Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:28     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
We got a steak and cheese yesterday. $13 for a crappy sandwich with flimsy, falling apart bread, plus not a lot of meat, and burned onions.

Amazing.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:21     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am so done with eating out. I honestly thought the cafe cashier was joking or maybe thought I said two sandwiches.


Eating out is a choice.


and a very bad one in the DC area.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:21     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Where? It’s $11 at Harris teeter. Maybe $10 on sale.


For crappy Coors Light? Craft beer costs about that much.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:21     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Where? It’s $11 at Harris teeter. Maybe $10 on sale.


Right. Previous posters seem like they are in the 1990s.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:19     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:I am so done with eating out. I honestly thought the cafe cashier was joking or maybe thought I said two sandwiches.


Eating out is a choice.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:08     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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?


At a podunk dive bar a cheap domestic bottle should around $2-3 max. If a 6-pack retails for $5-6, a bar is buying wholesale for $3-4? There is no inflation causing domestic bottles of beer in dive bars to double in price. These restaurant and bar owners are just raising prices to exploit the inflation narrative.


Business owners love inflation.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:07     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
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.


No it won't


It’s already almost $10. It was 9 and some change for the meal. I remember when McDonald’s burgers were under a dollar. We stopped eating out too. Our family of four rack up a bill of over $100 at modest restaurants.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:05     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
I don’t tip anywhere anymore. Most sit down restaurants already include a tip or fee in the bill so I give zero extra.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 22:03     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
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?


Tbh, the screens make it easier for me to leave no tip at all. I used to tip, but now I hit that “no tip” button with glee.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 21:53     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
I somehow paid $12 for a small soup, roll and cookie at Pret today. And I had brought lunch! I really just wanted the cookie, but the soup was for cover. It’s on me! It’s like they charged$4 per item.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 21:48     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
It is one reason I feel better about those expensive chopt salads. Buying all those ingredients would be pretty expensive so that markup is not nearly as bad as it is on something like a cheese sandwich.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 21:33     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just do Jersey Mikes. The quality is about the same as most downtown delis (the health department score is probably higher) and the price is about what I used to pay


It’s $9 for a regular, which is modestly sized. You could do worse, but certainly not a bargain.


$9 is absurd. We stopped going to Jersey Mikes.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 21:30     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
We go out for more sit-down lunches versus dinners, if we do go out at all. Sick of the price gouging.

Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 20:17     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
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.


Where? It’s $11 at Harris teeter. Maybe $10 on sale.
Anonymous
Post 09/12/2023 20:16     Subject: $18 for a freakin’ B.L.T. sandwich? These cafes and restaurants have lost their minds
Anonymous wrote:
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?


At a podunk dive bar a cheap domestic bottle should around $2-3 max. If a 6-pack retails for $5-6, a bar is buying wholesale for $3-4? There is no inflation causing domestic bottles of beer in dive bars to double in price. These restaurant and bar owners are just raising prices to exploit the inflation narrative.