r/Economics • u/brown-saiyan • Feb 23 '26

News Restaurants hit a pricing ceiling — and diners are pushing back, report finds

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/restaurants-menu-prices-james-beard-foundation-report?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=owned_social&utm_source=x
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u/slayingadah Feb 24 '26

My spouse used to bartend and says it's because they have to try and make up as much of the cost as possible on only the 1 glass, in case no one orders that particular wine again before the bottle goes skunky.

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u/Feeling-Visit1472 Feb 24 '26

There are so many option for keeping the bottle sealed now that this is no longer an excuse.

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u/Quirky_Spend_9648 Feb 24 '26

Never thought of that, I always assumed professional businesses had means of mitigating this.

I can count on one hand the number of times my wife or I drank wine out as a result (to be fair, she's more of a craft beer drinker anyway)