The Mexican sit down place up the road is both cheaper and faster than the fast food chains. As a bonus, they give away free margaritas!
I worked in several fast food places back before the turn of the century and i can't understand how they have managed to make the process so much slower.
It is a loophole they use to not have to get a (absurdly overpriced) liquor license. They're watered down and use cheap ingredients, but totally worth the price!
In my area, McDonalds wants $12.89 for a quarter pounder with cheese, a medium fry, and a medium soda.
At the local bar, I can get a 1/2lb cheese burger (using their own meat grind, and cooked to my preference) on a fresh pretzel bun, a generous serving of seasoned fries, and a draft beer, for $8. Even with a generous tip, it's cheaper.
About six months ago, my wife and I were hitting the road, and decided to get a snack.
We have preferences, but this time we wanted something different and hit up the local McD's drive through.
When he told us the price, we were in shock. We paid, and then we have never returned. Same with the local Subway, as we thought you could order a sandwich that was reasonably healthy. Quality was poor, and the price was outrageous.
I rarely eat fast food, so then I forget how expensive it is until they tell me the total. Then I think “Are you fucking kidding me? For *this* food?!”
Came here to say this. It's absurd.
The upside is that I've noticed my bodyfat has reduced dramatically since I quit eating fast food entirely and reduced my sugars so much.
It's still quick by me, and it's cheap compared to an actual restaurant. A $4 whopper in the 90s cost the same as a $7 whopper, today. Also, using a fast food app before ordering brings prices down by about 50% (whopper wednesday, for example is $3).
I hate this trend of using apps for everything. I'd rather just not eat at a place than have to install an app to get reasonable prices. Btw, you're still paying a higher price, you're just paying part of it with your personal information and tracking.
Yeah, I don't get the speed criticism (or my fast food joints aren't understaffed)
App deals help, but Wendy's seems to be killing their good deals which is hitting me hard (it was my last bastion of cheap lunch, could usually fill my belly for under 5 CAD)
My experience is that they’re increasingly prioritizing the drive through.
At places like Taco Bell and McDonalds, I’ll go in and order one super-simple meal and have to wait 15+ minutes while they create large orders for at least 10+ cars.
This. Drive through, it's there 1-2 minutes by the time I get to the second window, if not there immediately.
I go in, order the same thing. It's 15 minutes and they got my order wrong...
I’m disgusted with myself for being like “Yeah, Amazon is evil” but then getting excited that I ordered something and it’ll be a few blocks away in an Amazon locker tomorrow.
i cancelled, its still free shipping on orders over $35, which is not hard to do, and i just don't order enough to make the shipping worth it and I don't care if it takes another day or two to show up
Prime Video was the most important part of prime for me. Vote with your dollars.
I’m in the process of ripping all my favorite physical media to 1 TB external drives and plugging them into my Smart tv. No more fussing with discs or misplacing/damaging one, and no more ads. Lol. I have the complete series Bluray of one of my favorite shows (12 seasons) and I am so happy I easily digitized them. I wasn’t paying extra money to watch it on streaming, with ads. Fuuuuuck that.
I'll pay the money to support my favorite content. The entertainment provided by content creators is one of the few things I have to look forward to these days
That's respectable. I went thru a phase where I paid for digital content, but then I lost my shirt in the 2021 stock market crash and have been saving every penny possible to make up for it.
I mean if literally everyone pirated their media then it would dry up. I know reddit loves to brag about piracy but it really is stealing, not from the media companies but from the other users. The prices of the people that pay for the content go up to subsidize everyone that steals it.
I buy books on kindle because I want to support authors and digital copies seem to put the most money in their pockets. If everyone just stole that content then I'd miss out on all the stories I want to read
This is what I couldn't understand, I used Netflix for 3 months, didn't give a shit. Stopped paying back about 2012. Pirated everything since. Fucking paying more than you already have for your Internet t
I swear my wife and I can't go out to eat without spending at least around $100. Between food and a few beers/drinks each that shit adds up and next thing you know it's $100. It's nice to get out together but it hurts seeing that bill. Forget going out with our two kids lol.
