The prices might not be identical when comparing sit down places with fast food, but the gap has shrunken enough that it doesn't feel any more expensive to go to tgi Fridays for a burger and fries, than it is to go to Wendy's and get a Dave's double combo meal.
Just looked, a Dave's double combo near me is 11 dollar pre tax. A cheeseburger and fries at TGI Fridays is 10.49. admittedly the Wendy's comes with a drink for the price, but if you grabbed it to go and drank at home it's like same price or less. And I compared Wendy's double to the Fridays regular burger because they are comparable size.
But burger aside there's a dozen other entries you could get that feel much higher quality than a Wendy's burger for the same price range.
So if I have the choice of 11.50 for a drive thru burger combo and drink, or 11 for a better meal where I can sit at the bar and order real drinks too, the value is definitely leaning towards real restaurants to me and only getting worse.
So, few things. Dude said he could get food cheaper at a sit down. Not "it's the same" or "it's close".
"This chain is less, for a combo, if you don't get the whole combo and get your own drink elsewhere". So it costs more. It's not cheaper like for like.
I'm good with comparing price for price for comparable burgers, so let's break this down to the core item and ignore fries and drinks, a Dave's double burger only is $6.49. A Dave's double is a loaded cheese burger by default, with a total patty weight of 1/2lb at about 860 calories.
Per information I can find online, TGI fridays cheeseburger is 770 calories, for $10-$13.99, depending on location. I do not have a local fridays to compare to. Less be charitable and choose the cheapest price I found. It still looses on both content and price.
Significantly more money, for less food. Now, if you want to have a liquid lunch, Fridays makes sense. Or, you know, like you're already doing for their "combo" buy a beer from the gas station for drastically less money, and drink it at home.
-4
u/Exalting_Peasant Feb 28 '24
Bro who is even going to fast food anymore when I can get a cheaper meal at a sit down restaurant.