Just seen this on social media. Don't know how genuine it is, it's USA though so I can believe it. Doesn't even look that nice.
I bet they have the TVs switched on at half time though. Server would be expecting 20% on top of that. USA is a different world now. I used to love holidaying there but even the crappiest diners are now out of my price range.
The prices over there are utterly ridiculous. If it remains the same over the next few years with trump, the dems will get another go. This surely cannot be right though?
Unless I'm missing something the post says one pizza as does the receipt. Best part of $170 in Admin Charges and Sales Tax. Ridiculous.
It's called "pizza rock" which is what they call a "deal" containing two pizzas, one cheese, one pepperoni I believe, and they claim it is big enough to serve 10. A coke is 40 dollars plus taxes and charges which are mental in America
I last went to the USA six years ago and didn't find it insanely expensive. Granted the exchange rate was much better then, but in any case outside New York was very fair value, and even NY itself compared favourably with London.
Just admit you're a Trumper and agree with his economic policies and get it over with... On a serious note, the stuff over the past couple of years I've seen (since covid really), it's skyrocketted. Saw eggs for 18$, fizzy pop insanely high prices, the price of gas. I'll be surprised if it gets better now before it gets worse tbf mate.
It's going to get much, much worse. I keep hearing that they've had some egg shortages, so prices have been fluctuating wildly. I bet their petrol is still loads cheaper than ours.
Been to the US a few times too and never felt it was overly expensive. Even NYC, Vegas, Miami and LA - ok some of those going back 10 years, some 5, but never seemed that bad. Bit crazy if you go to a game, but it is here too at Wembley. Not sure about this picture, surely can't be real??
It's real but it's in the VIP area and the prices are for meals serving 10 people. If you look closely at the chicken dippers or whatever they are it's actually a massive bowl of them suitable for a large group
I was there last May. Gas prices (which have since come down 10-20%) varied from $3-4 (New Mexico) to $5-6 (California). Supermarket food was more expensive than here, but not significantly - milk was comparable but bread cost more (it always did though). We could buy a giant sandwich from Walmart for lunch that fed 3 of us for about $10-15. And meals out (for 3 adults) were generally $40-100, with one being $200+ but that was at Ramsey's Hells Kitchen at Tahoe, so that price were always going to be high (It was a special meal for my birthday). Fast food was generally cheaper than here - although we didn't eat too much of it.
Always found US reasonable in my odd forays to Florida, but the NYC trip last May was mindbogglingly expensive. Trapped in an enormous money trap for 5 days. Ouch. Not sure if it is quite as bad elsewhere but have heard stories that things are not as rosy as my last Florida trip which is about 6 years ago now.
I go to the US annually for baseball and NFL. As a country i agree with the majority on here that it isnt ridiculous price wise, but until the last couple of years a worsening exchange rate wasnt helping. However - stadium pricing for food and drink has been ridiculous for years. Large cans of crappy 'light beers' like Michelob and Bud Light have been touching 20 dollars for several years now in all NFL and MLB venues. When we go to baseball we tend to get a hospitality package somehwhere around 300-400 dollars as between the premium seating and eat/drink as much as you like it soon pays itself back.
We did a Yankees game last year. Bought me and Tom a can of beer each - $40. Slightly bigger than UK tinnies but it was a shock. Think we still had 5 each
