• Frozengyro@lemmy.world
      227·
      17 days ago

      Maybe not tripled, but making 7.25-10/hour was pretty common in 2008. The standard today is 15-20/hour at fast food.

      I’m aware this doesn’t justify tripling the price. Even 3x wages would not triple the cost of the burger.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      3·
      16 days ago

      In 2025 a chocolate shake is 5.49 at the sonic near me. I thought that was expensive but compared to this thread apparently inflation on milkshakes hasn’t been to bad. Though I’m pretty sure you can get a $10 shake if you start asking them to add every kind of diabetes candy into it.

      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        16 days ago

        There’s a fast food chain where I live called Nifty Fifty’s ('50s themed of course). They have “dessert milkshakes” for $9.85 - basically shakes with a whole extra dessert blended in - and if you get it malted you’re at $10.50. TBF they’re really fucking good milkshakes, but $10 is ridiculous.

      • meliaesc@lemmy.world
        5·
        16 days ago

        For commercial rent that nearly seems reasonable. Especially considering what they’re charging for dentistry, that’s like… 3 people without insurance? 🥲

        • tacosplease@lemmy.world
          2·
          16 days ago

          My rent was $8,000 a month in 2009 for a strip mall restaurant that sat 40 people. It wasn’t in an expensive area either.

  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
    231·
    16 days ago

    One of my parents said that steaks were 35 cents when they were kids.

    I am not looking forward to my Walmart cheese & breadstick snacks costing $70 bucks for a set of five.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    21·
    17 days ago

    Guess what will happen to food prices in the US when farmers cannot exploit cheap migrants anymore…

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
    19·
    16 days ago

    The CEO’s, shareholders and the 1% need to make more! There is no fucking way I am going to spend $17.00 for a fucking cheeseburger.

  • mastertigurius@lemmy.world
    13·
    15 days ago

    Norway has been considered to be super-expensive among tourists and others looking in from abroad. However, Norwegians going to the US really have to mind their spending nowadays, especially when eating out. Forcing employees to rely on tips to get above slave wage is generally not a thing in Europe, so the price we see on the menu is what we expect to pay.

    If you go to a gas station near an airport in Western Norway, you can get a massive 300g burger (3/4 lb) with added cheese and bacon for about 200 kroner, which is $19. If you want something that normal people can finish, a regular 150g cheeseburger is about $12. A McDonald’s double cheeseburger is 43 kroner, or $4.12. If you order a burger at a restaurant or a pub, you’ll probably be spending about $25 for a bacon cheeseburger with included fries. You’re not expected to tip in Norway.

    Considering that the prices Americans here refer to don’t include taxes and tips, I’m actually pretty sure it would be more expensive to eat out in the US than in Norway, and average pay for a waiter/waitress here is about $41 000 per year.

  • useyourmainfinger@lemmy.world
    12·
    17 days ago

    $10 Aud gets you a proper burger in Oz at a bakery or takeaway spot, you’ll pay $20+ Aud inc chips/fries in a pub/bistro, but either way you have to tackle them to stop them putting fucking pickled beetroot on it first, dark times all round indeed…

      • werty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        16 days ago

        Suburban fish and chip shops that have been around for 30 years and also sell either souvlaki or an assortment of chinese dishes.

      • vxx@lemmy.world
        2·
        16 days ago

        I had a double smash cheeseburger for 9€ on friday in germany.

        160g meat

        • LavaPlanet@lemm.ee
          2·
          16 days ago

          Is that cheap, by current standards? I’m in Australia, and so is the commenter I asked, but where I am it’s unheard of for burgers to be much below $20.

          • vxx@lemmy.world
            1·
            16 days ago

            10€ is ~18AUD

            There’s cheaper burgers, but I wouldn’t really call them burgers with the cheap frozen patties and bread. It’s definitely on the cheaper side though, as i’ve paid 14€ for a burger in the past.

            So I guess it’s pretty much the same.

      • useyourmainfinger@lemmy.world
        1·
        16 days ago

        Yeah local bakeries still do them for $10, proper fresh buns and salad, still do schnitzel rolls with proper chicken for that price too, not with a big processed chicken nugget pretending to be a schnitzel…

        • LavaPlanet@lemm.ee
          1·
          16 days ago

          I am so curious what part of Oz you’re in, because absolutely nowhere is anything near those prices, where I am, but I am in an expensive city.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    16 days ago

    $17 for a burger, even if it really did look like the picture, which we all know it doesn’t, is way too much. No, thank you.

    I pay $12/day to feed myself. I make all of my own meals at home, I haven’t eaten out since the pandemic. I formed the habit, and just kept cooking at home as prices got ridiculous. My diet is excellent, mostly fresh vegetables, and organic chicken.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      It,s still “cheap” for what goes into producing a beef patty. Impossible meat is just as expensive and you don’t have to feed and care and torture an animal to produce it.

  • Lasherz@lemmy.world
    11·
    16 days ago

    Burgers are fine-dining now. Still trying to find cheap food that’s nutritious and doesn’t contain too much fiber for medical reasons. Eventually that will be fine dining prices too.