Why are American portions always so big? You'd think the businesses would give smaller servings to maximize profit

Why are American portions always so big? You'd think the businesses would give smaller servings to maximize profit

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I guess they can afford it

A cup of that costs like a cent for them to fill and free refills make you more likely to come into the store to eat

euros be like
>having more bad!

In the US they overcharge for smaller drink sizes

>for profit
Nah man, despite memes the US has more resources than it know what do do with. It's the country of excess, there is so much excess this amount is trivial. It's not healthy though.

>You'd think the businesses would give smaller servings to maximize profit
Yes - in a vacuum where there's no competition.

Drink syrups and carbonation are inexpensive. Cups alone can cost more than the liquid itself, and many people are attracted to fast food joints just for the benefit of getting a drink. Then, they entice you with low pricing and flashy pictures, as well as offering promotional deals ("would you like ____ with that" phrases). So, it is an inexpensive way to bring people to your store to buy more. Not really a loss leader since it is so cheap anyway, but treated like one. Making things smaller would ruin this mechanic, at least in North America.

I'm guessing the goverments that actually care about their citizens not becoming huge fat blobs put restrictions on soda and food sizes, like how many fast food places need to actual use real ingredients and not just fill everything with corn syrup like the USA does.

Normal portion sizes would cause revolution in murica