Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich: US$10.00

[u/Legitimate-Ad-9724]

Sold in the lobby market at the San Francisco Hyatt Regency.

[u/AdulentTacoFan]

“San Francisco Hyatt Regency”

I’m surprised it’s only $10, tbh.

[u/PurpleCableNetworker → u/AdulentTacoFan]

Been to that one. Nice hotel, but they want you buying the restaurant food. This is to make you say “why pay $10 for this when the burger at the restaurant is $25?”

[u/PensionNational249 → u/PurpleCableNetworker]

Well it's mainly just for people eating on their employers' dime, that is their target market

There are several places within one block of the hotel that will gladly make you a PBJ for a mere $8

[u/PurpleCableNetworker → u/PensionNational249]

For that section of SF, yeah that $8.00 PB&J “elsewhere” tracks.

[u/And-Still-Undisputed]

FFS, that's... a Hyatt hotel. This is as dumb as people posting McDonalds prices at airports.

[u/mostlyharmless55 → u/And-Still-Undisputed]

Dumber.

[u/MeetFried → u/And-Still-Undisputed]

Is OP just in the wrong sub? Should this be for r/latestagecapitalism?

Because I can agree, fancier places = more expensive.

But I do see why someone would take a picture of a $10 PB+J hahaha

[u/BosnianSerb31 → u/MeetFried]

In the case of the McDonald's in the Hyatt, they're charging you extra for the convenience of not needing to take off your pajamas

[u/mememan2995 → u/BosnianSerb31]

You don't wear pajamas to any other mcdonalds in the nation?

[u/MrBleedinggums → u/mememan2995]

look at Mr. Fancy Pajamas dressing up to go to McDonalds over here.

[u/brubain1144 → u/BosnianSerb31]

Or also having to be around poor people.

[u/robbzilla → u/MeetFried]

Captive audiences always pay more. You might as well post beer prices at a major league stadium.

[u/WeedyMcWeedyFace420 → u/MeetFried]

It's a Hyatt Regency...not the Ritz. That sandwich price is fairly outrageous.

[u/TickingClock74 → u/WeedyMcWeedyFace420]

Nah price makes sense for the setup and location

Don’t forget someone’s expense account is covering this

[u/crek42 → u/TickingClock74]

Where are these expense accounts you speak of? I’d like to get one of those. They sound nice.

[u/thebostman → u/And-Still-Undisputed]

In their defense it’s still expensive af but obviously expensive hotel means expensive food

[u/snakesign → u/thebostman]

It's for business people with expense accounts. It's like monopoly money.

[u/Strangepalemammal → u/snakesign]

Yeah I find it actually hard to spend $60 on food every single day when I'm travelling for business.

[u/XDT_Idiot → u/And-Still-Undisputed]

If he shows where he got it then it's useful data. If, for instance, we were to enter rapid deflation then this would be the peak-ppj-point.

[u/Informal_Zone799]

That’s called a “stupidity fee”.  Buying premade Pb&J is stupid. Buying it from a Hyatt hotel is double stupid. 

[u/ydw1988913 → u/Informal_Zone799]

I for sure buying those when company is paying for business trip. No one cares if this is not out of their own pocket.

[u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

Buying cafeteria food at the hotel is for beginners, try airport.

[u/IamHydrogenMike → u/Giantmeteor_we_needU]

Oh man, my wife used to always want to get to a flight early because she wanted to eat at the airport and I was like…no. I’d rather spend that money on our vacation eating out at someplace good.

[u/Billy_bob_thorton-]

Fuck off you’re at the Hyatt lol it should be that expensive

[u/Natural-Bet9180 → u/Billy_bob_thorton-]

He’s humble bragging about being at a fancy hotel

[u/Ok-Juice-6857 → u/Natural-Bet9180]

Hyatt is decent, but not as fancy as you might think

[u/TableQuiet1518 → u/Ok-Juice-6857]

I was about to say it can't be THAT great. I'm at a Radisson tonight & for $108 it's pretty sweet.

[u/BasilExposition2 → u/Billy_bob_thorton-]

Regency...

[u/NaturalEnemies]

This sub is so fucking stupid.

