I get excited when I can round up to the $1 with the IRS
A Costco food court's new menu item is raising eyebrows for its price
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In the Philippines you can get an Aloha burger at McDonalds. A slice of pineapple instead of tomato.
They adapt their menus for the particular country. I can still order a Quarter Pounder with cheese and fries and it tastes just like here. I was told the beef comes from Australia.
Some of the local pizza places do have weird food. The cheese comes out of a nozzle. Not for me. I can go to other places and get really good pizza.
Nozzle cheese.
It’s a thing there because regular cheese spoils quickly. Highly processed cheeses are more popular particularly for pizza and spaghetti. But the taste preferences are changing as people become more exposed to foods they never tried before. Younger working adults are going overseas and bring back ideas.
Don’t ever set foot in Panera Bread
Just went out to a Mongolian grill place for lunch with a co worker. 20 bones with tax. Thanks Uncle Sam for the inflation.
Too expensive for me. Buy a French baguette at Fred Meyer and make your own pizza. It’s pretty easy.
Panera is phony healthy food
Nope. $20 after tax per person. Insane. And it's one bowl of veggies, no seconds and they add the meat and rice behind the counter.
Did
For sure. This was downtown Seattle. The one by my office on the eastside was about $17 recently.
Hermann
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Every restaurant I been in lately is skimping on condiments, napkins and having to beg for a bag for your leftovers. Went to 54th St. and I'll bet there was not 2 oz of cream gravy in total on my mashed and chicken fried chicken. Had to ask for more. My Wendy's burger which I asked for onion, one small ring was on a double burger along with the smallest dab of Mayo I have ever seen. Had to wait 5 min for ketchup packets at What-A-Burger. The ones I got were stuck together by a leaker somewhere in the box. It was handed to me by the manager. Folks, it not getting better.
Nope they charged extra for more meat. Same as the one by my office.
Hermann
Site Donor 2023
I might just venture out to Costco for a Dog and a Coke tomorrow. And see if anyone is ordering the $10 beef sandwich. Not today, it's a Friday in lent.
Fish is expensive in general, wouldn't eating a hot dog be a bigger sacrifice. It is in my world.
Fish is expensive in general, wouldn't eating a hot dog be a bigger sacrifice. It is in my world.
Exactly - $10 is the new $5.
$10 for what appears to be a decent sandwich is more than fair, especially when people pay $5-7 for boba drinks or $4-$5 for a side of fries.
Fair enough...
Costco's clientele is not the minimum wage earner - or anywhere close to that. Last that I checked, their memberships are $60/yr. Minimum wage earners are usually not Costco members. So, why should Costco be obligated to cater their food court prices to that audience?
My monthly budget for fast food is $75. Anything much more than that; I’ll start brown-bagging. 
