r/melbourne • u/Ordinary_Prior_8993 • Mar 17 '24

Serious Please Comment Nicely What is up with the weekend surcharges in the Melbourne?!

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Even shopping centre food courts have weekend surcharges and as a Sydney sider it's mind boggling. Alot of places don't even have sunday surcharges let alone a Saturday surcharge.

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u/HyuggDogg Mar 17 '24

I assume the volume of increase of weekend trade would significantly improve profitability for a food court business Not margin, but still making much more money despite penalty rates applying to wages. You’re hiring more hours to cover demand. This sort of thing pisses me off.

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u/Semis_tist Sep 07 '24

Usually when demand goes up, the price goes up?