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Where are you eating out for $6 a meal?

by dyeje 12y ago

dragonwriter 12y ago
Togos daily meal deal is less than that, with tax, without chips, and exactly $6 before tax, IIRC, with chips. Not exactly the height of the culinary arts, but then neither is Soylent.
- Someone1234 12y ago
  Also worth noting that Soylent will have to pay tax if they get large enough, just like Amazon does in many states now.
  - dragonwriter 12y ago
    For food (at least, under many state sales tax regimes in the US), food that isn't sold in a restaurant (roughly, the exact rules are a bit different) isn't subject to sales tax. Its not a size issue, its a what they are selling issue.
Someone1234 12y ago
I could name local places but they won't mean anything to you. However even Burger King's combo meals are around $6/meal [0] as are KFC [1] and McDonalds [2] (all within $1 of $6, some less). Local places are even better value. However I get the sense this "question" wasn't asked because you legitimately wanted an answer. You just wanted to raise doubt that $6/meal is a thing. As I've shown, it is. [0] http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/burger-king-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/burger-king-prices/ [1] http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/kfc-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/kfc-prices/ [2] http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcDonalds-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcDonalds-prices/
- Vraxx 12y ago
  Can we also at least agree that enough is known about nutrition to determine that soylent is nutritionally better than the $6 options you provided? So as long as we're comparing alternatives to soylent in price, let's also compare them on the qualities of nutrition that we do know.
zzalpha 12y ago
Where do you live? The US has remarkably cheap fast food, far cheaper than anywhere else I've been. As an example, compared to Canada the prices are easily 25-30% cheaper (around here finding a decent meal at lunch for less than $8 is nearly impossible, and closer to $10 is typical).
- smellf 12y ago
  Ahhh, I suppose it depends on where you are in the US. In ultra-affluent places like some DC suburbs, the prices are closer to those Canadian ones you mentioned. At the absolute bottom fast food chains (McDonalds and Taco Bell) you can get meals <$7, but at any other nationwide fast food chain it'll be $7-9. Local places (fast casual) are typically $10+.

Where are you eating out for $6 a meal?

by dyeje 12y ago

Where are you eating out for $6 a meal?

Togos daily meal deal is less than that, with tax, without chips, and exactly $6 before tax, IIRC, with chips. Not exactly the height of the culinary arts, but then neither is Soylent.

Someone1234 12y ago
Also worth noting that Soylent will have to pay tax if they get large enough, just like Amazon does in many states now.
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  For food (at least, under many state sales tax regimes in the US), food that isn't sold in a restaurant (roughly, the exact rules are a bit different) isn't subject to sales tax. Its not a size issue, its a what they are selling issue.

Someone1234 12y ago

I could name local places but they won't mean anything to you. However even Burger King's combo meals are around $6/meal [0] as are KFC [1] and McDonalds [2] (all within $1 of $6, some less). Local places are even better value. However I get the sense this "question" wasn't asked because you legitimately wanted an answer. You just wanted to raise doubt that $6/meal is a thing. As I've shown, it is. [0] http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/burger-king-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/burger-king-prices/ [1] http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/kfc-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/kfc-prices/ [2] http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcDonalds-prices/ http://www.fastfoodmenuprices.com/mcDonalds-prices/

Vraxx 12y ago
Can we also at least agree that enough is known about nutrition to determine that soylent is nutritionally better than the $6 options you provided? So as long as we're comparing alternatives to soylent in price, let's also compare them on the qualities of nutrition that we do know.

zzalpha 12y ago

Where do you live? The US has remarkably cheap fast food, far cheaper than anywhere else I've been. As an example, compared to Canada the prices are easily 25-30% cheaper (around here finding a decent meal at lunch for less than $8 is nearly impossible, and closer to $10 is typical).

smellf 12y ago
Ahhh, I suppose it depends on where you are in the US. In ultra-affluent places like some DC suburbs, the prices are closer to those Canadian ones you mentioned. At the absolute bottom fast food chains (McDonalds and Taco Bell) you can get meals <$7, but at any other nationwide fast food chain it'll be $7-9. Local places (fast casual) are typically $10+.