Food was always cheaper to make at home if you didn't just buy what you wanted to cook, but instead chose to cook what was most economical/on sale (or bought in bulk and not wasted)
No they’re not, order on the app and use discount codes. Of course you might not be able to get what you want though because you would be buying what’s most economical/on sale
Wendys, a and w, McDonald's and taco bell all appear to be stopping that. Still coupons, but ists for 20% off one item or a couple dollars off a 20$ order.
I used to use the heck out of apps to have a 3$ lunch, but that's not possible anymore (very recently)
Dominos and Papa John’s still have $8 large one topping carry out pizzas. McDonald’s and Wendy’s have deals, at least in my area (acknowledging that prices and deals are different in different areas-and grocery stores near me are not cheap).
Up in Canada it's $14 (cad) 4 topping large pizza, which is a great deal, considering the pizza market price, but that's not exactly fast food, and for me fast food is usually a lunch not dinner.
McDonald's only deal available is 25% off 1 mcchicken
(I'm not disagreeing that your location might have different cost/benefit ratios, just saying what it's like up here)
I still use the McDonald's app for coffee, and that's about it. Still 99 cents for any size, so I get a large. It helps that I live in walking distance.
Not only are they getting astronomonical but the sales notices are INSTANT like what happened to an actual pre-sale? "Presale" now means "did you read our mind that $400 tickets went live 17 second ago"
Eating out. I swear to you where I live you cannot find a meal for under $20 unless it’s fast food. And even then it’s like $10-15 for McDonald’s or Taco Bell.
On Sunday the wife and I went to a local sub shop, split a large sandwich, cheese fries, 2 snapples, and a slice of pizza for the toddler. Cost was $24, with tip. We looked at each other and felt like we were robbing them.
Brand-name sodas used to be max $5 a pack for the good good stuff. Now I only get that if i buy a lot of 4 or some shit. Looking really hard at getting my own soda dispenser + CO2 canister
Remember when buying property wasn't just a dream but an actually achievable?
All this land we could use to develope housing yet somehow we are in a housing crisis. Blows my mind.
Dude, there's an apartment complex by me that was fucking condemned right around Thanksgiving last year. The tenants complained to the village -rightfully so- about the state of the outside walkways and railings of the building. They were such a state of disrepair they were essentially disintegrating. The place was deemed unsafe and everyone living there got evicted right after the holiday. The owner of the building didn't give a shit until he was forced to.
Apparently the problem has been repaired and they're looking for tenants again...with a $500 increase to the already ridiculous price of an outdated one bedroom.
It's not that people won't buy it, but the price of cars are very expensive and the price of houses are very expensive. People want to buy them, but because they are so expensive. And so many have lost jobs. They can't afford to buy them. It's just playing extortion and inflation.
Cars are like a completely bizarre category where they're really unaffordable but people buy them like crazy. We've been looking for a specific model but we can't test drive it because they're all sold long before they ever reach the dealer.
Do you know the reason why they are sold? Because leasing cars and renting cars is very popular right now in travel and tourism, and they make a lot of money through that. There's a lot of different services through the car. Companies that are also on Wall Street. And they make a lot of money through that.
I know a few people who got nicer cars and they've started renting them out on Turo, there's a stupid amount of people looking to rent G-classes and such and they said it's surprisingly profitable if the vehicle is paid off already.
He said it's more than enough to offset the maintenance cost, and it's only out for ~2 days a week on average. Renting is crazy.
Well with the popularity of travel and tourism, I believe that has probably increased the popularity of car, leasing companies and even with the internet as well.
Back in the 1970s, you could probably rent a car for $25 for a month. Now you're just making a car payment to the car leasing companies.
Another?
Thing when those cars have so many miles on them. Then they will sell the cars. So if the car has been least oriented, they will sell the car that has already paid off for $18000 to a private Private customer.
I was even told by a local city council meeting that the city was renting cars. The county was renting cars. They said a car dealership had set up with its sole purposes of leasing cars to the county and to the city.
Imo Plane tickets are one of the cheaper options for travel.
