Wendy's is instituting a "Surge pricing"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wandered over to the food and cooking section of DCUM because I had in mind to make a whole new post about the cost of making burgers at home vs. the price of a Wendy's burger.
By coincidence, other people seem to have Wendy's pricing on their minds as well since this thread is here and current.

I guess what I had in mind to say kind of goes along with this thread.
So . . yesterday I made 17 hamburgers. After I was done, just for fun I pulled out my grocery store receipt and calculated how much each burger made at home ended up costing. I came up with $2.45 per burger.
I was out on errands today and the weather was nice, so I went into Wendy's just to look at their menu and see how much a quarter pound single burger costs. It costs $5.60. Grocery store food is not taxed, but Wendy's is. So it would actually be about $6 for a Wendy's single.

Here is my math breakdown:
5 pound chub of ground beef: $18
I mixed in with the ground beef 9 eggs and 2 packages of store brand lipton onion soup mix: $3.25
16 buns (I bought better quality of buns than the Wendy's kind): $6.50
3 tomatoes: $3
2 onions: $1.50
1 head of iceberg lettuce: $2
American cheese or cheddar cheese slices I had on hand but let's estimate a cost for 17 burgers at: $3
Condiments, pickle slices: $2
electricity costs for cooking at home: $2.50.
That all comes to $41.75, which comes to $2.45 per burger.

That is all I wanted to say.

Did you factor in your rent and utilities and give yourself a salary?

No. Rent and utilities would be the same whether I cook at home or go get takeout. In regard to giving myself a salary, I would have to take it out of my bank account, present it to myself, the re-deposit it back in the same bank account. So no, I did not factor all that in.

So Wendy’s employees should cook the restaurant food at their homes? You realize this is not an apples to apples comparison?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wandered over to the food and cooking section of DCUM because I had in mind to make a whole new post about the cost of making burgers at home vs. the price of a Wendy's burger.
By coincidence, other people seem to have Wendy's pricing on their minds as well since this thread is here and current.

I guess what I had in mind to say kind of goes along with this thread.
So . . yesterday I made 17 hamburgers. After I was done, just for fun I pulled out my grocery store receipt and calculated how much each burger made at home ended up costing. I came up with $2.45 per burger.
I was out on errands today and the weather was nice, so I went into Wendy's just to look at their menu and see how much a quarter pound single burger costs. It costs $5.60. Grocery store food is not taxed, but Wendy's is. So it would actually be about $6 for a Wendy's single.

Here is my math breakdown:
5 pound chub of ground beef: $18
I mixed in with the ground beef 9 eggs and 2 packages of store brand lipton onion soup mix: $3.25
16 buns (I bought better quality of buns than the Wendy's kind): $6.50
3 tomatoes: $3
2 onions: $1.50
1 head of iceberg lettuce: $2
American cheese or cheddar cheese slices I had on hand but let's estimate a cost for 17 burgers at: $3
Condiments, pickle slices: $2
electricity costs for cooking at home: $2.50.
That all comes to $41.75, which comes to $2.45 per burger.

That is all I wanted to say.

Did you factor in your rent and utilities and give yourself a salary?

No. Rent and utilities would be the same whether I cook at home or go get takeout. In regard to giving myself a salary, I would have to take it out of my bank account, present it to myself, the re-deposit it back in the same bank account. So no, I did not factor all that in.

So Wendy’s employees should cook the restaurant food at their homes? You realize this is not an apples to apples comparison?

Sigh. I just did the math in regard to what it costs to make a hamburger at home and compared it to the cost for pretty much the exact burger at a takeout place. $2.50 vs. $6.00. I thought it was interesting and thought I would share it with DCUM world.

I hope that everyone everywhere lives happily ever after while holding hands and singing songs and petting puppies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wandered over to the food and cooking section of DCUM because I had in mind to make a whole new post about the cost of making burgers at home vs. the price of a Wendy's burger.
By coincidence, other people seem to have Wendy's pricing on their minds as well since this thread is here and current.

