Is There a Secret Reason Restaurants Serve Freebies?

There's a post on TikTok going viral over claiming free bread and chips are actually a tactic restaurants use to make you spend more.

Who else looks forward to the complimentary bread or chips at restaurants?   Someone on social media says it’s a deal we might wanna pass on.  There’s a post on TikTok going viral over claiming free bread and chips are actually a tactic restaurants use to make you spend more.  The reasoning is this simple carbs spike your blood sugar, which makes you feel hungrier short term and makes you want to order more things on the menu.   She notes it’s human nature to like free stuff, which will calm us if our food takes a little longer.  Also it makes up tip more.   She also believes it’s not really free but baked into the price of everything else.