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Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0	Blaze Radio Network
0:02.1	And now, Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher.
0:07.5	This is completely unacceptable.
0:12.3	Free hotel breakfast may be checking out.
0:16.3	Wait, what?
0:18.1	Yeah.
0:19.3	Apparently Hyatt Place, Hyatt Hotel Brands eliminated free breakfast from dozens of
0:26.4	properties last year. Holiday Inn also recently scaled back its offerings to a buffet only setup,
0:34.6	apparently to save on labor and cut food waste.
0:40.7	Complementary breakfast may no longer be worth the squeeze.
0:43.8	Ah, boy, do I disagree with that.
0:51.9	Boutique hotel owner, Mitchell Murray, told CNBC that the perk can cost 5 to 7% of total revenue.
0:53.0	So?
0:54.0	But skipping breakfast can be a tough sell. Yeah, no kidding, especially
0:59.4	when we factor free meals into our booking when we book hotels. We like the idea of having
1:07.8	that free breakfast. So while it costs you five to seven percent of the total
1:13.2	revenue, you're going to make up for that on the back end. But, you know, again, what do I know?
1:19.0	I just don't like the idea of hotels saying, nope, the free breakfast is over. Good luck. God bless.
1:28.4	Welcome.
1:29.8	Welcome to chewing the fat.
1:31.8	Fat 5 Plus.
1:33.2	I'm going to... You know, speaking of hotels, I was looking at booking.
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