I know this is probably a silly topic, but oh well I'm gonna rant about it anyway. I understand that it is a recession and we are all looking for a cheaper way to fulfill wants and needs at a substantial quality, but fast food restaurants are pissing me off! I am tired of fast food joints claiming that they have these new menu's with lower prices when all they have really done is taken the drink off of your meal price and made it separate, but way more expensive. So I guess if you want a complete meal that includes a drink then you have to be a baller.
Let's throw in a couple of examples:
- Old Country Buffet......they used to have one price that you pay when you go in. Something like $12.00 or so. Now they have all of these huge signs, flyers, commercials and direct mail informing you that they now have a cheaper price for you! You can buy an all you can eat buffet meal for $9.99 and walk around with a red cup that shows they are watching you so you only get water to dink in that cup OR you can pay $12.00 (the original price) and add their new "beverage bar".......WTF is a beverage bar? You have done nothing to change this menu or restaurant and now you claim to have a cheap price by taking out the drink in your meal and calling it a new menu with a beverage bar. Yea that's they way to get'em Old Country Buffet!
- Boston Market......so everyone knows that Boston market kinda has home cooked thing going on and their meals are quite expensive for fast food, but its good so for some it's worth it. anyways they allow you to choose whatever mean u want minus your drink for what they call a low price then if you want a drink you must pay $1.99 extra and they give you a 32 ounce cup without even asking you what size drink you want. There is no choice.....you either get water and our meal or you can add a ridiculous size drink and make your bill go back up to $10 and above. Yea stick it to'em Boston Market!
- Burger King.....now this example is a little different because it has nothing to do with drinks.....but it has everything to do with them acting like they have created something new and cheap for their customer....They have released a commercial talking about obtaining the best taste and a mount of food for minimum money. They talk about it like they were on this idea forever. Then they go one to say that they went over this idea many times and worked on it for days an nights in a laboratory. and guess what the new item is? Its the same fucking burger that is already on the damn menu!! The fucking BK Stacker only now you can have it with 1,2, or 3 pieces of meat that cost $1,$2,$3......oh man that's so innovative Burger King! BTW I have gone to Burger King twice since they have started doing this because the stacker is actually good only to find that their employees can't count from 1-3 and have no idea how any patties to put on a single stacker....I guess the word "single" is just too complicated.
- And Taco Bell......please stop having days like 88 cent burrito day or anything like that. the damn Burrito only cost 99 cent to begin with!.....Save it taco bell.....your whole menu is under one dollar. How will you sustain if you sell everything for a couple cents? Guess you guys save money using fake meat and fillers.
