Originally Posted by storewanderer

Non negotiable fee? Okay. You are splitting the entree. Do you by chance have some disposable plates? Oh no plates, okay, an extra empty to go box will suffice. Also we need two sets of utensils since it is two of us eating. Oh and also separate utensils for the salad and for the main course please. Oh and extra napkins. Oh and can you also get me a couple cups of water to go please, with straws? Get 85 cents worth of "packaging" from them if they want to play that game.

There is a small burger chain in my area who does this and bases it as a percentage of the order. So if you go in and order a small fries it costs about 2.85 they hit you with a 4% to go fee so like 11 cents not even worth wasting time over. The small fries uses the same paper to go box, plastic bag, and napkins as if you order a burger and fries (that comes up closer to $15) and they hit you with a 60 cent fee on that order. If you order burger and fries it is the same exact box and they put the burger together with the fries.

The Black Angus chain in CA seems to be adding a $1.99 fee to all to go orders for "to go packaging fee."