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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: grundle
When did Five Guys become a five star restaurant

$75 bucks for 4 people to eat at a 5 star restaurant? Where is that place?

61 posted on 12/09/2022 3:29:36 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: grundle

In San Jose, we have this little hot dog place called Mark’s hot dogs. It’s actually an iconic little place in a little orange hut. Anyway, my brother dropped in there the other day (it’s car hop service) and bought 2 chili cheese dogs and a chocolate milkshake.....$24+ was the damage. I told him he was an idiot. Had it been me and I saw their prices, I’d have made a U-turn whilst giving them the middle finger


62 posted on 12/09/2022 3:29:37 PM PST by Kevin in California (EP)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Same here. One visit to Five Guys, mediocre and overpriced food (and they got my order wrong), never went back. This is the first time I ever posted anything online about it.


63 posted on 12/09/2022 3:31:43 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: grundle

Always very expensive and even more so in the last few months.
But at least our local 5 guys still serves high quality and it’s not skimpy either.
(And I don’t barf it up like at McD’s)

The five guys prices are right up there visible before you order. I don’t think this fellow has a valid complaint.


64 posted on 12/09/2022 3:32:30 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: grundle

Quit eating fast food or quit complaining. Get off your ass and make real burgers.


65 posted on 12/09/2022 3:40:35 PM PST by Clarancebeaks
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To: grundle; All
Some people think ordering whatever you wish at a restaurant, regardless of price, is a virtue.

I always thought it was lazy and inconsiderate.

Paying attention to prices is a very useful concept in a capitalist society.

66 posted on 12/09/2022 3:42:10 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Wilhelm Tell
The Democrats make policies that make inflation the worst it has been in 40 years. Biden blames it on greedy corporations. The low information voters eat that up and think we need socialism
It really comes down to what Lincoln observed about fooling all/some of the people some/all of the time. Across US history, bad policy has gotten congresses and presidents elected, lies about it have gotten them reelected, and, less than one would hope, it has gotten them unelected. It happens, just not enough.

The exceptions I can think of are Monroe, McKinley, and Reagan. Trump should have been in the bunch.
67 posted on 12/09/2022 3:42:38 PM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: rbg81

“The price of a burger at a sit-down restaurant has been inching up for years. A decade ago, you could still have a burger & fries for just under $10. Now it is closer to $15. If you load up the burger with fixins, it’s more than that.”

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.


68 posted on 12/09/2022 3:44:39 PM PST by chrisinoc
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To: grundle

I stopped going there six months ago. Never again. The only reason why I ordered it was because my son was starving for some lunch. Two small single cheeseburgers, two medium size drinks, 1 small fries, and small vanilla milkshake came to $34


69 posted on 12/09/2022 3:51:23 PM PST by Hammerhead
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To: grundle

Looked at the bill, it looked pretty normal to me for a mid-range family restaurant. $10.59 for a bacon cheeseburger with the works, $2.99 for a coke and $6.50 for fries. I see nothing out of the ordinary.

And a 5% tip. Not sure they have a lot of room to complain unless the sere was crap.


70 posted on 12/09/2022 4:00:47 PM PST by redangus
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To: grundle

Just looked at the menu for the local Five Guys.
4 burgers @ 12.00 = 48.00
2 regular fries @ 6.39 = 12.78
2 bottled Cokes @ 3.59 = 7.18
5% sales tax assumed on all products = 3.40
Total is 71.36
Add in 3.53 tip and we get 74.89. About what she paid.

The burgers are a bit pricey but the cost of beef has been going up for a couple of years. The fries seem a bit over the top but it depends on how good they are and the quantity. And the cokes are also pricey. But I see no highway robbery here, just a lack of awareness as to how prices have risen in the last few years. Five Guys was upfront about their prices. The TikToker should wake up.


71 posted on 12/09/2022 4:01:40 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: grundle
“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.

First of all the person is a cheap tipper. That is way too low! The tip should be more on the order of $10 to $15 or more.

Second, four burgers at a little over $10 each, two french fries totally $13, lots of soft drinks totally a little over $10 dollars makes a total bill of over $60, then tax brings it into the $70 range.

If this is too much, then Burger King, McDonald's, Jack-in-the-Box are lower cost options with out higher cost.

Five Guys is trying to be a higher end place than those other firms. It is not like their prices are hidden.

72 posted on 12/09/2022 4:04:29 PM PST by Robert357
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To: fightin kentuckian

McDonalds large fries $3.49 here. Just checked. Where was it they charged $4.05?


73 posted on 12/09/2022 4:05:09 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: fightin kentuckian

Medium fries here is $2.49. That’s what I get. Large size is too much for one person.

In fact, medium fries are free today on the McDonald’s app


74 posted on 12/09/2022 4:07:21 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You couldn’t calculate that in your head before you placed the order?

No kidding. It's not robbery if the prices are right in front of you...before you order.

75 posted on 12/09/2022 4:09:17 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: grundle

Best burger at any price.

https://whataburger.com/locations/377/menu/categories/all-time-favorites-3/recipes/Sweet-and-Spicy-Bacon-Burger-528/customization/1


76 posted on 12/09/2022 4:10:34 PM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: steve86

McDonalds large fries $3.49 here. Just checked. Where was it they charged $4.05?

Sierra Vista, Arizona.


77 posted on 12/09/2022 4:10:57 PM PST by fightin kentuckian
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To: grundle

5 Guys menu has the prices in plain site.. 5 Guys is okay, but we’d rather go to Shake Shack or Goody Goody...


78 posted on 12/09/2022 4:11:38 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: grundle

$17.52 per person for a hamberger meal for four persons does seem extreme, with the exception of not knowing if the location was one of the most expensive cities in the U.S.


79 posted on 12/09/2022 4:12:36 PM PST by Wuli
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To: grundle

Made to order double bacon cheeseburger, onion rings, and shake, $12 at Culvers


80 posted on 12/09/2022 4:14:12 PM PST by roving ( Pronouns- libs/suk)
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