Money & The Food Industry [infographic]

May 16, 2012 |  by  |  Food

It’d be an understatement to say America loves food. The food industry is one of the most lucrative in the country and the big wigs of fast food chains are raking in the doe, while their foot soldiers run the business essentially. A fast-food worker is regarded to as the lowest median paying job in the U.S., according to the infographic. Getting paid between $6.80 and $7.90 an hour, members of the food service industry are forced to work a little harder for extra cash.

The tip. It’s a word known to rear it’s head around the close of a meal. On average, we tip 17.5%. The infographic also left some pointers for getting a higher tip percentage. Things as simple as a touching the shoulder of the customer and squatting to be at eye level while talking could get you that little extra. What defines a good tip to you? And how does one obtain it? Share your thoughts in a comment. [Via]

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  • Tip

    Resolution is too low, can’t read some of the info on where not to tip, for instance.

  • Grammar Guest

    And they can’t Accept tips! Except is mispelled

    • Another Grammar Guest

      It seems you have confused expect and except.  Both ‘accept’ and ‘expect’ make complete sentences, just different meanings.  I believe ‘expect’ is most suitable.  

  • http://twitter.com/MoneyPlanSOS Steve Stewart

    HeHeHe. There’s a great joke in here: The info-graphic begins with a COW and continues with information about TIPPING

  • http://ChooseVeg.com/ VeganQT

    Go Vegan!

  • Rude.

    Can’t believe it suggests leaving a penny if you aren’t satisfied with your service…if you have a problem, talk to your server or a manager before you leave and at least leave 10%. Leaving a penny is the rudest thing I’ve ever heard of and honestly, I probably would refuse to wait on you if you ever came back. I only make $2.50 an hour for crying out loud. How am I supposed to pay for college?

    • wel..

      Well, if you do a good job, you should not expect to get pennies for tips.
      I worked my way through two degrees serving on tables, and have never received pennies, but did see this in fact being practiced on some of the people I worked with.
      The worst was sometimes having to share tips with lousy, lazy servers, who did zero, and got a cut from the overall tips.
      Anyway, it’s not rude, I believe it will eventually teach the server that their service was BAD, and not lukewarm or just slow.

  • http://www.fcpakistan.com/ Food Connection Pakistan

    Interesting Food Graphic

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