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The cost of food


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46 minutes ago, Anna N said:

My granddaughter and I ordered pizza tonight. This is not New York City or Chicago and I don't expect to win that lottery but I do expect that when I order a mushroom and pepperoni pizza I can find the mushrooms and the pepperoni without the help of a microscope. I also expect to find some evidence that there is cheese on said pizza. I would like to complain directly to Domino’s but it would take me most of tonight and part of tomorrow to complete all the bits and pieces of information they require in order to consider my complaint.

 

I understand the increased costs involved. I am more than prepared to pay more to get a decent pizza but that doesn't seem to be an option.  I am now paying astronomical amounts for some barely flavoured dough!  Uugggghhhhh. 

 

I live in an area blessed with pizza.  Perhaps not world class pizza, but real pizza.  I can think of eight or more pizzeria* I could walk to on a good day (admittedly I have not enjoyed any good days of late).  However I still see many, many Domino deliveries going past my window.  I do not know why.

 

A few months ago our manager treated all of us at work to Domino's.  I believe it was the worst pizza I have ever had.

 

 

*including three pizzeria I could crawl to bleeding.

 

 

 

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I think I've mentioned this before, but pertaining to those of us in North America, and probably some of us in Europe, food prices are a blessing compared to some parts of the world.  Sure I would like to pay less, but I have food in my belly, and I can still buy limes.

 

 

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1 doz. generic eggs @ TJ's   :   down to $ 2.99

 

MarketBasket ( just now ) for the same category : $ 3.99

 

this difference has always been prevalent.

 

but its now ' flipped '

 

there is a prize of some sort ( maybe not Nobel Economics )

 

for sorting this out .

 

WSJ , where are you on this ?

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re: Domino's

 

a long while back , '80's

 

the Domino in my area  ( and im sure elsewhere )

 

had a 30 min or less guarantee'd delivery

 

or it was free.

 

I still tipped the driver , but over time

 

Domino discounted its pizza to me , buy

 

close to 50 % .

 

I didn't exactly pick buys times ...

 

but when the pizza idea cropped up

 

others were a bit ahead of me

 

The Early Bird  doesn't get 50 % Off.

 

and back then the pizza's were quite good.

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9 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I live in an area blessed with pizza.  Perhaps not world class pizza, but real pizza.  I can think of eight or more pizzeria* I could walk to on a good day (admittedly I have not enjoyed any good days of late).  However I still see many, many Domino deliveries going past my window.  I do not know why.

 

A few months ago our manager treated all of us at work to Domino's.  I believe it was the worst pizza I have ever had.

 

 

*including three pizzeria I could crawl to bleeding.

 

 

 

 

Advertising.

Same with hoagies. Why does Subway exist in the Northeast corrider?

 

And I'd add that Domino's is set up to deliver 10 pizzas, so group-leaders tend to dominize

 

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58 minutes ago, rotuts said:

$ 60 for 4 meal-equivalents is pretty steep.

 

A couple of days ago my GF and I had a burger, a burger combo (hers with a Beyond patty, because she can't eat beef anymore), and upgraded from regular to sweet-potato fries on the combo. It cost us $30 and some-odd cents. 

 

That's $CDN, mind you. But still.

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Although this is not for a meal kit but for fully cooked meals the additional costs really raise the price to an unconscionable level. This is for three main courses. In Ontario we do not pay taxes on fresh food. The packaging fee will be refunded should I decide to order again. 
 

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6 minutes ago, rotuts said:

@Anna N 

 

GST / HST = ?

Goods and services and harmonized sales taxes

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7 minutes ago, Anna N said:

Goods and services and harmonized sales taxes

To elaborate, Canada has both a federal sales tax (the Goods and Services Tax, or GST) and - in most provinces - a provincial sales tax. When the GST was introduced, there was some confusion as to whether both taxes should be charged independently on the base price of the product, or whether the GST (like the older federal tax it replaced) should be included in the base price, and then the provincial tax calculated on that total. Ultimately most provinces decided against the tax-on-tax approach, and "harmonized" their sales taxes with the GST.

 

A given receipt or invoice might detail them separately, but usually they're combined as "GST/HST" and you'll see one number for sales tax.

 

 

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41 minutes ago, rotuts said:

so  

 

sales tax is 16 %  ?

 

is this for cooked food ?

It varies from province to province, depending on the provincial tax rate, but the total is 15-16 percent in most provinces.

 

Application of the tax is kind of quirky. If you buy five cookies, those are "snacks" and taxable. If you buy six, it's "groceries" and non-taxable. If you buy a 2-piece chicken meal at the supermarket's deli counter, that's taxable, but if you buy the 10-pack of cold fried chicken from the refrigerated showcase a few feet away it's not. There are many, many such arbitrary examples but they had to draw the line somewhere, I suppose.

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1 hour ago, rotuts said:

so  

 

sales tax is 16 %  ?

 

is this for cooked food ?

It's actually 13% tax. This is for prepared food. So the taxes on the food the delivery and the packaging.

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