In what sense can a church that doles unlimited free soup to the poor be
giving free-refills? Is that a pre-emptive strike?
Best Regards,
MG
(have said that
> there are no free drink re-fills in Europe , but is
> this also true of fast food? Maybe the test case is the same franchise on
> differe
ue of fast food? Maybe the test case is the same franchise on
different continents.
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Subject: Re: Free Re-fills
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seems to range from the Ruby Tuesday
/ Denny's mid range level restaurant to the more
pricey and distinguished one of a kind store.
Pat McCann
GMU Undergrad
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Bryan Caplan wrote:
> Related question: Why no free re-fills in Europe?
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In a message dated 7/9/00 10:38:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< McDonalds and Burger King don't offer free
refills on anything.
>>
Not so---most fast-food places of this type now have self-serve soft drinks,
and while they don't explicitly say you are permitted to
Rather than an elasticity explanation I would suggest a two part
tarriff. The initial charge grabs the consumer surplus, MC is close to
zero for soft drinks (mostly water) so p=MC is optimal. Fabio's real
question, however, is why do some restaurants choose one policy and
others another. This i
We have in Europe things that look like free-re-fills. In some French
restaurants (but it's probably true in other european countries) you
have "buffets" : you choose what you eat on a table and you eat as much
as you wish. It's a good deal for the restaurant owner : more food
At 21:16 00-07-08, you wrote:
Related question: Why no free re-fills in
Europe?
--
It depends what you re-fill. If you have dinner in a Paris "Bistrot
roman" (a chain of upper middle class fast food) and you take the
smoked salmon, they will re-fill you as much as you want. Same
More observation: nice sit down places seem to be mostly full
price refills. Sizzler/Bonanza buffet places tend to give free
refills. -fabio
> Restaurants of what type and what were their corresponding policies?
>
> Best Regards,
> MG
> > Is there any logic to whether restaraunts offer free ref
At 18:53 00-07-08, you wrote:
Is there any logic to whether restaraunts
offer free refills for soda
drinks?An hypothesis: Suppose there are two clienteles for
restaurant sodas: one with a high elasticity of demand and a higher
demand curve, and the other one with a low elasticity and a lower dema
Related question: Why no free re-fills in Europe?
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Restaurants of what type and what were their corresponding policies?
Best Regards,
MG
> Is there any logic to whether restaraunts offer free refills for soda
> drinks?
>
> I've observed one street alone among three restaraunts
Is there any logic to whether restaraunts offer free refills for soda
drinks?
I've observed one street alone among three restaraunts serving
similar clientele all three main forms of refill policy: free,
discounted and full price.
Any insights?
-fabio
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