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Customer calls Five Guys ‘highway robbery’ after $74 meal: ‘Will never go there again’
Yahoo ^ | December 9, 2022 | Emerald Pellot

Posted on 12/09/2022 2:37:34 PM PST by grundle

A customer couldn’t believe how high her bill was at Five Guys.

TikToker @retailcheapskate is certain the burger franchise is highway robbery. After ordering dinner, she was stunned by the $74 price tag that came with it. When she posted a receipt for the meal, it sparked a debate.

“When did Five Guys become a five star restaurant?! This is four hamburgers, two fries and drinks,” the video text read.

She held the receipt up to the camera. The order total was $70.10, and after a $3.53 tip, came out to $74.10.

“Five Guys is highway robbery!” she wrote in the caption.

The video received over 1.8 million views.

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To: fightin kentuckian

Actually shows $4.29 at the Fry Blvd. Location. Amazed people will pay that.


81 posted on 12/09/2022 4:16:54 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: grundle

$13.07 for a burger and small fries this week. Yum! (but expensive)


82 posted on 12/09/2022 4:21:46 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (/s)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“...first time I ever posted anything online about it.”

Me, too. I only told my wife and that was that. Never been back.

We’ve got a local burger joint here in Hayden, Idaho called “Killer Burger.” I think they’ve got a couple outlets over in Spokane, WA. People rave about their burgers and fries, but it was about the same experience as Five Guys — just an OK burger at a high price. Been there once.


83 posted on 12/09/2022 4:36:51 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
The strange thing is I didn’t post my experience on social media or make a video complaining about the place. I just made note of it and didn’t go back.

Well, that's why you aren't a "food influencer."
84 posted on 12/09/2022 4:37:59 PM PST by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: grundle

5 guys is good, but the prices are outrageous.


85 posted on 12/09/2022 4:41:18 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
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To: grundle

If he thinks five-star places cost $18 a head….

Yeah, it’s expensive. Everything is.


86 posted on 12/09/2022 4:45:49 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: rbg81

Drop in Red Rooster Burger with Fries and a beer and your north of $40 dollars per person was $27 in 2018. The tank of gas to get there and back is $60 down from $75, up from $40 in 2018.

$12-14 per person from 5 guys is better than $9 per person from double from wendys and frosty.

Best case, buy the burgers from 5 guys with the fries and bring your own tallboy.


87 posted on 12/09/2022 4:46:38 PM PST by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: grundle

Oh well, so sad, too bad. Go to McDonalds


88 posted on 12/09/2022 4:49:32 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: I want the USA back

We each had a double cheeseburger at McDonald’s yesterday and today for 50 cents each plus tax. Christmas special through the app.


89 posted on 12/09/2022 5:03:37 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: chrisinoc

I paid $9.55 (including sales tax) for a double double cheeseburger, French fries, and regular root beer at In-N-Out Burger in Prescott AZ.


Yeah, it should be cheaper for a fast food place. But when I say “sit down restaurant”, I mean one with a wait staff. The ones I typically eat burgers at are Applebees, Chilis, Red Robin or some local brewery.


90 posted on 12/09/2022 5:03:38 PM PST by rbg81
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To: Mr.Unique

LOL. So now I know why my kids ignore me! My influence with them waned when they hit 16 or thereabouts.


91 posted on 12/09/2022 5:08:18 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: grundle
all fast food has gone way up in price as well as sit down places....

buyer be ware....

look at your cable/internet/phone bill sometime....its insanity how many fees and taxes are added on....

we had booked a couple of vegas rooms for the spring, ultimately cancelled, but no kidding between the multiple fees and taxes by every entity in Nevada plus the "resort" fees, all that totaled about half the bill.....ridiculous...

its to the point where one must look for sales/discounts/freebee.....

92 posted on 12/09/2022 5:08:31 PM PST by cherry
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Adult behavior. Refreshing.


93 posted on 12/09/2022 5:11:45 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: grundle

Yeah, 5 Guys IS expensive, but they are also very delicious, and include all toppings. Now, I’m a frugal eater. So I got discounted gift cards online. Then my wife and I split a triple burger cut in half. We get toppings only one of wants on the side. We don’t get fries and enjoy the peanuts. Net cost for a tasty mean is under $5 each. The woman in the article is embarrassingly stupid and doesn’t know how to stretch money.


94 posted on 12/09/2022 5:12:23 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: napscoordinator

“Adult behavior.”

It took me a while, but I caught on in my 60s!


95 posted on 12/09/2022 5:17:37 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: grundle

Surprised someone with the handle @retailcheapskate didn’t do their homework and look up prices before going there.

Still, $70 for 4 burgers, 4 drinks and 2 fries is absolutely outrageous.


96 posted on 12/09/2022 5:18:33 PM PST by simpson96
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To: grundle

I walked into a 5 Guys once. When I saw a big sign “All our burgers are well done”, I walked out.

I can go to Outback Steakhouse, be seated and waited on,
get The Best burger with fries, cooked the way I want (medium rare) for $13.00.


97 posted on 12/09/2022 5:21:18 PM PST by katnip
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To: joshua c
5 guys has always been expensive

The key is to know this before ordering at the counter.

98 posted on 12/09/2022 5:29:31 PM PST by NautiNurse (There was a 2022 mid-term Red Wave...in Florida! )
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To: grundle

I go to a Five Guys maybe once a year. I have never even come close to eating all of a French Fry order there. I dunno what the prices are these days, but I suggest ordering from the children’s menu

The peanuts are free, so grab lots of those.


99 posted on 12/09/2022 5:34:13 PM PST by Radix (The perfect Tag Line is recognized by its conciseness and brev)
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To: joshua c

HA! - You literally took the exact words from my mouth!

Our Five Guy’s is right next door to the other highly over priced place - Zupa’s.

Great food and lot’s of calories but lunch for the wife and myself about $35.


100 posted on 12/09/2022 5:54:07 PM PST by 1FreeAmerican
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