How All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Make Money

How All-You-Can-Eat Buffets Make Money You already know how this ends. You eat too much, you feel bad about it, and on the drive home you tell yourself you got your money's worth. That's the deal, right? You pay a flat price, you eat until the calculation tips in your favor, and somewhere in that transaction the restaurant still manages to keep the lights on. It seems almost charitable when you think about it. A business that invites you to take as much as you want and somehow doesn't go broke.