# If people want smaller portions why not just make more restaurants all you can eat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-want-smaller-portions-why-not-just-make-more-restaurants-all-you-can-eat/284519>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2005, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-want-smaller-portions-why-not-just-make-more-restaurants-all-you-can-eat/284519 "2005-01-13T06:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-want-smaller-portions-why-not-just-make-more-restaurants-all-you-can-eat/284519/41 "2005-01-18T14:12:00Z")

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> [@Roland Deschain](#):
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> Note that I think making a place “all you care to eat” would also be good marketing, but then again I could be wrong.

Shoney’s uses that to market when they have a buffet.

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**Author:** ![Roland\_Deschain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-want-smaller-portions-why-not-just-make-more-restaurants-all-you-can-eat/284519/42 "2005-01-18T17:21:25Z")

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> [@asterion](#):
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> Shoney’s uses that to market when they have a buffet.

Yes, but what makes this concept different is that it involves freshly prepared rather than buffet food which many people dislike.

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