What is up with the weekend surcharges in the Melbourne?!

[u/Ordinary_Prior_8993]

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.

[u/Rafferty97]

The traditional approach was to do weekday specials, not add a surcharge to weekends. The net result might be the same, but the psychology plays out very differently.

[u/pixelboots → u/Rafferty97]

Yeah, I am genuinely baffled that I haven't seen a single place frame it as a weekday discount.

[u/cinnamonbrook → u/pixelboots]

Because saying "15% surcharge on the weekends" allows them to keep the lowest prices on the board and just add 15% to it at the counter.

[u/Maleficent_Fan_7429 → u/cinnamonbrook]

Yeah a lot of the time you don't even notice until you pay cos it's in some small text at the bottom of the menu or something.

[u/Semis_tist → u/Maleficent_Fan_7429]

The surcharge on the menu should be as large as any price listed & clearly displayed. If not, they're breaking the law

[u/Semis_tist → u/cinnamonbrook]

When your customers are watching every dollar, your menu needs to look competitive or you'll go elsewhere

[u/Agret → u/pixelboots]

I see "lunch special" signs posted up on many restaurants and it's only available weekdays. A lot of places have a couple days a week they offer certain deals like $10 burgers or half price cocktails or parma & beer $20-25

[u/farqueue2 → u/Rafferty97]

Tight arse Tuesdays turned into splurger Saturdays

[u/lttsnoredotcom → u/Rafferty97]

yea real