C1 – Advanced
Buffet restaurants typically offer all-you-can-eat (AYCE) food for a fixed price.
The good thing about buffet themes is that the customers can immediately see all the food being served and then choose which dishes they prefer to eat. They can also control how much food they put on their plates.
This dining style is usual in events like business conventions or big parties.
Watch the video below and find out how this kind of restaurants make profits.
Discussion Questions:
1. Talk about the tricks buffet restaurants apply to make money.
2. What are your thoughts on this type of restaurants?
3. Have you ever experienced going to a buffet restaurant?
4. How do you get the most out of a buffet?
5. Talk about your favorite restaurant and its strategy on getting people in the door.
4 replies on “How Buffet Restaurants Make Money”
This kind of restaurant using a lot of plans to make money but the mains plans they are using are use a smaller dishes and big beverages, also they use a plan with the food, they have a lot of food with carbs in the first view.
Maybe few years ago I thoughtsit is a great idea had a lunch in this kind of restaurant but now I think I prefer other types of restaurant. My preference is hight quality about the cousine I like eat a good food.
Yes, I tasted a lot of buffets and I think is better option eat a healthy food or equilibrate than eat in buffets.
In my case, I eat a lot of dishes and desserts.
I don’t have a favourite restaurant but I have favourite cousine and it is the Italian food, I think when the restaurant has a good food and material the restaurant has a people in the door.
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1. These restaurants use smaller dishes and increase the size of the beverage. Besides, they put the most profitable menu items in the begging of the line.
2. For me, buffets are quite dangerous because I always want to taste too much food.
3. I have been to buffets in hotels, Asian restaurants and even pizza restaurants.
4. If I have learned something is that I don’t want to get the most out of a buffet, for health reasons. Although, in buffets you can taste food that you may not have ordered in another restaurant with the same dishes.
5. My favourite restaurants are quite cheap and they serve a good amount of food. They usually have fried fish or grilled meat.
Thank you for taking the time to share your opinions on this topic.
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Besides, they put the most profitable menu items in the begging of the line.
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