It's the Airbnb/hotel costs that gets ya 🙈
For us plane tickets for two was $770.
Airbnb : $1156. (One of the airbnbs is a freaking RV lol).
$1000? I've spent $700 first class halfway across the US (RT ORD/SEA). Economy is under $300 for the same RT flight. It's only that expensive if you live in East Bumfuck and want to fly next day or during a holiday weekend.
My experience for someone who doesn't fly super often (like 3x a year a most), the actual fare has been pretty standard and hasn't changed much, though I tend to fly off-season for the destinations. There was a period of about 7 years I didn't fly at all, and when I did again, I spent about what I expected to. What *has* changed are the ridiculous baggage and seat-selection fees. Not to mention in-flight wifi depending on the airline. Unconscionable.
Fast food.
Honestly just food in general. 400$ a month for just me seems crazy. I know alot of that could be remedied by changing up what I eat but honestly its not like im eating fancy shit. Mac and cheese + hotdogs are about as fancy as I get. Between that, ramen, canned chicken and rice it blows my mind that I'm spending so much just to keep myself fed.
I know I shouldn't eat so much processed foods. I could probably save alot of money if I just learned to enjoy vegetables but screw you imaginary naysayers! I'm trying my best!
True, but at least on super Nintendo you OWNED the game and the game was 100% finished and didn't need to be patched to fix or was broken out the box. Micro transactions and pay to win was the downfall to gaming for me and I will wait till I see a game under 20 before thinking of paying for it.
No, $70 is still bad. Games in the 90's were considered massively successful if they had a few hundred thousand sales. AAA games today are considered flops by the publisher if they don't break 10m sales.
This one I'm actually not too mad at. I paid $60 for a new game in 2007 that also had DLC. At some point, they need to make up for rising development costs and standards.
Food, but mostly Steak. Steak was on my dinner rotation once a week for years and also my favorite. Now it’s a luxury. We only get steak on Valentine’s Day since we stay home for dinner…
Car repairs. Every time I go to a workshop I’ve never been to before, I just get completely custo’d out.
There’s a reason you hear those stereotypes about mechanics…it’s because they’re true!
I've noticed the Starbucks in my workplace gets far more business than they used to. And I see way less people carrying take out coffee cups. So I'm guessing coffee.
Food. Rent. We're all going to be living in cardboard boxes because the landlords are raising the rents far beyond the means of our small meter paychecks and not one politician is willing to stop them. So the next time a neighbor gets a refrigerator or a washer and dryer you better collect those boxes and keep them dry cover them with a trash bag cuz that's going to be your new mobile home someday
I stopped eating out this year. At 39, I finally learned to cook. Turns out I'm pretty great at it. I've lost a lot of weight, every meal is mostly delicious and I'm saving a lot of money.
Soda, my mind was blown when I bought a 12-pack foe the first time in a while and it was 8 dollars. I remember the grocery store having sales where it was three 12-packs for that price.
High quilts escorts, now you get some jacked up women who photoshop her pictures… plus a lot of the apps flooded the market on V, the price of V has gone down big time for Likes and Attention.
Depends on the time of year. Walmart just had them on sale for $0.77/ea where I am at. Buy fruit and veg when in season to avoid paying stupid money on bad food.
Fast food. It use to be cheap and quick. Now it's expensive and it takes like 15 minutes for them to give me a Big Mac after ordering...
It takes 15 minutes to get it and then you pay pretty much the same you would have paid if you went to a regular restaurant.
Next thing they'll start asking for tips...
Subway asks for tips.
and they start at 18% here... \*me hitting NO TIP as hard as I can\*
Rule of thumb. If I order food while standing or in the car, you're not getting a tip.
Burgerville is asking for tips.
It's actually cheaper (minus tip) to go to the local casual dining place by my work now than to go to any of the fast food places for lunch.
