There could be a separate thing on the table. I’ve seen places hand out menus but have the QR code on a little sheet in a stand near the salt and pepper shakers
The Chilis near me has prices listed on the digital menu thing on the table but not on the physical menu. Probably cheaper and easier to adjust especially for seafood and booze with the more “fluid pricing” in the New American Reich (derogatory).
Great that you brought up this point. There is literally a term in economics called "menu prices". It is one of the "costs" of inflation. Essentially, menu prices are the cost associated with having to perform price adjustments at resturants, stores, and other businesses. In the resturant setting this would primarily be printing out new menus, which can be costly and take time. In a grocery store, this could include a worker going around changing the labels. There's a range of complexity and cost for each type of business, but resturants can get around this by your suggestion-- utilizing QR codes. But if you've ever eaten at a midwest diner, you know a permanent marker is a viable option.
I remember that during Covid. They had no menus. That night me and my wife went in. We wanted to not have a cell phone with us. When they told us to scan the QR code. We were like with what? The hostess said your cell phone. Told her we don’t have one. They didn’t know what to do. Luckily me and my wife already know the menu. We got our usuals
Chilis still has drinks and food in the system from a decade ago. They can’t make these drinks or food, they don’t exist anymore. Why are they there? Because nobody wants to actually update the system
No chance they “update a virtual menu daily”, when they’ve left stuff like this go for over a decade
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u/Atheist_3739 1d ago
They should tuse the QR codes at each table that link to an online menu that can be updated daily