Is 16 dollars too much for a burger, fries and a Pepsi?

Question

I had dinner in the sandwich shop next door to where I work. I was a little startled to see it was sixteen bucks. Is that the going rate where you live?

Sparkie460 · Accepted Answer

That burger better be made with Angus beef and be huge. The deli near me has a burger deal. You get a burger, Macaroni or potato salad, fries or onion rings, a whole pickle and a large soda for $9.99

adam6402 · Accepted Answer

Where I live we'd very commonly have to pay $20 for just the burger on its own. With fries and a drink, you're looking at over $30. Beers are around 12-15 bucks, cocktails are more like 20-30 bucks.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Seems like a fair deal, if you are eating at a Restaurant. Last time i ordered similiar meal, i paid 20€, but with two drinks.

DizzyDesii · Answer

Thats cheap compared to most places charging $30 for that

Kaneki05 · Answer

America has really dumb food prices so that's to be expected. I know from going there recently.
Here there is a takeaway shop right next to me, you can get a burger chips and a can of pop for £4 = $5 and I can say it's nice. Compared to America, Uk food is so cheap it's funny. Cheap Rubbish Jack's Frozen Pizza is the same price as our good frozen pizza here like Chicago town, meanwhile if you wanted something like jack's here a pizza that is just bearable to eat it's cheaper by £2 basically.

Nvm drink prices and they have very weird not round numbers... everything there be hey you get 473Ml instead of just 500Ml because they want 27ml less for some reason.

But one thing that is for sure cheaper is cigs and by a very big difference. Here we have tons of tax on Tabaco. So a pack of cigs there is $4 over here that would be $14.
Something america probably needs to learn Tax cigs more and make food cheaper. Since it's a bit odd that essentials are at higher prices but something that is not like cigs is cheap.

Tiptoetamm · Answer

That sounds about right. For me to say like MacDonald cheaper for me to eat it's around 15 I do get a coffee with it tho. Quality also matters. If it was really good than it's worth it and go back if it sucked no way. That's how I look at it lol. My weird process in my mind

lightbulb27 · Answer

question is what burger? I had a $30 Burger with bacon the other day... no fries, no drink. Also $23 one.

I call it "the mini sizing" of America. It's about time we make things expensive so we reduce our caloric intake.

Remember back to when all this was "cheap", large... huge drinks... and the drinks probably weren't corn syrup? Those days are gone forever...

And it's going a lot higher...

So give up that junk food, cut the burger in half if you have to... that makes it only $8 for cow flesh and bread not too bad. Get it loaded with veggies... probably free or cheap.

Or order chinese, 3 meals for $20 is about $7.

My general cost of food now is about $5 minimum per meal when I make it myself, high quality. Cheaper if exclude meat and go with beans.

sage2021 · Answer

Yes, to me, this is too much for what you bought.

What we started doing a long time ago is instead of getting a very expensive drink from the machine, we would just get water to drink.
The drinks cost as much as the burger it seems.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

I have no idea what the rate is here, these days but, I wouldn't pay more than $4.00.
I'm kinda pissed with Domino's because, when I order za from them, instead of only paying about $10.00 for a 2-topping medium za, as advertised, by the time I'm done paying for it, it's more than twice that!! I have to pay a few bucks for delivery, a couple more for taxes and I give the driver at least a $2.00 tip. (They're only about a mile from here, as the crow flies but, at least 2 miles to drive.)
In the meantime, if I go to Vincent's, I can pay the same amount for their large and get almost 3 times as much za!! And it's WAY better than Domino's!! But, they're at least 11 miles from here. As I don't drive, it'd take me at least 80 or 90 minutes on buses to get there. If the bus ride was a straight shot and only one bus (instead of 2 to 4 buses), it'd be about 25 or 40 to get there. (They'd still have to make stops.)

TrueConfection · Answer

My husband got fries the other day and they were $8. That's way too much.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

That's high, but not off the charts.

The two places I eat burgers most often are BJs, which has a burger, fries and salad for $11 on Wednesday. I'm not sure what the normal price is. They have $5 craft beers on Wednesday also.