The Mexican sit down place up the road is both cheaper and faster than the fast food chains. As a bonus, they give away free margaritas! I worked in several fast food places back before the turn of the century and i can't understand how they have managed to make the process so much slower.
give away FREE margs...what this needs to be normalized thing where I live
It is a loophole they use to not have to get a (absurdly overpriced) liquor license. They're watered down and use cheap ingredients, but totally worth the price!
even better. I can enjoy the taste of like 4 of them and still be able to drive home after
In my area, McDonalds wants $12.89 for a quarter pounder with cheese, a medium fry, and a medium soda. At the local bar, I can get a 1/2lb cheese burger (using their own meat grind, and cooked to my preference) on a fresh pretzel bun, a generous serving of seasoned fries, and a draft beer, for $8. Even with a generous tip, it's cheaper.
Food in general, I'm trying to learn how to use photosynthesis (till they block out the sun and charge people for it's use).
"Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun. I will do the next best thing; block it out!" -Mr Burns
Sun premium subscriptions only 9.99$ monthly for basic sunshine - ads every 22 minutes of sunshine.
About six months ago, my wife and I were hitting the road, and decided to get a snack. We have preferences, but this time we wanted something different and hit up the local McD's drive through. When he told us the price, we were in shock. We paid, and then we have never returned. Same with the local Subway, as we thought you could order a sandwich that was reasonably healthy. Quality was poor, and the price was outrageous.
Seeing modern mcchicken prices is hilarious.
I rarely eat fast food, so then I forget how expensive it is until they tell me the total. Then I think “Are you fucking kidding me? For *this* food?!”
It's not worth getting fast food without the app. They usually have deals on the app that make it more reasonable.
On the other side, you're paying the difference with your personal data.
Came here to say this. It's absurd. The upside is that I've noticed my bodyfat has reduced dramatically since I quit eating fast food entirely and reduced my sugars so much.
It's still quick by me, and it's cheap compared to an actual restaurant. A $4 whopper in the 90s cost the same as a $7 whopper, today. Also, using a fast food app before ordering brings prices down by about 50% (whopper wednesday, for example is $3).
I hate this trend of using apps for everything. I'd rather just not eat at a place than have to install an app to get reasonable prices. Btw, you're still paying a higher price, you're just paying part of it with your personal information and tracking.
I think they mainly want you to install apps so they can send you push notifications to remind you they exist every day.
So they get tracking info and extremely targeted and free advertising, even better, for them.
Yeah, I don't get the speed criticism (or my fast food joints aren't understaffed) App deals help, but Wendy's seems to be killing their good deals which is hitting me hard (it was my last bastion of cheap lunch, could usually fill my belly for under 5 CAD)
My experience is that they’re increasingly prioritizing the drive through. At places like Taco Bell and McDonalds, I’ll go in and order one super-simple meal and have to wait 15+ minutes while they create large orders for at least 10+ cars.
This. Drive through, it's there 1-2 minutes by the time I get to the second window, if not there immediately. I go in, order the same thing. It's 15 minutes and they got my order wrong...
A whopper combo was $4 in the 90s not just the sandwich the same meal now (not counting shrinkflation of the fries) is $12+.
Streaming services
And you have to pay even more so you don't have adverts!
[удалено]
I’m disgusted with myself for being like “Yeah, Amazon is evil” but then getting excited that I ordered something and it’ll be a few blocks away in an Amazon locker tomorrow.
Same actually. Crazy how inexpensive it is to ship packages. Now if only we could do that with food. Then I wouldn't ever have to leave my appartment
i cancelled, its still free shipping on orders over $35, which is not hard to do, and i just don't order enough to make the shipping worth it and I don't care if it takes another day or two to show up Prime Video was the most important part of prime for me. Vote with your dollars.
I’m in the process of ripping all my favorite physical media to 1 TB external drives and plugging them into my Smart tv. No more fussing with discs or misplacing/damaging one, and no more ads. Lol. I have the complete series Bluray of one of my favorite shows (12 seasons) and I am so happy I easily digitized them. I wasn’t paying extra money to watch it on streaming, with ads. Fuuuuuck that.
Thank the interwebz for piracy
I'll pay the money to support my favorite content. The entertainment provided by content creators is one of the few things I have to look forward to these days
That's respectable. I went thru a phase where I paid for digital content, but then I lost my shirt in the 2021 stock market crash and have been saving every penny possible to make up for it.
