Submitted by claw046 t3_106kjy5 in RhodeIsland
Have you noticed Shrinkflation around Rhode Island? I LOVE a regular combination from Italian Corner and I usually pick one up whenever I'm close by. I always eat half of a regular and save the rest for later, but last week I was easily able to eat the entire sub because it had less than half the meat it used to. I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this at other restaurants or places?
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Holy shit nice slice is $30 for a vegan pizza? Not even frank Pepe's is that high although I don't know if they have a vegan option at Franks
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I make my own pizza, buy some Violife, a dough, and some sauce, it’ll be like $9, and no tax or tip.
100 percent ...I refuse to go to either of these places even though I like the food because I can't let myself get completely ripped off because I'm " Vegan".
Absolutely same
Thought it was just me, $14 for 2 eggrolls, $23 for mac and cheese, $7 for fries, or $7 for mushrooms 🙄 That’s just greedy and pretentious.
If you’re ever in the area, TLC coffee roasters doesn’t upcharge for non-dairy milks. Very rare these days
Really? When they were in the start up kitchen (before their new location with eat-in dining), their portions were absolutely huge! Solidly two meals.
I ordered from them when they were a start up as well. I forget the exact price, but I got the Italian sub which I think was $12-14 and it genuinely was mostly bread, and a small sub roll at that. I ordered one meal for delivery once since they opened their brick & mortar, their Southern Chikn and Cornbread, and it literally cost over $50 including the delivery fees and tip. I want to love it, but it’s just wildly inaccessible and makes vegan food seem really pretentious, which I think can give non-vegans the wrong impression and deter them from trying it.
Also, can I just add, they were serving tiny squares of underbaked cornbread at Veg Fest this summer. People literally pay for tickets to go around and eat samples, yet all of the actual food they brought was for sale at their normal menu prices.
My friends were so happy to see pianta at veg fest because they had a huge line and everyone was walking out with big items. They got to the front to find out it was a 1.5” squared corn bread. They felt obliged to buy something so they spent like $18 on a Crunchwrap like taco bell style.
That is LITERALLY what happened to me! Huge line, saw people walking away and assumed we were gonna get an egg roll or something, 20+ minutes I get to the table and they were waiting for me to place an order. I had to ask where the samples were, and I definitely wasn’t buying anything. Other places had awesome offerings, so it was just so strange.
Frank and John's of Italy in EG, who has my favorite Chx Parm, no longer serves a salad with it.
Their Smithfield location has taken a hit too
On a completely unrelated question, how's their pizza. I keep walking by it and haven't tried it yet.
Solid B to B+.
Solid. Thanks
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I would say on par with dominos.... The pizza I had there was so greasy it fell apart....and the dough was burnt yet raw... Never ate there again after that. Can make better at home.
It’s usually very good. With new owners it’s inconsistent.
Honestly that just doesnt bode well when its inconsistent. Means the cleaning is probably also inconsistent imho.
I will never forget that pizza....it was wetter then mama June's spanx after hot yoga....
Chipotle, screw that place. Used to be like $6.85 for a bowl that could’ve been 2 meals. Went yesterday, it’s now $10 for sofritos, and the lady is counting the grains of rice, and not filling the guac that’s like $4. Baja’s still hooks me up.
I see it at a lot of other places, but I understand that most places are just passing on costs that their distributor give them, that the broker gives them, that the mega corporations give them.
I see a lot of shrinkflation..
However I dont buy the "passing it onto the customer excuse". There is a shop restraunt depot which you have to have a food related business license to be a member. If you dont have a business license they'll call the cops and have you trespassed.
.89 cents per pound for jumbo party wings. You buy them by the 40 pound case....other places if you were to buy them its between 2.99 to 3.99 a pound.
6 5 pound bags french fries 25.99...
So yeah I'm not buying the "distributor, broker, mega corps" excuse.
The local wing joint buys the wings from restraunt depot. They charge 7.99 for a half pound of wings. Do the math its greed.
I go to restaurant depot, and they don’t call the cops on you, you do need a membership though. I’ve been in food service as a chef/buyer for 25+ years, the prices have gone up drastically. The low price for chicken now, was 3x that a year ago. French fries used to be $17/cs. Overhead costs have skyrocketed too, my software costs have gone up 20%. Luckily I have t had to pass much cost on because my food cost has only gone up 3 points, but if your business sells chicken wings, fries and bar foods, those costs have gone way up from pre-pandemic.
They tresspassed me, but they were on the app flipp advertising...moment I told them that I didnt have a business license the cranston pd was called. I was told dont come back or your going to jail.
I can see overhead and such going up since there's prices going up across the board. Like I said though local wing joint uses them and still charges 8 bucks for a half pound. They did triple last year for the same half pound portion. Think 35% is the typical overhead bracket for most restraunts. Figure 4 dollars a pound, they were charging 48 dollars per pound roughly last year. 15.40 cents should of gone to overhead 4 for the pound of wings, 19.40 would of been their cost. Leaving 28.60 roughly in profit per pound.
The overhead for this particular wing joint last year according to the manager was actually lower during the pandemic cause they reduced a lot of dogs from the menu, and cut back on staff....such as firing almost all of their servers. Allegedly after the staff reduction and dogs they allegedly had a 17% overhead.
