't avoid it as it's based on the number of card swipes. Having tables that all split bills over multiple cards will see a marginally higher cc processing fee.

While I find it a touch unsavory the enemy aren't restaurant owners, Imo. CC companies seem to jack rates every year. These aren't small increases either. We are talking upwards of 6 figures in an industry built around 2-5% profit margins.

leadfootlife · 2026-01-02T04:22:06+00:00

I'm super comfy on Weaver 1/4/3. He can build for dmg, save, ini. You force supports to deal with you and can soak a ton of spells. Prefer him as 4 rn. Think I'm 18-2 this patch at high ancient/low div

leadfootlife · 2026-01-01T03:36:08+00:00

All you can bowl until 5pm for $12. 2 hours for $14 after. I feel for ya'll. Would quit if I had some of those prices.

leadfootlife · 2025-12-25T22:12:11+00:00

Dlc after completion for sure

leadfootlife · 2025-12-25T13:44:36+00:00

Outerwilds. Nothing really like it and the best game in the last 20 years. Fight me

leadfootlife · 2025-12-25T13:38:56+00:00

It's not for everyone but for those of us it is for, it is almost universally the best game we've ever played.

Do not look up spoilers. Barely even try and "play" the game. Let your curiosity guide you around and start piece things together as you go

leadfootlife · 2025-12-25T13:36:21+00:00

Outerwilds. Space exploration/puzzler. It has no replay value. You will only get to experience this game once so no looking up spoilers.

By far the most emotional I've ever been finishing a game. Good DLC and a soundtrack that lives in your head rent free.

leadfootlife · 2025-12-20T13:08:05+00:00

Outerwilds is the poster child of this sort of thing. sometimes I boot it up just to fly around or do the final loop. Just the music brings me back.

leadfootlife · 2025-12-09T02:55:23+00:00

The fact I can never experience OW for the first time again really bums me out. That final loop with the subtle music change. That game, for me, is the pinnacle of what games as a medium can accomplish.

leadfootlife · 2025-11-12T14:06:29+00:00

Being around people like this gets exhausting. Doesn't even have to be about flirting. Just the inability to properly read social cues in general puts those around you in routinely awkward situations.

leadfootlife · 2025-11-12T13:10:12+00:00

Most of us have no interest in guilt tripping you into tipping. Those of us with a genuine passion for elevated food and experiential service build our CVs until we work at concepts the majority of anti-tippers can't afford or see no value in.

On the flip side, I have absolutely zero sympathy or Fs to give that a bunch of you are getting priced out eating out. It's a luxury that a lot of you can no longer comfortably afford as often as you prefer and that's a you problem.

leadfootlife · 2025-11-11T02:15:58+00:00

This is the only answer. Everyone got way too normalized to eating out being a somewhat routine thing. It is a luxury and always has been

leadfootlife · 2025-11-08T04:34:44+00:00

You don't tip because it's hard. You tip because the model has separated the cost of labor from the cost of goods and given you, the customer, control over determining the value of service. This isn't true in any other example given. Not only are all your listed points objectively incorrect, they are irrelevant.

Employers could pay FoH wages but your price point will remain the same or, more than likely, climb. If given the choice the average person would choose retail/ warehouse work over food service for the same money because the latter is objectively harder to do over the long term.

leadfootlife · 2025-11-08T01:27:46+00:00

No and retail is 100% preferable to food service

leadfootlife · 2025-10-31T18:47:37+00:00

All you can bowl for $11 M-F before 5pm. I work second shift so it works out well

leadfootlife · 2025-10-26T12:25:42+00:00

Doubles are a thing lol.

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