• tacosplease@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I used to get 3 double cheeseburgers and a large tea for $4.20 including tax. McDonald’s and Little Caesars were by far the cheapest meals I could buy unless you want to count ramen noodle packs. Groceries were way more expensive. Now both are expensive LOL.

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      1 year ago

      You could get a pound of ground beef and a pack of burger buns and I think the one time I did the math it came out to 80 cents a burger.

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        1 year ago

        So $0.80 for a burger or $0.99 for a double cheeseburger. I’ll take the double.

        Besides that, if you only had $5 to spend you could not have bought the supplies to make a single burger for $5. Have to buy at least a pound of beef, a whole pack of buns, etc. Even in your example I’d argue fast food was cheaper.

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          1 year ago

          Well yeah, the last time I did the math was probably 2006 or something lol

          Though the prices I’m seeing currently are $7.94 for 2lbs, $2.88 for 8 buns, $2.48 for 24 cheese slices.

          $1.51 per 1/4lb cheese burger.

          tbh I have no idea how much this stuff costs without looking it up anymore, I just eat vegetables and beans now lol