Cooking, Food & Wine

recently, part of the general price level in the area rose faster in China. In the "up" behind the sound, is the increase in costs lead to higher prices? Or to individual businesses to follow the trend of a ride, bid up the price? Reporter entered the beverage and consumer goods industries, in-depth analysis of the real causes of price changes, explore practical means of price regulation and effective ways of managing inflation expectations.

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since the beginning of more and more customers to checkout in the restaurant, he found himself in the Bill of "service fees" charged amount less per person $ 5, $ 10 to more than a 10% to receive all meals is even higher. Question and when consumers, businesses tend to move out of "rising prices", "etiquette" and "internal" pretexts such as perfunctory. Restaurants charge a service fee to meet the requirements? Charging standards, what is it? Consumers what is this?

-arbitrarily subject to service charges, do not do is hidden price increase

, Chaoyang District, Beijing Shin Kong place shopping center outside the six layers of Ding Tai Fung restaurant, recently added a sign: "our store, plus an 10% service fee". It is understood that this operating Taiwan xiaolongbao restaurants famous for service fees starting from February 1. According to a consumer Web site questionnaire statistics, per capita consumption probably about hundred of the restaurant, 10% service charge per meal, count down is not a small number.

many patrons on this raises the question: operation snacks restaurants never learn-star hotel, has opened to a service charge?

Ding Tai Fung staff explained that: additional service fee, the restaurant will start to provide customers with free tea, before tea for a fee. But the fact is, before the service fee, consumers can choose a cup of tea or not tea, it is free to choose the cut or not to cut tea money; now became whether consumers drinking tea or water must pay pay a service fee.

in addition, Ding Tai Fung earlier launched a stored-value cards, consumers can stored value and gain a certain amount of coupons in advance. Many customers are directed at the concession in Cary only stored a lot of money. Businesses now suddenly subject to service fees, grants before actually become the business value of customer "left hand right hand" game, which some customers are dissatisfied with "I $ 3,000 to save Kari, 10% coupons, or $ 300 coupon, plus an 10% service fee, equal to the $ 300 coupon offers and returned to the restaurant. Know now to a service charge, would have been to this restaurant not card will not, can not want to fall back card and only bite the run out, feel their consumption ' abducted '! "

vegetable prices unchanged, but an extra service charge, this is a hidden price increase or forced consumption? When we are on this question, Ding Tai Fung staff said: "what price now, and not only we are a service charge. "

next to Ding Tai Fung, a high-end Cantonese Restaurant jade restaurant, notification of 10% service fees also appeared. We ask, the answers given by the service personnel of the restaurant and Ding Tai Fung employees the same.

found in interviews, many restaurants charge a service fee of the nomenclature, randomness is strong. We are in the vicinity of dongzhimen when a restaurant specializing in Sichuan, was told that because the bring your own booze, need additional service fee to pay 15%. But according to the Beijing development and Reform Commission query to a file on a Web site, premium catering enterprises of Beijing city qualify as a designated tourist service fee plus an 15%; others qualify as a designated tourist restaurant enterprises can be added to 10% service charge, and such a few restaurants are not.

"known to a service charge is disguised a lift prices, forced consumption, collected nor reasonable. However, we cannot fail to pick up, even if we do not prefer, we can only pay. "Consumers no choice but to say that when the check.

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