Burger prices fluctuate every minute in 'stockmarket' bar

Laura Miller
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Customers can move the price of beer and hot wings in a newly opened US bar, based on the market principals of supply and demand.

In Manhattan's Exchange Bar & Grill, the cost of food and drinks will fluctuate like stock prices in increments according to demand, as customers keep track using a Canary Wharf-style flashing ticker tape, Reuters reports. Customers can move prices for all drinks and bar snacks, from $7 (£4.60) hot wings or fried calamari at $9 (£5.90). The prices will fluctuate in $.25 cent (16p) increments, with a plateau of a $2 (£1.30) change in either direction. For example, a glass of Guinness starts at $6 (£3.95) but could be pushed to a high of $8 (£5.26) or a low of $4 (£2.63), depending on p...

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