A party and half a mil on Roy Choi recipes doesn't seem like a significant factor compared to a peak burn rate of $5mil/mo or millions in prepared but unsold meals.
Well, that gives you two solid data points...a few more and you've got a pretty reliable trend to explain that burn rate and wasted meals.
A data point and wishing for a few more does not give you a 'pretty reliable trend'. It does the opposite of giving you that.
You're absolutely right. Except that I said 2 data points and then waiting to see if there are more...in which case you would be able to argue for a reliable trend.
Yes, if you knew the company was throwing expensive parties every weekend and spending millions of chefs on a regular basis, maybe. But you don't. The point was, the stuff the commenter highlighted doesn't really explain their losses.
As the old joke goes, "half a mil here, half a mil there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."