Food Chain Magnate
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How does a house choose between restaurants, and does it use the total price of its order?
The designer said the choice uses the per-item price, and the rulebook's Dinnertime text matches.
- jmdsplotter · Designer · 2015-10-15
- dcoe · Community · 2016-05-31
- pilotbob · Community · 2016-05-31
- jmdsplotter · Designer · 2015-10-18
- Food Chain Magnate rulebook · Rulebook · Phase 4: Dinnertime
- jmdsplotter · Designer · 2022-08-26
- grant5 · Community · 2018-05-02
- WilbertK · Community · 2026-06-30
It compares one item's price plus distance, not the total of its order. Take $10, adjust by discounts and luxuries, add distance, and the lowest total wins; ties go to the chain with more Waitresses, then to turn order. Milestone bonuses and garden doubling affect what is paid, not the choice.