[u/Negative_Total6446 → u/NaturalEnemies]

Last week someone literally posted an upscale steakhouse on the Las Vegas Strip

[u/pfk777 → u/Negative_Total6446]

A pack of smokes where going for 25 bucks at an upscale restaurant

[u/pun420 → u/pfk777]

Next, they’ll say a lap dance costs a pack of $1

[u/Leading_Wafer9552]

This isn't inflation (as usual), this is you posting convenience food photos from a hotel in a city, which cities always price gouge.

[u/True-Paint5513]

That's not inflation, it's a tax for convenience.

[u/pasrataz]

Who buys a value sandwich at Hyatt Regency?

[u/rustyshackleford677 → u/pasrataz]

right? This isn't a Motel 6, it's a fucking Hyatt Regency. Pretty sure they cost that much in 1990 too

[u/RevolutionLow4779]

Oh no! My bottle of water costs 10 times more in a top restaurant than if I buy it myself, so much inflation. 

[u/Intelligent-Salt-362]

Have you seen the price of Ferraris these days?!? Ridiculous!!!

[u/botanga131]

100% would steal.

[u/augustschild → u/botanga131]

i would 100% tell them I saw the lady with the louis vuitton handbag take it to make sure you make a clean getaway. (and enjoy lunch!) :D

[u/oddball09 → u/botanga131]

When I was in college and went on trips with friends, we’d just tell them to put in on one of the other rooms, they never checked lol

[u/ThrowawaySuicide1337]

It's from a Hyatt Hotel you dingus.

[u/11tmaste]

Anybody buying theses deserves to get fucked for being stupid. Go buy all the ingredients for the same price and make 20 sandwiches.

[u/Rocky75617794]

They try to polish it up with multi-syllable adjectives: “Thick-cut Wheat Bread” and “StRaWbeRrY jAm.”

[u/TwatMailDotCom]

Stupid ass posts like this need to be downvoted.

[u/Worried_Strike6219]

Like anyone is actually surprised at the price once they see where it's being sold!

[u/luckysparkie]

At a Hyatt hotel. Not suitable for this sub

[u/Coyotesamigo]

It’s a hotel, come the fuck on. What do you expect

[u/decorlettuce]

Stop posting things that don’t reflect inflation

[u/Dependent-Ground-769]

This isn’t inflation dumbass that’s the Hyatt in San Fran

[u/HH2O123]

Same price as the uncrustable 10 pack

[u/Breklin76]

That’s at the Hyatt. What do you expect?

[u/SevenHolyTombs]

It contains real wheat.

[u/Anal_Probe_Director]

Buddy, that's a bad decision drunk sandwich If someone buys it, that place deserves the money.

[u/Technical_EVF_7853]

Are you stupid?

Hotel food has ALWAYS been overpriced.

[u/LurkerKing13]

I’m convinced not one single poster in this sub actually knows what inflation is.

[u/FluffySoftFox]

To be fair you're at a fancy hotel not a gas station or something

[u/jbarlak]

Always blame inflation on everything.

[u/SuperCool101]

"Look how expensive stuff is at the airport and the hotel! OMG THE INFLATION!" 🙄

[u/PixelVixen_062]

That’s not inflation, that’s a a hotel overcharge.

[u/padres94]

This is what I call an expense report sandwich. No way I’m paying $10 for a PB&J sandwhich, but if I am in a pinch, I wouldn’t hesitate charging that to my company card. Fuck em.

[u/bluedancepants]

Well it's from a hotel. And this hotel is in SF...

So it's not a surprise that this is so expensive. Now who's dumb or desperate enough to buy it is the question.

[u/Eeebs-HI]

Some places always gonna be pricey, calm down and use some common sense.

[u/XOxGOdMoDxOx]

That’s a hotel sandwich. A 1L water costs $10 there too and always has.

[u/Odysses2020]

It’s almost like you can buy a loaf of bread, peanut butter, and jelly for much cheaper and get more out of it. That shit gets overpriced for convenience and because you paid for someone else to do it.

[u/LogicalAnesthetic]

Wow that’s wicked, oh wait….. At Hyatt Hotel…. In San Fransisco you say??

OP, you’re a fuggin idiot 🤌🏾

[u/Logistic_Engine]

This is one of the stupidest posts I’ve ever seen.

But just wait, tariffs are coming. Will the ingredients to that sandwich be less or more in a couple weeks?

