On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 5:00:31 AM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 8:26:13 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > On Friday, October 12, 2018 at 2:12:54 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> > > "Millennials Kill Again. The Latest Victim? American Cheese"
> > >
> > > By Lydia Mulvany and Leslie Patton
> > >
> > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...a-s-big-cheese
> > >
> > > First paragraphs:
> > >
> > > American cheese will never die. It has too many preservatives.
> > >
> > > But its melting away.
> > >
> > > One by one, Americas food outlets are abandoning the century-old American staple. In many cases, theyre replacing it with fancier cheeses.
> > >
> > > Panera Four Cheese Grilled Cheese
> > > Source: Panera Bread
> > >
> > > Wendys is offering asiago.
> >
> > Cheese if forced on all burgers at Wendy's. No plain burger without cheese that costs less. That's why I patronize Shake Shack instead.
> >
> > Also my breakfast place uses Kraft american as an ingredient "glue" in omelettes. It takes longer to cook if I ask for no-cheese. Since I am paying the same price as a cheese based order, I grab extra take home paper napkins in lieu of the foregone yellow arterial clogger.
>
> If you think the cost of ingredients entitles you to a lower price on
> an order that requires extra labor, perhaps you should stop going to
> restaurants.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Its not extra labor to avoid placing a cheese slice, its less labor and less ingredients. Somehow Shake Shack and even McDonalds manage to offer a plain burger and higher priced cheeseburger. I use to go to a local downtown Chicago chain named M-Burger but they changed their menu and dropped the lower priced burger.

As for cooking omelettes, it just sits on the griddle longer while the cook starts another order. Again, less labor to place a cheese slice and less ingredient cost. Sometimes I'll order the special with Feta cheese because it includes toast.