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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by ropans808 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:45PM (#17619832)
This is very interesting, I had never considered the impact free food at a large office has on its surroundings. The legislation certainly sounds backwards, but to me the situation is reminiscent of a company using profits from one sector to subsidize another, in order to drown out competitors in that space. I don't think Facebook is actually trying to kill off restaurants, but this is definitely how you would do it in an anti-competitive way.
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by GordonS on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:12PM (#17620072)
I don't see what's anticompetitive about it - surely they buy the food they give out from local retailers?
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by sundaeofshock on Thursday July 26, 2018 @04:17PM (#17620601)
A food wholesaler and a restaurant are two entirely different businesses.
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by patejam on Thursday July 26, 2018 @06:13PM (#17621773)
I think the idea is that it's still a local business that handles it. And it's locals who are hired to prepare the food, just like a local restaurant.
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by GordonS on Saturday July 28, 2018 @03:37PM (#17634611)
What makes a restaurant a more 'worthy' business that a food retailer or wholesaler?