I read some article about how subway franchise owners HATED $5 footlong because it was making them go broke. You could tell if you went in there by how aggressively they pushed the cookie on you.
Just the sandwich? You don’t want a cookie? Come on buy a cookie! How about a soda?
The lack of toppings they put on those things made them worth far less than $5. 2 slices of meat and cheese and a bunch of lettuce? I can make a better sub for cheaper than that with stuff from the grocery store.
My subway was generous, and wrapped up a piece of their food safety glove with my sandwich. They wouldn't refund me, so I decided to be generous as well, and not ever go back to any locations.
Cooking unfortunately isn't really taught anymore. As someone who graduated and knew nothing about how to even do basic cooking, like didn't know how to make pasta basic, I was basically in that spot. Luckily I found cooking videos and learned, but right after school it was a hard few years. If it wasn't peanut butter, top ramen, or Mac and cheese I didn't know how to make it - and it was incredibly intimidating
I know how to cook, but it's hard with 2 kids, and we both work A LOT all week. Weekends we are almost always busy as well, so meal prep and cooking most days is hard. I try to do simple stuff, but it's hard, and I know I can't be the only one. Plus, I consider this guy lucky since let me check my bank account right now, and oh, it's currently negative $300 until next friday... life is super hard these days, do what you can...
Cooking videos are probably the most prolific type on the internet after cat videos. But even then, peanut butter, ramen, or mac and cheese would be a lot smarter than spending your last fiver on a single sandwich.
Also, it’s really hard to cook for one. I end up spending as much on food that goes bad before I can eat it as it would have cost me to get a $5 value meal.
We went to Little Caesars for the first time in 5 years, and it ended up being more than Dominos, took longer, and wasn't as good. Little Caesars used to suck but was cheap, now it just sucks.
I recently went on vacation and experienced this for the first time,
I have never personally done it myself, but when I was in Florida one of my friends would do it every time they entered an establishment they would buy a drink they would drink the drink during the time there and then on their way out they would refill it on the soda fountain. Asked them about it and the response was that they found the establishments that have the soda fountain able to be used by customers generally seemed to have a free refill policy.
I have never heard of that, it's not a thing in my state, and I don't think they actually do, but nonetheless I never saw her get stopped by any employee for doing it, and just by sitting at the table eating I could see that it definitely was not just her doing it.
Same, every place I would assume so if it was self service. The syrup is like, 7 cents for a large drink anyway, it's not like they're going bankrupt if everyone gets a refill on a drink they paid > $1 for
I'm seeing that apparently but yeah, I'm up in Maine close to the border, almost every establishment that has those machines generally also have a sign that says no refill and I really can't think of any place here that advertises refills as free outside of coffee at dine in establishments.
I have no clue what state you could be from where soda fountains in the dining room aren't free refills.
I'm from VA and lived in a few different states. I've work in fast food. The syrup and carbonated water combo is cheap. The cup is more expensive. Most restaurants would pay the few cents and keep the customer coming back. I always used to refill my soda when I left places. I've been cutting back on soda, so I don't do that anymore.
The 'trick' the fast food workers are supposed to look out for is the customer asking for a cup for water and then filling it with soda. Most cashiers don't care enough to track you though.
Every place I've been to with a self serve soda fountain across the US has done free refills. Even a lot of places with the fountain behind the counter did free refills if you asked.
Me neither. My daughter's prior bf had $200 in the bank and ordered Wendy's from doordash. There's a strong treat-yoself mentality that says everybody deserves a little luxury and makes it practically immoral to be frugal or contradict the "healthy food is too expensive" gospel etc.
I understand it for disabled people and I understand it for very busy people such as families with young kids but I don’t understand the majority of people who use it. Just go get it…