[JumpCrisscross]

> because restaurant vendors insisted on selling "cheap", inferior, fragile products breaking regularly to ensure profits

I prefer thinner, lighter glassware. Even if it breaks more often. The fact that these products didn’t do well in households should be Exhibit A for why restaurants’ profit concerns weren’t to blame.

[hi-v-rocknroll]

Incorrect and you're conflating thoughts.

Households weren't offered that choice because they never entered the supply-chain.

And it had nothing to do with restaurants' profits, and everything to do with distributors' and resellers' profits.