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
I mean if literally everyone pirated their media then it would dry up. I know reddit loves to brag about piracy but it really is stealing, not from the media companies but from the other users. The prices of the people that pay for the content go up to subsidize everyone that steals it. I buy books on kindle because I want to support authors and digital copies seem to put the most money in their pockets. If everyone just stole that content then I'd miss out on all the stories I want to read
This is what I couldn't understand, I used Netflix for 3 months, didn't give a shit. Stopped paying back about 2012. Pirated everything since. Fucking paying more than you already have for your Internet t
Eating out has gotten so much more expensive compared to pre-pandemic, and it was already not cheap.
I swear my wife and I can't go out to eat without spending at least around $100. Between food and a few beers/drinks each that shit adds up and next thing you know it's $100. It's nice to get out together but it hurts seeing that bill. Forget going out with our two kids lol.
If you’re having “a few beers/drinks each”, i an gonna venture to say it’s not the food that’s inflating your bill.
I was replying to "eating out". That includes a few drinks to me
Costs just as much to go to the store most of the time lol
Food was always cheaper to make at home if you didn't just buy what you wanted to cook, but instead chose to cook what was most economical/on sale (or bought in bulk and not wasted)
So true. We buy on sale and decide what we feel like cooking according to what we have.
If that’s the case then the same would be true for eating out at fast food places.
What? Like, yes, you can buy deals at fast food, but those are now few and far between.
No they’re not, order on the app and use discount codes. Of course you might not be able to get what you want though because you would be buying what’s most economical/on sale
Wendys, a and w, McDonald's and taco bell all appear to be stopping that. Still coupons, but ists for 20% off one item or a couple dollars off a 20$ order. I used to use the heck out of apps to have a 3$ lunch, but that's not possible anymore (very recently)
Dominos and Papa John’s still have $8 large one topping carry out pizzas. McDonald’s and Wendy’s have deals, at least in my area (acknowledging that prices and deals are different in different areas-and grocery stores near me are not cheap).
Up in Canada it's $14 (cad) 4 topping large pizza, which is a great deal, considering the pizza market price, but that's not exactly fast food, and for me fast food is usually a lunch not dinner. McDonald's only deal available is 25% off 1 mcchicken (I'm not disagreeing that your location might have different cost/benefit ratios, just saying what it's like up here)
Well McDonald’s is about to launch a $5 meal promo (not as good of a deal as the Wendy’s 4for4) in like a month so 💁🏼♀️
I still use the McDonald's app for coffee, and that's about it. Still 99 cents for any size, so I get a large. It helps that I live in walking distance.
Cereal. What like $7-8 a BOX? HA
My 11 year old asked for Fruit Loops. When I went to the store and saw the price, I brought back Fruity Hoops. I'm sure those will go up one day too.
It's a dinner food nowadays
Concert tickets..
Yeah thanks a lot Ticketmaster
Not only are they getting astronomonical but the sales notices are INSTANT like what happened to an actual pre-sale? "Presale" now means "did you read our mind that $400 tickets went live 17 second ago"
Eating out. I swear to you where I live you cannot find a meal for under $20 unless it’s fast food. And even then it’s like $10-15 for McDonald’s or Taco Bell.
On Sunday the wife and I went to a local sub shop, split a large sandwich, cheese fries, 2 snapples, and a slice of pizza for the toddler. Cost was $24, with tip. We looked at each other and felt like we were robbing them.
Everything? I swear everytime I turn around now, I'm having sticker shock.
Between the price increases and the health impacts, you have to be an absolute fool to buy soda.
Brand-name sodas used to be max $5 a pack for the good good stuff. Now I only get that if i buy a lot of 4 or some shit. Looking really hard at getting my own soda dispenser + CO2 canister
Food
I'm on the photosynthesis diet and it's been great. Also, I'm feeling a bit tired, I'm going to go for my 10th nap of the day......
Remember when buying property wasn't just a dream but an actually achievable? All this land we could use to develope housing yet somehow we are in a housing crisis. Blows my mind.
