I was so confused seeing a $99 kids meal
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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This is interesting. I think a lot of people assume that the kids’ meal is cheaper because it is a smaller portion, not because the restaurant is subsidising it.
But.. why not just take it off the menu?
! All answers to my rhetorical question have been posted, thank you. No more answers are needed.
When I see things like this, it’s pretty clear that there’s a demand for smaller less expensive portions from this restaurant. I have no idea why people opt to do passive aggressive things like this rather than meet their customer’s demand
Stop calling shit stealing when its not theft.
Otherwise, offer what you want to offer and learn how to say no to requests you don’t want to fulfill; its not that hard.
Lmao I’m sorry I think that’s fucking hilarious. Imagine 4 adults coming in and ordering 4 kids meals and eating/passing them around like they’re having Chinese food or something.
Ah OK so why is 3 “Thai” tacos with sweet chili chicken, coleslaw and wanton strips $22? Cause that makes me feel like you’re stealing from me…
Edit: wonton
No, most restaurants don’t sell kids meals at a loss; that’s just baffling stupid.
Kids meals are generally very profitable. I think this restaurant is a little confused
“By ordering something on our menu and paying for it, you’re stealing from us!”
Bruh.
Just get rid of kids meals, or charge a little more for them so it’s not at a loss. Or if you want to keep kids meals low, offer half portions of popular adult entrees at slightly more than half price to give them some options other than macaroni or chicky nugs. There’s clearly demand for smaller portions with lower price points. Or you could call your paying customers dirty thieves for not ordering the porterhouse.
Just take it off the menu…
the virgin karen restaurant vs the chad IKEA 2 free kids meals per entree wednesdays no age limit hell yeah hell yeahhhh
I can kind of get if it was one of those “Get an adult meal and get a kids meal free!” sort of deal like some places have, but it sounds like the business was just offering it at a low price. Honestly? It is on them and not the customer’s fault. I know people who go for the kid’s meal BECAUSE it is lower portion sizes and there is nothing wrong with that.
What a strange thing to do.
Either take it off, or just raise the price to cost, tho I don’t understand how you could possibly be selling kids items at an actual loss.
There’s so much idiocy in this, let’s just attack all parents, they’re not a customer base we want at all…
Usually kids’ meals are less seasoned, faster to make, smaller portioned.
I order kids meals usually only for take out so I can say I’m taking it to a kid if they question it but it means I want the smaller portion.
It’s literally been a way I can cut calories while still getting a “fix”. A child’s burger is about 40% the calories of an adult sized one (depending on the place).
$99 kids meal surcharge is laughable. I would boycott the restaurant until it got a new owner.
This is the restaurants own stupid fault lmao 😂
They don’t seem to understand that’s not public knowledge. Calling people who obviously are trying to just save a lil money themselves inconsiderate for not knowing about a thing only kitchen management would know is ridiculous.
A lot of people order the kid’s meal because of the portion size. My parents eat very little at their age so they usually split their meals. Maybe the restaurant could just offer “half portions”.
selling something at a loss and then being mad you’re losing money on it is CRAZY
Instead of complaining just take off the kids meal.
Man, sometimes I just want a smaller portion 😔
“Stealing from the restaurant” is one of the most absurd things I’ve ever heard lmao
At Disney the waitstaff was encouraging us to order kids meals because they’re a better price and still a reasonable portion
the people in charge seem,,, not smart. there are so many other ways to fix this problem
Maybe offer meals with normal portions at a reasonable price. Some of us just don’t want to throw away food because you serve more calories than we can eat in a day.
I’m sorry… but reading this, all I can think of is …
That hilarious Ricky Gervais scene in *After Life* where he orders 2 kids meals and the waitress gets pissy at him.
“Buying something that I’m selling at a loss is theft”
What an absolute clown
my thing is what if someone has an eating issue, like myself i have ARFID which has caused me to have a severe limit on what i can eat and alot of the time its the stuff on the kids menu I can eat (im 20) so sometimes its not just trying to get a cheaper meal-
“We sell kids’ meals at a loss…”
So… don’t?
Fuck that restaurant.
ok but the passive aggressive paragraph was all i wouldve needed to go eat somewhere else lol
Management sounds dumb as hell, just make it a smaller portion size or raise the price and move on, no need for the theatrics drama queen 💅
I can’t finish an adult size meal. Portions are too big. Kids meal is perfect
I’m confused, how do you know with complete certainty they weren’t for children?
I don’t like restaurant adult portions in the US. It’s too much food.
I’d never eat there again.
First they came for the kids meals and I said nothing because I have no children. Then they came for the Senior menu and I just went someplace else.