You would think but you are incorrect in this case. While the company moved the office to a massively higher COL area, wages remained flat. Similarly, wages for people who work in the area are not that high. Think of it like working in a grocery store or being a public school teacher in a high rent district. You’re…

Wages? those also factor in, though, i think you meant to address that with your COL comment.

For an international (for you guys) persepective ..in Ireland a prepacked supermarket sandwich is around Four Euro (very very roughly about 5 dollars. Bearing in mind that includes tax as does all our pricing), although usually its in a deal with a drink and a snack of maybe four fifty. A Deli made one is around the…

Lettuce and tomatoes are crazy expensive right now.

Oh def, I tip when I’m being served, I really mean takeout sandwiches and counter-order places.

Not necessarily the best idea to short your servers on tips. However, I am talking about at a sit down place. A shop where you just order at the counter and they make your sandwich and you walk out? No, I usually wouldn’t tip much there.

I found a hack for a sandwich when I’m in the office. I go to the grocery store down the street, get a kaiser and 150 grams of shaved turkey. Find the smallest tomato and then grab handfuls of the free mustard packets. Can usually make it for $6, they sell even shitter sandwiches for 12$ in the pre made deli case. 

There’s a bar near me that I go to pretty often, and their sandwich prices are very weird to me.

How are chefs keeping their sandwich prices down Danny? They're calling hot dogs sandwiches Danny. Look, I'll drag my Weiner through the garden with the best of them but a sandwich it does not make mon ami.

Since it could fully be a fuckup in pricing or something like a pink tax, can’t rule them out.

There are other factors to consider, for example the COL for the area. While the price is reasonable compared to LA is it reasonable compared to Chicago itself? Going to be a hard sell to get someone going from Chicago to Utah to pay if they were going to be LA prices.

While it’s easy to say “It shouldn’t cost more than x price” it’s not realistic. For example, my company moved to a very high rent area and on days I would come in, if you wanted to get something nearby you would end up spending at least 15 for a sandwich. Granted it was high end ingredients, high rent place, etc. but…

If your sandwich spot don’t look like this, you’re missing out.

This is a super-interesting article. The prices in LA definitely gave me pause — I was visiting a friend a few months back and there was lots of eating out involved, and my assumption was that the prices were just reflecting post-pandemic life, and I’d find the same thing back in Chicago (hadn’t been going out for…

Is a hot dog a sando?

Here’s a conundrum that pisses me off more than it reasonably should:

“The $14–$15 mark is a fine place to live these days, especially in a city like Los Angeles.”

In my San Francisco neighborhood, there are 4 places for sandwiches, but I go to only 2. Here’s why:

Don’t forget the $3-$4 Tip you gotta add for To Go Orders.

Sandwich = $10, max.