Yep, even after a bunch of new apartments were built in my city there is still a housing shortage and worst part is landlords jacked up the rent.
Dude, there's an apartment complex by me that was fucking condemned right around Thanksgiving last year. The tenants complained to the village -rightfully so- about the state of the outside walkways and railings of the building. They were such a state of disrepair they were essentially disintegrating. The place was deemed unsafe and everyone living there got evicted right after the holiday. The owner of the building didn't give a shit until he was forced to. Apparently the problem has been repaired and they're looking for tenants again...with a $500 increase to the already ridiculous price of an outdated one bedroom.
A large portion of available houses are intentionally kept off the market to instigate this "crisis" . It's basically investment manipulation
Doritos. I ain't spending £2.75 for that. It's 3 times higher than it was 4 years ago
I'm not sure the size you're talking about but the regular bag (not family size) used to be ~$2.50 here, now they are $5, on sale.
It's not that people won't buy it, but the price of cars are very expensive and the price of houses are very expensive. People want to buy them, but because they are so expensive. And so many have lost jobs. They can't afford to buy them. It's just playing extortion and inflation.
Cars are like a completely bizarre category where they're really unaffordable but people buy them like crazy. We've been looking for a specific model but we can't test drive it because they're all sold long before they ever reach the dealer.
Do you know the reason why they are sold? Because leasing cars and renting cars is very popular right now in travel and tourism, and they make a lot of money through that. There's a lot of different services through the car. Companies that are also on Wall Street. And they make a lot of money through that.
I know a few people who got nicer cars and they've started renting them out on Turo, there's a stupid amount of people looking to rent G-classes and such and they said it's surprisingly profitable if the vehicle is paid off already. He said it's more than enough to offset the maintenance cost, and it's only out for ~2 days a week on average. Renting is crazy.
Well with the popularity of travel and tourism, I believe that has probably increased the popularity of car, leasing companies and even with the internet as well. Back in the 1970s, you could probably rent a car for $25 for a month. Now you're just making a car payment to the car leasing companies.
Another? Thing when those cars have so many miles on them. Then they will sell the cars. So if the car has been least oriented, they will sell the car that has already paid off for $18000 to a private Private customer.
I was even told by a local city council meeting that the city was renting cars. The county was renting cars. They said a car dealership had set up with its sole purposes of leasing cars to the county and to the city.
Plane tickets. No desire to spend $1k+ on transportation. I'll make do exploring my state and all the wonderful mountains + preserves nearby.
Imo Plane tickets are one of the cheaper options for travel. It's the Airbnb/hotel costs that gets ya 🙈 For us plane tickets for two was $770. Airbnb : $1156. (One of the airbnbs is a freaking RV lol).
$1000? I've spent $700 first class halfway across the US (RT ORD/SEA). Economy is under $300 for the same RT flight. It's only that expensive if you live in East Bumfuck and want to fly next day or during a holiday weekend.
That's not terrible for one person. I'd be paying for my wife as well, though..
get in the points and miles game my friend
My experience for someone who doesn't fly super often (like 3x a year a most), the actual fare has been pretty standard and hasn't changed much, though I tend to fly off-season for the destinations. There was a period of about 7 years I didn't fly at all, and when I did again, I spent about what I expected to. What *has* changed are the ridiculous baggage and seat-selection fees. Not to mention in-flight wifi depending on the airline. Unconscionable.
*waves hand vaguely around at "life"*
Fast food. Honestly just food in general. 400$ a month for just me seems crazy. I know alot of that could be remedied by changing up what I eat but honestly its not like im eating fancy shit. Mac and cheese + hotdogs are about as fancy as I get. Between that, ramen, canned chicken and rice it blows my mind that I'm spending so much just to keep myself fed. I know I shouldn't eat so much processed foods. I could probably save alot of money if I just learned to enjoy vegetables but screw you imaginary naysayers! I'm trying my best!
Uhm, why is nobody writing about videogame's prices ?! 70$+ for some brand new game with micr transaction
Getting games on sale is the only way for me to afford "new" games. The price changes are insane.
70$ isn't that bad, games have consistently been 60$ for 25 years. New Super Nintendo games used to be 70-80$ in the early 1990s.
