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03-12-2024, 09:31 AM
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Doesnt matter to me in the least, I dont eat there.

Its like saying that ferraris are getting a price increase. i am not buying one so what should I care?

if you keep paying the higher prices, that tells then you support it. Just stop doing it and cook at home. Its not that hard.

Get a pack of cheap hamburger, chicken breasts and drumsticks and you will eat good all week for a few minutes prep time.

Last night I took a chicken breast, cut it up and put it in a skillet with oil. Poured spaghetti sauce over it all. Cut up and onion and threw it in there too.

You can eat it over noodles potatoes, rice, whatever. Took 15 minutes and was delicious. Cost maybe $1.50 plus I have more for tonight.

if you arent cooking at home, you are playing into their hands like a woman. be a man and cook your own food.
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03-12-2024, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted By Destor⏩
$17 for a baconator combo definitely seems up there, on par with Fatburger and probably Five Guys

McDs in the app right now has a Big Mac meal with medium fries and drink for $8.49
Imo 5 guys burgers are way better than Wendy's

I find Wendy's a little over rated these days for sure
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03-12-2024, 09:39 AM
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people love to cry piss and moan about it online but they don't stop going so i dunno what anyone expects wendys/mcdonalds etc to do. i see the same thing being commented ITT - lines indoors, drive throughs backed up with cars, uber eats/doordash drivers running in and out.

its like as long as people have a place to vent (X, forums, reddit whatever) they are perfectly fine getting ripped off for microwaved frozen food that has nostalgic happy logos on it. vintage "consoomer" life.
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03-12-2024, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted By Murph0408⏩
people love to cry piss and moan about it online but they don't stop going so i dunno what anyone expects wendys/mcdonalds etc to do. i see the same thing being commented ITT - lines indoors, drive throughs backed up with cars, uber eats/doordash drivers running in and out.

its like as long as people have a place to vent (X, forums, reddit whatever) they are perfectly fine getting ripped off for microwaved frozen food that has nostalgic happy logos on it. vintage "consoomer" life.
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03-12-2024, 09:48 AM
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It's basically $15 for lunch anywhere in San Diego. The GOAT thing about here though is that there's burritos shops on every corner serving GINORMOUS bloatmaxxed portions. I see why Latinas are so heavy now, srs.
No decent place is $15 for lunch anymore


you're spending $20-25 MINIMUM if you go out and want to get full
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03-12-2024, 09:49 AM
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i feel like such an old man about this topic but where the fuk is all this money coming from where people are throwing $18-25 on garbage food 4-5x a week for lunch? jesus
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03-12-2024, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted By Murph0408⏩
i feel like such an old man about this topic but where the fuk is all this money coming from where people are throwing $18-25 on garbage food 4-5x a week for lunch? jesus
ALl I know from what my sister says, they are in debt with tons of credit cards.

Since she handles payroll for a landscaping company, many of the landscapers and office people tell her their whole life story.

So she can see they make 50k upwards of 100K, but each one of them is so bad with money. They are still renting, have car notes above what they take in, take vacations every 3 months or so. List goes on.

I think people want to play the fast game rather than the long game because it is boring and unsatisfying.
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03-12-2024, 09:57 AM
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Groceries for life crew. Only problem is if you have a girlfriend/wife/family and they wanna eat out all the time.

I can feed myself off of $5-7/day, srs. But brb average consumer gets their $8 Starbucks drink, $15 Chipotle, $15 Dominos, costing like $40 a day, and that's without even considering delivery/tips.
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03-12-2024, 10:07 AM
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Don't care. Fast food could be $50 per person for all i care. That sht is poison and you should pay a premium for it.
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03-12-2024, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted By Murph0408⏩
i feel like such an old man about this topic but where the fuk is all this money coming from where people are throwing $18-25 on garbage food 4-5x a week for lunch? jesus
Credit card debt is 1.3 trillion dollars, cars are being repoed left and right, evictions are also through the roof, and people are living paycheck to paycheck.
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03-12-2024, 10:13 AM
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Groceries for life crew. Only problem is if you have a girlfriend/wife/family and they wanna eat out all the time.

I can feed myself off of $5-7/day, srs. But brb average consumer gets their $8 Starbucks drink, $15 Chipotle, $15 Dominos, costing like $40 a day, and that's without even considering delivery/tips.
Chipotle, I order just the meat, bring it home, and nuke up my rice, and add vegetables.
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03-12-2024, 10:16 AM
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I honestly don't eat at the national fast food chains anymore. Portions have gotten smaller, quality is down, price is up. If I do eat at one, it's a local chain that isn't gouging as much.
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03-12-2024, 10:17 AM
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I rarely eat out, and I do my cooking at home. It LITERALLY feelsgoodman.
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03-12-2024, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted By Griggz⏩
Don't care. Fast food could be $50 per person for all i care. That sht is poison and you should pay a premium for it.
Thats really the only way to get people to stop. At this point everyone knows all fast food is garbage, but they still eat it. If its so expensive they decide to eat at home more often than eat out then that is a win.

fast food places were once per week/once per month "treats" back in the 50's-70's. now their business model has changed to encourage people to eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner. 5 days per week.
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03-12-2024, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted By Visel⏩
Groceries for life crew. Only problem is if you have a girlfriend/wife/family and they wanna eat out all the time.

