$18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CA is bumping up the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour. Your Big Mac will cost you $10.

I take this to mean we don't need to tip anymore. Wasn't that the point of tipping?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't go to a bar and order a drink.

$5 for a cheap Coors Light at a random dive bar in the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pretty much stopped eating out because restaurant prices are crazy expensive.

+1
And I'm consistently disappointed with what we get for the inflated prices.

Exactly. My humble $18 B.L.T. looked just like a normal sandwich anyone could quickly make at home. It wasn’t like a sky high volume of premium bacon or anything exotic on it. Total rip-off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am embarrassed to admit that I paid for a $16 hamburger and fries today. DD wanted one so we split it … it was good but it’s not a regular occurrence!

We’ve been splitting more as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't go to a bar and order a drink.

$5 for a cheap Coors Light at a random dive bar in the Midwest.

For those who don’t know, a 6-pack of Coors Light bottles is around $5 retail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pretty much stopped eating out because restaurant prices are crazy expensive.

+1
And I'm consistently disappointed with what we get for the inflated prices.

Exactly. My humble $18 B.L.T. looked just like a normal sandwich anyone could quickly make at home. It wasn’t like a sky high volume of premium bacon or anything exotic on it. Total rip-off.

I just made a BLT at home for dinner and it probably cost all of $4.50, even buying the "good" bacon. I made my own bread, too. It was delicious.

No way am I going to pay a more than 300% mark up on an extremely basic sandwich just because someone else assembled it for me. People need to start just walking away from these prices. It used to be that even at a place with $15 sandwiches, you could get a BLT, grilled cheese with bacon, or cheese and tomato sandwich for less than $10, because obviously these sandwiches have relatively cheap ingredients and are easy to make. This is 100% a deli saying "let's charge $18 for this and just see what happens -- if they still pay it, we can double our profit margin on them." So don't pay it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We pretty much stopped eating out because restaurant prices are crazy expensive.

+1
And I'm consistently disappointed with what we get for the inflated prices.

+1. It’s been a long time since I had restaurant food that tasted better than okay.

[Anonymous]

I only buy lunch at work if I have a gift card to use or it's someone's birthday and I treat them (and maybe I have a gift card too). I used to do it more often but we get free lunch at work, so more often I take 2 lunches and take one home for dinner (there are always extra). Gotta cut the corners somewhere...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't go to a bar and order a drink.

$5 for a cheap Coors Light at a random dive bar in the Midwest.

For those who don’t know, a 6-pack of Coors Light bottles is around $5 retail.

Is it news that drinks in a bar will be heavily marked up?

[Anonymous]

I was in New York and paid $26 for a salad and a yogurt from a takeout place. The salad had salmon but still/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CA is bumping up the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour. Your Big Mac will cost you $10.

I take this to mean we don't need to tip anymore. Wasn't that the point of tipping?

You tipped at McDonald’s?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CA is bumping up the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour. Your Big Mac will cost you $10.

No it won't

[Anonymous]

I also feel like food quality at some casual restaurants has gone downhill. Like they are using cheaper ingredients. I don’t eat out much these days unless I know the restaurant and that it will be worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CA is bumping up the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour. Your Big Mac will cost you $10.

I take this to mean we don't need to tip anymore. Wasn't that the point of tipping?

You tipped at McDonald’s?

Is McDonald's the only fast food restaurant? Have you those little screens asking for a tip anywhere? They are everywhere in every fast food restaurant lately. Why should a $20/hr worker who doesn't even bring me my food get a tip?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah we are relatively well-off and honestly food prices didn't bother me until recently.

Like I used to get a cheese sandwich from Wagshals and I went recently for the first time in a while - a cheese sandwich, can soda and bag of chips was $20+. Crazy!

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100% this. I buy my sushi from the grocery store now, and you know what, it’s actually better than my local shop.