Fantastic response thanks.
I always thought that the superpub with food was because the old model of just serving pints wasn't profitable.
The costs you mentioned in the restaurants are eye watering and shock me! There must only be a few doing well as if your wage costs is 50% at times it simply means that your net revenue is poor. Add on all the shit now, energy, insurance, rates and you're losing money quickly.
I always wondered why restaurants were usually so sensitive to minimum wage but this probably make sense why. That said , we're in an expensive economy and think all staff need to be paid correctly to reflect costs.
Last piece of the puzzle is profit margin, what's acceptable. Know one business who made 40% profit last year and moaning about min wage, that's the shit that annoys me.