When the tablet swivels around at the coffee shop, are you leaving a 20% tip?
Maybe you were in late 2020 and early 2021, but inflation running at a 40-year high all year has had a way of changing that in 2022. Fewer people are now tipping the standard amount. It doesn’t help that the average cup of joe has now reached almost $5.
As inflation hits the wallets of consumers, tippers have become less generous. A study from Popmenu, a restaurant customer service company, found that while 56% of consumers usually tipped waiters at least 20% in 2021, that number dipped to 43% this year. When polling 1,000 customers and 165 restaurant owners in the U.S., Popmenu also found that delivery tipping went down over the course of a year.
