Surge Pricing Is The Ultimate Fleece
The Sports Junkies
Audacy
4.3 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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From 02/27 Hour 3:
The Sports Junkies discuss why surge pricing is an all time bad beat.
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| 0:13.0 | I know this is the headline that got drabs attention yesterday. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm tweeting about it. |
| 0:19.0 | Uh-oh. |
| 0:20.0 | Wendy's to roll out Uber- surge pricing with menu prices fluctuating based on demand. |
| 0:29.0 | So if you go to a Wendy's and there's 10 people order in Frost you pay more if you're in the back of the line |
| 0:35.5 | I don't know exactly how it's going to work yeah it's gonna be like the toll road remember we spent all that time |
| 0:40.7 | Fitch and moaning about that toll road. |
| 0:42.7 | It actually would work well for me |
| 0:44.1 | because a lot of times I'll end up at a fast food joint, |
| 0:47.3 | like right when they open. |
| 0:49.2 | So I would imagine I get the benefits of surge pricing |
| 0:51.7 | because nobody's gonna be there right when they |
| 0:53.9 | open so here's a quote from a Wendy's spokesperson beginning as early as 2025 we'll |
| 1:00.0 | we will begin testing a variety of enhanced features on these digital menu boards like |
| 1:05.3 | dynamic pricing, different offerings in certain parts of the day, AI-enabled menu changes, and |
| 1:12.0 | suggestive selling based on factors such as weather. |
| 1:16.0 | It sounds like there's a lot going on. |
| 1:20.0 | Sounds like a skis. |
| 1:21.0 | A new CEO took over something. |
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