I will say, RD is always a bit um, rude, depending on who’s there, but the lady at the reception has always been great. I totally agree about some places taking advantage. When I saw wings on sale, I said to my wife”wonder if (name of place we get wings from) will lower their insanely high prices for wings. The thing that usually happens though is cost of chicken will go down, but pork will go up, or avocados will be $96/cs or some other shit that always seems to pop up in the industry. I usually think, if the owner is driving a sensible car, they’re probably not bilking their customers, if they’re flashy, they’re prob taking advantage of customers.
The owner of the wing joint is a penny pincher....one of those that bilks you for everything....but then pleads poverty....drives a Facebook special... I wish crispy crunchy chicken moved in again...theyd make bank.
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T's recently gave me half the amount of French toast with the retweet platter. I was sad about that.
T’s is delicious sure, but literally priced TO BE the most expensive restaurant around. If they see someone offers something for more, they will raise their prices. Source : a former business associate informed me.
Kinda funny I got this yesterday and instantly thought the cook messed up.
T’s portions are half what they used to be. Just go to Denny’s
Ts is a glorified dennys I love this Lmaoo ✔️✔️
Huh, I actually got a bresaola from Italian Corner yesterday (my favorite sandwich in RI, by the way) and I was thinking that it was loaded with way more meat than it usually is.
Ordered 3 no onion and only got 2!
My local sub shop doesn’t use whole meatballs in their grinders anymore.
They slice them up.
I swear a platter from Xaco Taco used to be three tacos, but now it’s only 2. Can anyone confirm?
Got Js deli last night. Still about the same but $13 for a sub Holy smokes.
Js got crazy. Still the best sandwiches around imo, but they’ve climbed from ~$10/sub to $13-$15 and it’s just not worth it to go often anymore.
I do have enough points on my Js card, so I guess I’ll go ONE more time.
Yeah I don't go to often. My sister comes to visit sometimes and wants the pilgrim sub every time almost.
Uncle Tony’s my favorite chicken parm w ziti is now 19.95
…Seven days a week, at every Uncle Tony’s Pizza and Pasta Restaurant.
Boy we were a motley looking bunch…
I'd prefer they raise prices rather than giving you less. The latter is a really sleazy move.
TSK in Newport. They started serving their entrees a la carte and there is also a note on the menu that they're charging a 3% service fee on every check which goes directly to the kitchen staff.
That's not shrinkflation
Maybe - -
Prices go up everywhere =
More trips to see your shrink
Who also raises the price
This is just straight up stealing from customers. Thanks Newport
I've never found the portions at Italian Corner to be very big. It's still delicious and I go there all the time, but not the kind of place that piles their sandwiches high in my memory.
Luke's Chinese food in Bristol much smaller portions now.
Cumberland Farms Nachos have much less chips now.
Yea but you can just fill the entire plastic tray with cheese. Just be careful because it's hot and not super sturdy
How are their nachos? Any good?
For gas station nachos
I noticed strippers breasts are getting smaller :¶
EP best sandwich place is fork'n sammich on south Broadway...hands down!!
Their BLT is Magical
I thought they closed down
They back open!
Its not just Rhode Island, Industry is crushed due to the inflation.
Just the other day I was at NY System and ordered 3 all the way. They only went half-way.
From time to time I order the cheap pasta bowl from Dominos. It used to be insanely filling but now the quantity appears to be half as much, and with much less meat too.
Beef Barn stopped doing their sandwich, salad and fries special combo. Now everything is sold separately and more expensive.
They just started it back up this past Friday !!
Yessss!
What?!?! They stopped the specials?!?!
No, they brought them right back.
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Sandwiches here in Providence are the worst. Italian Corner has one of the Better ones but horrendous Bread. If you are looking for value, Market Basket makes better Sandwiches for half the Cost..:
Do you have any idea what it costs to keep a restaurant open? I was manager and part owner of Umelt and just look what happened to us. It costs 5k a month just to keep the doors open never mind food costs and labor, if you can’t afford to eat out eat at home folks sorry this is the world we live in
That mentality is also not great… can’t afford to eat out, eat at home, then restaurants will still close because the majority of working class people are the ones frequenting these places. We don’t eat out and support you, then you still close. Also restaurants got so much help from Covid relief that other small businesses in the state didn’t get! I also remember all of us ordering take out and tipping 20% to keep our favorite places going during the pandemic! Now you tell us if we can’t afford it stay home during a brutal inflation period we’re all suffering through. Not the best mentality.
Also my parents own 2 restaurants, I’ve waitressed for many years … I do have experience in the industry.
Products don’t get more expensive the value of the dollar is decreasing.
They asked about shrinkflation, which is when the company decreases the size of the product instead of increasing the price.
Yes, and they’re doing so because the cost of goods for them has increased.
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Pianta in Providence. Since they opened, the portions are medicore, and the prices are genuinely astronomical. I’m vegan and never go there because it’s so expensive. They just updated their winter menu and are selling vegan mac and cheese for $23. I just can’t support that. Add Plant City’s $15+ vegan sushi rolls to that list too.