I guess what I had in mind to say kind of goes along with this thread.
So . . yesterday I made 17 hamburgers. After I was done, just for fun I pulled out my grocery store receipt and calculated how much each burger made at home ended up costing. I came up with $2.45 per burger.
I was out on errands today and the weather was nice, so I went into Wendy's just to look at their menu and see how much a quarter pound single burger costs. It costs $5.60. Grocery store food is not taxed, but Wendy's is. So it would actually be about $6 for a Wendy's single.

Here is my math breakdown:
5 pound chub of ground beef: $18
I mixed in with the ground beef 9 eggs and 2 packages of store brand lipton onion soup mix: $3.25
16 buns (I bought better quality of buns than the Wendy's kind): $6.50
3 tomatoes: $3
2 onions: $1.50
1 head of iceberg lettuce: $2
American cheese or cheddar cheese slices I had on hand but let's estimate a cost for 17 burgers at: $3
Condiments, pickle slices: $2
electricity costs for cooking at home: $2.50.
That all comes to $41.75, which comes to $2.45 per burger.

That is all I wanted to say.

Where can you get 17 slices of cheese for $3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wandered over to the food and cooking section of DCUM because I had in mind to make a whole new post about the cost of making burgers at home vs. the price of a Wendy's burger.
By coincidence, other people seem to have Wendy's pricing on their minds as well since this thread is here and current.

I guess what I had in mind to say kind of goes along with this thread.
So . . yesterday I made 17 hamburgers. After I was done, just for fun I pulled out my grocery store receipt and calculated how much each burger made at home ended up costing. I came up with $2.45 per burger.
I was out on errands today and the weather was nice, so I went into Wendy's just to look at their menu and see how much a quarter pound single burger costs. It costs $5.60. Grocery store food is not taxed, but Wendy's is. So it would actually be about $6 for a Wendy's single.

Here is my math breakdown:
5 pound chub of ground beef: $18
I mixed in with the ground beef 9 eggs and 2 packages of store brand lipton onion soup mix: $3.25
16 buns (I bought better quality of buns than the Wendy's kind): $6.50
3 tomatoes: $3
2 onions: $1.50
1 head of iceberg lettuce: $2
American cheese or cheddar cheese slices I had on hand but let's estimate a cost for 17 burgers at: $3
Condiments, pickle slices: $2
electricity costs for cooking at home: $2.50.
That all comes to $41.75, which comes to $2.45 per burger.

That is all I wanted to say.

Where can you get 17 slices of cheese for $3?

Maybe Aldi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wandered over to the food and cooking section of DCUM because I had in mind to make a whole new post about the cost of making burgers at home vs. the price of a Wendy's burger.
By coincidence, other people seem to have Wendy's pricing on their minds as well since this thread is here and current.

I guess what I had in mind to say kind of goes along with this thread.
So . . yesterday I made 17 hamburgers. After I was done, just for fun I pulled out my grocery store receipt and calculated how much each burger made at home ended up costing. I came up with $2.45 per burger.
I was out on errands today and the weather was nice, so I went into Wendy's just to look at their menu and see how much a quarter pound single burger costs. It costs $5.60. Grocery store food is not taxed, but Wendy's is. So it would actually be about $6 for a Wendy's single.

Here is my math breakdown:
5 pound chub of ground beef: $18
I mixed in with the ground beef 9 eggs and 2 packages of store brand lipton onion soup mix: $3.25
16 buns (I bought better quality of buns than the Wendy's kind): $6.50
3 tomatoes: $3
2 onions: $1.50
1 head of iceberg lettuce: $2
American cheese or cheddar cheese slices I had on hand but let's estimate a cost for 17 burgers at: $3
Condiments, pickle slices: $2
electricity costs for cooking at home: $2.50.
That all comes to $41.75, which comes to $2.45 per burger.

That is all I wanted to say.

Where can you get 17 slices of cheese for $3?

Maybe Aldi

Great Value (Walmart store brand) American cheese slices, 24 count, $2.48.
Great Value sliced mild cheddar cheese, 12 count, $2.22

[Anonymous]

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They screwed up majorly and now offering free cinnamon buns today. No purchase is necessary! Go!

During non-peak hours.