And Chili's where I get the $11 combo that comes with burger, two sides and a drink. You can add a margarita to the combo for I think 3.50.

hahahmm · Answer

Everything is relative. Where I live a sit down restaurant burger meal is $15 and up. But in a big city it can easily be $20s and up. The burger would tend to be high quality, huge & juicy tho. If a shop is selling a skimpy/pathetic burger they shouldn't be charging $8. Obviously you can make your own burgers at home for way less. People are paying for convenience.

Somoneelse · Answer

Yes. Its insane to see how expensive stuff has become. Bread used to be 99 cents. Now 1,99. A regular mcdonalds (little-) hamburger used to be 99 cents, now 1,95 euro's. A regular hamburger out of the wall was 2,99, now I see 4,50 or 4,99 euro's

JacobJordan · Answer

Not really. Average price for a burger is around 16-18 last time I ate out. So I would have expected it to come out to around 25$ which honestly isn't too bad. Bigger issue is the fact around 75% of Americans do not even receive a livable wage.

Nikki1989 · Answer

For a fast food burger, yes, it is a rip off. If it was quality food made in a quality restaurant, it would be decent.

SweetDripp · Answer

That seems a bit high, but not crazy for a good burger. Don’t forget to add 20% for the waitstaff!

rosemilk · Answer

yeah but that is the usual now. i feel like that would actually be $20

jennifer_bloom · Answer

It depends on your location and the type of restaurant it is. I think it’s a lot of money but restaurants usually charge high prices now because of the pandemic. I like Burger King and Pizza Hut cause their prices did not change.

laly520 · Answer

u can get a smoky Double Quarter Pounder BLT, a large fries and a large Sprite for 16dollar tho

Bratsondanielle · Answer

Well that's bidenomics for you. Trump better get elected next year or this country will be null and void

Redstang88 · Answer

It’s that much for a fast food combo here, a good restaurant burger combo is more like 25

najekim · Answer

Have yet to find a burger, fries & soda combo worth more that $7.00. In both restaurants or fast food joints.

Nattek · Answer

Depends on the quality of the burger and fries. If we're talking McDonald's, yes that's too much. Five Guys, yes that's to be expected.

Mr_twoface · Answer

I want to say yes, but I live in Sweden and burgers here are priced on average around 16 usd and can go up to 24 usd.

Jaximus-Lion · Answer

it's about 170 Swedish crowns! So that must be a premium burgers and fries in the middle of the city.

Sevenpointfive · Answer

dude i don't eat out anymore. shit is ridiculously expensive. restaurants around me charge a takeout fee!

AviatorTom · Answer

That's not bad. Last night at the local tavern, I had a burger, broccoli and a sweet tea... US$18, not counting the extra tip.

jamesgoldman · Answer

That's about £13 Depends because it's expensive for low quality fast food but quality dining that's cheap about half of what I'd expect to fork out

strateguy632 · Answer

seems 3 times too much. quarter pounder 6 bucks as meal.

Sour-rose · Answer

Unless they're a shake shack, yes. That... damn, bruh.

normalice · Answer

If it's a really good burger but it is true a lot of places overcharge.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

In my area, a steakhouse buger and fries would be $14-16 without tip.

JustinTheGreat · Answer

That’s a pretty normal price tbh. Even if you get a meal at McDonald’s nowadays, it’s gonna be that much. if not, more.

EmJewel · Answer

$20 + tip is what I pay for a double patty bacon burger, fries, and a drink 😅

LiamJHayden · Answer

Sounds on the inexpensive side to me, but we also have pretty high starting wages around here.

love_conquers_lust · Answer

Yes. That'ike a New York City gourmet burger, fuck.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

And yet you still bought it? You didn't walk away?

NYlatefun · Answer

lol sounds like a good deal to me! Here in NYC you can’t get a burger, just the burger under $25/30

Iron_Man · Answer

Way too much just go to Burger King next time or Taco Bell

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Far too much. Food shouldn't be expensive especially a burger, fries and a soda.

Liketotry · Answer

I would probably prefer to buy a hamburger 🍔 at Outback Steak House for that price

Drumlin2001 · Answer

It's a decent amount. But seen more expensive

Anonymous · Answer

Believe me or not , I get a pound of chicken for 2.5$ in my country!

douride2 · Answer

Around here $16 would be a bargain.

NathanDavis · Answer

25 cents is way too much for a Pepsi

KittygosMeoWW · Answer

Not if it’s from a decent place.

msc545 · Answer

That is reasonable for decent food.

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