An all-you-can-eat restaurant (AYCE) is a type of restaurant in which a fixed price is charged for entry, after which diners may consume as much food as they wish. Self-service buffets are a common type of all-you-can-eat establishment, but some AYCE restaurants instead provide waiter service based on an unlimited series of written orders for specific foods.
Buffets
The concept of an all-you-can-eat buffet has been attributed to Herb McDonald, a Las Vegas publicity and entertainment manager who introduced the idea in 1946.[1][2]
A 2011 study showed that the amount of food consumed increases with the price charged for the buffet.[3]
See also
- Free refill
- Smorgasbord
References
- Strip visionary McDonald dies Las Vegas Sun, July 9, 2002^
- El Rancho Vegas: Dining gaming.library.unlv.edu, retrieved 2023-04-08^
- David R. Just. The Flat-Rate Pricing Paradox: Conflicting Effects of "All-You-Can-Eat" Buffet Pricing The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2011, retrieved 27 February 2014