The Official WTF Thread

[heyzeus]

"childhood health initiative" is a cynical euphemism for "child porn ring."

[BW23]

This has nothing to do with child porn. He was hired by the Cards to hack into the Astros database to spy on their nutritional guidelines.

[Jocephus]

because that one guy didn't heed the warnings, the alligator has been killed. something bugs me about that. maybe im a terrible person

[go birds]

that is some bs

[tlombard]

because that one guy didn't heed the warnings, the alligator has been killed. something bugs me about that. maybe im a terrible person

Completely agree.

[Vidor]

The wife found a halibut recipe in one of our cookbooks, so I wound up getting some halibut at the grocery store.

Good Lord. I had no idea that halibut was so expensive. Safeway wanted $25/lb for that stuff. I got the frozen, which wasn't that much cheaper.

[sighyoung]

The wife found a halibut recipe in one of our cookbooks, so I wound up getting some halibut at the grocery store.

Good Lord. I had no idea that halibut was so expensive. Safeway wanted $25/lb for that stuff. I got the frozen, which wasn't that much cheaper.

I went to a restaurant yesterday where the halibut special was $38.00. No thanks.

[Radbird]

Could've had halibut and shrimp at Red Lobster for $11.99

[Vidor]

Missouri state legislator sues to deny birth control coverage--specifically for his own wife and two daughters

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/20 ... ntrol.html

[haltz]

The wife found a halibut recipe in one of our cookbooks, so I wound up getting some halibut at the grocery store.

Good Lord. I had no idea that halibut was so expensive. Safeway wanted $25/lb for that stuff. I got the frozen, which wasn't that much cheaper.

I went to a restaurant yesterday where the halibut special was $38.00. No thanks.

Restaurants do this thing where they are slaves to their food cost multipliers across the board. So let's say it's $22/lb, that's $1.40/oz and he needs to keep his food cost at 25%. 7oz x $1.40 x 4 = $39.20 is how he arrives at that number, which is off-putting, especially in a market like Louisville and as a fish special on a Monday night. Instead of charging a much more palatable $30 and clearing $20 each time towards the rest of your overhead and hopefully profit.

Option 1. The salad costs you $3 and you can put it on the plate for $15. Your food cost is an amazing 20% and you net $12.
Option 2. The steak that costs you $30 and you sell for $60. Your food cost is an abysmal 50% and you net $30.

Plenty of restaurant owners would seemingly prefer the first option. Anyway, your margins should progress and regress depending on whether it's a big ticket item or not and a lot of places don't do this.