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[โ€“] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A handful of restaurants which definitely can't afford the amount of people working there and the interior. They always operate the same way: the food doesn't taste good, expensive interior and (many) more personnel than customers.

Unless they all have a philanthropist millionaire as a sponsor, I suspect they launder money. Apparently this is quite common in Germany because hard cash is still common here. Even large sums of money.

[โ€“] anaximander@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

A lot of food places, particularly eat-in restaurants, are just perpetually struggling. Half the staff are on minimal pay, or the owner's friends and family helping out. They struggle and lose money for a few years before finally folding. A regular who has no idea about the industry buys the place and keeps much of it the same because they always loved it. The process repeats.

[โ€“] Blackdoom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Same here. I'll add expensive prices (there's one not far with simple salads at 20โ‚ฌ),and a rude staff, especially the boss.

There's no way my small suburb needs 15 pizzerias and 7 sushi restaurants. Somethings up.