Was reading an article about the top then things that restaurants don't tell you. :) To some of us which are restaurateur's would probably already know. :) 1. It's more about the sizzle than the steak. Even menus are rigged. We list the item that makes the most profit first so it catches your eye, says restaurant consultant Linda Lipsky, and bury the highest-cost item in the middle. 2. Eating here could make you sick. A lot of poor, transient people work in restaurants, says Peter Francis, a co-author of industry exposé How to Burn Down the House. They're not giving up the $100 they'd make in a shift because they're sick. 3. Our markups are ridiculous. It's not all gravy though. Restaurants keep only 4 cents of every dollar spent by a customer, says Hudson Riehle, the vice president of research and information services at the National Restaurant Association. The remainder of the money, he says, is divided among food and beverage purchases, payroll, occupancy...
