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> I have found it is roughly an order of magnitude cheaper to cook at home, even once you factor in the "lost" time. I remember years ago, when I worked at Sub
by Sohcahtoa82 2mo ago
> I have found it is roughly an order of magnitude cheaper to cook at home, even once you factor in the "lost" time.
I remember years ago, when I worked at Subway, so often I'd be ringing up the customer, tell them their total, and they'd be like "It'd be cheaper to make it at home!"
I never for the life of me understood how this was some giant revelation for some people. Of course it's cheaper to eat at home. The value proposition for eating out, even at fast food, was always convenience, not cost.
Of course, the counter-argument is always something about how a load of bread is $X, all the veggies are $Y, etc, and it adds up to like 3x the cost of the Subway sandwich. But everyone making that counter just completely ignores the fact that all those ingredients will make at least 5 sandwiches.
- foxyv 2mo agoI love making my own sub rolls for sandwiches. They last a week on the counter so I can make them on the weekend and store them in the fridge then toast them in the oven. Subway used to be cheap but they jacked those prices up to the moon lately. Their prices have doubled in the last 10 years. Their produce is always soggy and wilted anyways. Economists keep saying we are under 3.5% inflation which makes no sense. Prices in stores are doubling in 10 years which is more like a 7-8% inflation rate. Maybe it's local to me?
- Sohcahtoa82 2mo agoNah, Subway has absolutely cranked their prices. When I worked there in 2012, a footlong Roast Beef was $7.50. Now, just the six inch is $7.99, and the footlong is $14. Not quite a doubling, but still pretty nuts. That's about 4.6% per year, higher than the 3.5%.