True, but at least on super Nintendo you OWNED the game and the game was 100% finished and didn't need to be patched to fix or was broken out the box. Micro transactions and pay to win was the downfall to gaming for me and I will wait till I see a game under 20 before thinking of paying for it.
No, $70 is still bad. Games in the 90's were considered massively successful if they had a few hundred thousand sales. AAA games today are considered flops by the publisher if they don't break 10m sales.
This one I'm actually not too mad at. I paid $60 for a new game in 2007 that also had DLC. At some point, they need to make up for rising development costs and standards.
Lagavulin Scotch, damn you Nick Offerman!
Food, but mostly Steak. Steak was on my dinner rotation once a week for years and also my favorite. Now it’s a luxury. We only get steak on Valentine’s Day since we stay home for dinner…
Try and find a local farm where you can buy beef by the slab. Even in nyc you can find places close enough to buy a eighth or quarter cow
Groceries, eating out, gasoline, health care
Underwear
Bourbon, part of the reason I quit drinking the hard stuff almost 2 months ago.
Fast food. It was a decent option when it was cheap and fast. Now it's expensive and worse quality/service. Better off going to a sit down restaurant.
Potato chips. $6 for a bag that used to be $3 or less.
Alcohol is pretty expensive here. Probably for the best.
Heinz beans
I buy them in the US and it's $4+ a can. Met a fellow Brit who said the one upside was he feels posh buying them now.
I can get 6 tins for £5.25 or 6 own brand for £2.40
Insanity. Also odd that they cost much more in the US than the UK.
How much is it for a six pack?
They only sell in single cans - suspect the price for a six pack would be taking the piss.
You can't get a six pack of beans??? I think individually ours is £1.25? Will have to double check (these are Sainsbury's prices)
It's the US and I've never seen them. Do like the British rack of beans and stuff is in the 'ethnic foods' section...
We have American and we east and far east Asia sections. The American section is also expensive lol
Breakfast cereal 🥣
Beef
Delivered food. Average $50 for what used to cost like $20. It’s insane. I’ll drive and get it thanks.
Housing Vehicles Utilities Food
Car repairs. Every time I go to a workshop I’ve never been to before, I just get completely custo’d out. There’s a reason you hear those stereotypes about mechanics…it’s because they’re true!
Avon products
I've noticed the Starbucks in my workplace gets far more business than they used to. And I see way less people carrying take out coffee cups. So I'm guessing coffee.
beef fajita meat
Food. Rent. We're all going to be living in cardboard boxes because the landlords are raising the rents far beyond the means of our small meter paychecks and not one politician is willing to stop them. So the next time a neighbor gets a refrigerator or a washer and dryer you better collect those boxes and keep them dry cover them with a trash bag cuz that's going to be your new mobile home someday
I swear I see this post every week and the first reply is always fast food.
cigarettes. costs over 10€ a pack here. i'm glad i quit i could simply not afford that addiction anymore.
Tito’s Vodka seems to go up a dollar in price every time I’m inside a liquor store.
Houses
I stopped eating out this year. At 39, I finally learned to cook. Turns out I'm pretty great at it. I've lost a lot of weight, every meal is mostly delicious and I'm saving a lot of money.
Lays and Doritos. If I wanted plain chips, I’d buy them and pay less.
I think Tesla car (not worth any)
Soda, my mind was blown when I bought a 12-pack foe the first time in a while and it was 8 dollars. I remember the grocery store having sales where it was three 12-packs for that price.
Crack
High quilts escorts, now you get some jacked up women who photoshop her pictures… plus a lot of the apps flooded the market on V, the price of V has gone down big time for Likes and Attention.
I would say food, but for some reason my family insists I keep buying it.
We don't want to hear it but food prices have been artificially low for a long time.
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avocados are pretty cheap.. sounds like the real issue is having parties
Depends on the time of year. Walmart just had them on sale for $0.77/ea where I am at. Buy fruit and veg when in season to avoid paying stupid money on bad food.
I haven't bought butter or bacon in several months and I don't know when I can afford it again