I can feed myself off of $5-7/day, srs. But brb average consumer gets their $8 Starbucks drink, $15 Chipotle, $15 Dominos, costing like $40 a day, and that's without even considering delivery/tips.
Sometimes I can eat eat for $3-4 a day
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03-12-2024, 11:56 AM
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I try not to eat fast food often. Went to Five Guys last night. It was $16 for a double bacon cheeseburger and a small cajun fry.


To be fair to Five Guys. Their food is not exactly 'fast food'. Its a restaurant quality burger/fry IMO. With that said. $16 for a burger and fry (no drink) is a bit stiff.
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03-12-2024, 12:03 PM
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As others have said, its all about the apps and Mcodnalds is still always the cheapest. I can get 3x triple cheeseburgers for $8 on the app. Thats a lot of burger for under $10 still.
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03-12-2024, 12:15 PM
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Inflation report out today ticked higher. Prices are rising once again. Might have to take out a loan soon to buy a fast food meal.
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03-12-2024, 12:24 PM
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As others have said, its all about the apps and Mcodnalds is still always the cheapest. I can get 3x triple cheeseburgers for $8 on the app. Thats a lot of burger for under $10 still.
Yeah if I'm hungry on the road I can do 4 Mcdoubles and the app special $1 large fries for under 10 bucks.
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03-12-2024, 12:30 PM
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Groceries for life crew. Only problem is if you have a girlfriend/wife/family and they wanna eat out all the time.

I can feed myself off of $5-7/day, srs. But brb average consumer gets their $8 Starbucks drink, $15 Chipotle, $15 Dominos, costing like $40 a day, and that's without even considering delivery/tips.
Explain to me how you're eating for 5 $ at the grocery store per day

Even basic meals like rice chicken and vegetables aren't that cheap
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03-12-2024, 12:37 PM
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yeah mcdonalds is aware, their CEO said they are going to shift focus to regain their lost consumers, they didnt have a good earnings report
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03-12-2024, 12:38 PM
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As others have said, its all about the apps and Mcodnalds is still always the cheapest. I can get 3x triple cheeseburgers for $8 on the app. Thats a lot of burger for under $10 still.
or…..

you can go to Wal-Mart's Marketside fresh food section, and buy fresh cheeseburgers for $2.94 each and don't need any app
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03-12-2024, 12:49 PM
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Yep everything is really expensive yet 10x the consooming is going on i don't get it


These places literally have lines all day now and what 15-30 people in the lots

How and why are folks eating like this every day?
There is a LOT of money out there right now since covid printing. Boomers especially are loaded to the gills, this chit is pocket change. Income inequality is at an all time high, so you get a lot of poorcels complaining while others don't see any issues.
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03-12-2024, 01:33 PM
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or…..

you can go to Wal-Mart's Marketside fresh food section, and buy fresh cheeseburgers for $2.94 each and don't need any app
you expect me to get out of my car? thats asking too much.
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you expect me to get out of my car? thats asking too much.
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also, free grocery delivers to your home within 4 hours of ordering
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03-12-2024, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted By Maestro⏩
Thats really the only way to get people to stop. At this point everyone knows all fast food is garbage, but they still eat it. If its so expensive they decide to eat at home more often than eat out then that is a win.

fast food places were once per week/once per month "treats" back in the 50's-70's. now their business model has changed to encourage people to eat it for breakfast lunch and dinner. 5 days per week.
They def weren't once a week treats back then. I don't remember exactly how often we ate fast food when I was young but it wasn't even once a month.

Since I didn't grow up on it, I've never been a fan of fast food and rarely eat it.

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Explain to me how you're eating for 5 $ at the grocery store per day

Even basic meals like rice chicken and vegetables aren't that cheap
The most I pay for skinless boneless chicken thighs is 2.79 a lb at BJ's if there are no good sales at the grocery stores. So if you eat a lb of chicken that's only 2.79 right there. Rice is cheap and for a regular portion it probably is less than a dollar. Veggies are cheap too if you go to a farmers market or buy them on sale. Broccoli at the farmers market here is usually .99 cents a lb.
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03-12-2024, 03:57 PM
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Chipotle is like $9.63 for chicken bowl, can get two meals out of it
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Originally Posted By LeftistGent⏩
There is a LOT of money out there right now since covid printing. Boomers especially are loaded to the gills, this chit is pocket change. Income inequality is at an all time high, so you get a lot of poorcels complaining while others don't see any issues.
Supports the lockdowns, bitches about wealth inequality…..
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Originally Posted By Zuggie⏩
Chipotle is like $9.63 for chicken bowl, can get two meals out of it
I'm not supposed to be eating it all in one go…?
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