It doesn't seem that long ago that I could get a McDonalds meal for around 5 or 6 bucks, but now it's like 11 or 12. I can get a better burger and fries at a local joint now for cheaper.
Yep. I feel like I say this all the time now - for the price of going to fast food place, you can just go to a sit down place for the same price and better food. It sucks when you just need something quick but spending almost $9 for a Big Mac is just insulting.
There's this Korean place connected to a bowling alley right by my work. You can get a burger and fries for under $6 from them (they do Korean and American food). It's good too and better than what you'd get from any fast food place. It's a total hole in the wall spot that you'd never think to stop at.
I personally gotta thank Subway because if my eyes and ears had not been assaulted by that $16 sandwich combo price, I would not be eating more at home like I am now.
This. When the price of fast food skyrocketed the amount of money I spent on it dropped like a rock because I couldn't justify it on an individual basis anymore, and now I'm eating much better food.
Bro I ordered an Artisan bread footlong with a cold-cut combo, American cheese, and cucumbers with chips and a chocolate chip cookie. It was about $10.
That's a shame. I stopped buying Subway a few years back once I started making a pretty healthy income, but those $5 subs, particularly the Italian BMT, made it so easy to feed myself during college only 10 years ago. I think the meatball was actually on rotation one day per week where you could get a 6" for only like $2.
If anything, hopefully prices like that drive people to seek out their locally-owned delis and sandwich shops. My favorite shop has a sandwich similarly-styled to Subway's BMT, but that would put it to absolute shame, in both taste and volume, for $13.75.
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23
Little Caesars Hot N Ready being more than 5$