In “Signatures”, replace “if the Signature Dish is less than 25% cheaper or 25% more expensive” with:-
if the Signature Dish is more expensive (but no more than 25% more expensive)
Uphold the “reads the menu” step of the Sale action for the Lamb Pita and Pork Chicken Wrap, in the Tuesday Night Night Action.
There are a couple of ambiguities with how Signature Dish prices are compared:
- Does “less than 25% cheaper” mean “less than 75% of the price”, “between 75-100% of the price” or (at a stretch) “anywhere above 75% of the price” (“this $20 kebab is less than 25% cheaper than the $7 kebab, because it is not cheaper at all”)
- Does “less than 25% cheaper or 25% more expensive” mean “less than 25% cheaper (whatever that means) or less than 25% more expensive”, or “less than 25% cheaper (whatever that means), or exactly 25% more expensive”?
Tuesday Night sales had one Truck’s Signature Dish priced at 33% more than the selected one ($8 vs $6 for the Lamb Pita), and another 25% more expensive ($20 vs $16 for the Pork Chicken Wrap). I chose to interpret the rule as meaning “between 75-100% of the price, or exactly 25% more expensive” when applying it - the Wrap had the effect applied and the Pita did not.
This CfJ upholds that reading, and applies a simpler rewording of the rule that fits within that interpretation. (I think we can just skip the case where a Truck deliberately prices a regular item slightly above their Signature Dish, rather than slightly below it.)
Was I right to read it that way?
Trapdoorspyder: he/him