Wonder Bread (yes, I have decided to buy it after having eaten my sandwiches on French Bread exclusively for the last 2 years), was $1.99 at regular price at Walmart. Sugarland bacon was on sale at another store for $1.99, but I’m pretty sure that was a 12 oz package, which would make it $2.65 a lb. Oscar Meyer was at $4.19 a lb, but that was the most expensive.
When I see Dominos, Pizza Hut and Papa Johns all running “$10 any size, any topping” pizza deals, that doesn’t seem like hyper-inflation to me.
When McDonalds, Burger King and Wendys are all pimping their dollar menus, that’s not hyper-inflation.
MickyD’s had a good quarter last time. The $1 menu moves well at breakfast from what I can tell but the $1 coffee has to be a loser. Wonder how many go to fast food for lunch now that used to go to the Olive Garden.
The $1 double cheeseburger at BK is the best value in fast food. I buy two of them a couple times a week. It's amazing just how few people buy them. Most simply go for the combo meals which are priced really high.
You can make a pizza cheaper by scrimping on the toppings. Dominos just redid their whole pizza from crust to toppings. I’m sure they adjusted the recipe to lower the costs.
The dollar menus are just the small size. Perhaps they are pushing it because their sales were way off due to the unemployment situation. People who aren’t working don’t need to rely as much on fast food. They do need to find cheaper food.