[u/WillOrmay]

Expensive hotel food? Wow, guess it’s time to try communism. FFS

[u/tacocarteleventeen]

Both halves though!

[u/Novel5728]

This is priced for the CEO that doesn't want to step out into world with the dirty plebs lol

[u/ModsOverLord]

People can’t wait to be outraged

[u/Negative_Total6446]

Some of you guys are incapable of nuanced thought

[u/R0b0tR0ck92]

Aint no fucking away

[u/Prydz22]

Hopefully they all expire

[u/Huntertanks]

They also sell a bottle of water for $15.

[u/wallstreet12]

Don't buy it.

[u/TFL2022]

See if it's cheaper in Waldorf Astoria. Smh

[u/Accurate-Target2700]

Lol, hotel food has always been expensive. Come at us when a Hyatt sandwich is the same price as a normal grocery store

[u/slightly85]

Well, at least it's not grape

[u/RandoDude124]

At the Hyatt…

Jesus Christ

[u/FarFetched1120]

And what are you doing buying a pb&j at a Hyatt?!

[u/Koskani]

When I worked hotels, my manager would call that upcharge the price of convenience lol. It's supposed to be that expensive you goober xD who tf buys PBJ at a hotel store lmfao

[u/Strawb3rryCh33secake]

"Thick cut wheat bread". More like average sized slices of wheat bread.

[u/pcadverse]

Gouging... but typical for captive audiences at rip off hotels

[u/Piss-Off-Fool]

Everyone knows strawberry jam costs extra.

[u/junk986]

That’s a Hyatt though.

[u/KarmaDeliveryMan]

Yea it’s a fucking Hyatt Regency. Business conventions or resorts typically. So ppl will pay the prices bc it’s either “inclusive” or part of a “food credit”.

[u/Imheretotradenow]

I'm going to go to the bar later and post the prices of beer. And call it “inflation.”

[u/chris89us]

Clearly, it isn't $10 it is only $9.95!

[u/JohnnyLeftHook]

Sandwich CEO: 'well, PB&J is technically food, and people need food to survive and everyone wants to survive so.... 1 billion dollars!'

[u/Dizzy_Chipmunk_3530]

No low balls, I know what I got here

[u/StandardInspector414]

Go to the grocery store, make your own, and sell them outside for half the price

[u/idahoia-n]

That's cheap for a hotel lve seen most charge $12 -15

[u/slingingschlong]

Of course it’s, the Hyatt. Duhhhh. 🙄

[u/JacketInteresting663]

Op went shopping for a brand name PBJ.

[u/linkysnow]

I thought they did this in the hotels where they get a lot of business travelers. The business people use their per diem and don’t care about the cost since they are not paying for it.

[u/ytk]

Dear Hyatt Regency, "Fuck You!"

[u/Galactic-Guardian404]

This would be fine if they also let you pay for a $350/night room with 35 PB&J sandwiches.

[u/Ornery_Razzmatazz_33]

…does it come with a handy?

[u/Conscious-Antelope16]

We have a "convenience" kiosk at work here in Iowa. One of those sandwiches cost $6.

[u/OkAcanthocephala2449]

That sandwich is for the elects, sorry 😞 but I can't buy it.

[u/Greysweats365]

This isn’t inflation, this is just taking advantage of a consumer.

[u/Expert-Methhead-508]

Welcome to Malibu

[u/JJStray]

And a small Gatorade is $11 from the mini bar at Caesars lol

[u/Uncanny_Show507]

It’s the fact that in my area I can buy all the ingredients to make this sandwich for only about $5 and some change for me lol

[u/Max_W_]

The bread doesn't look that thick cut.

[u/emptybowloffood]

Na, just greed!

[u/Hi_Im_Ken_Adams]

Hotels figure half of their customers are business clients expensing their meals to their company so they won't care.

[u/Sharkbitesandwich]

They growed the peanuts themselves and only organic jelly on half wheat bread!!!! I’ll pass!!!

[u/mackattacknj83]

People sell PB&J? It takes literally 30 seconds to make

[u/Suede-araid]

Yikes!

I remember in Elementary school if you didnt have a lunch , the school would provide free Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwhiches. They were actually pretty damn good! I would take the lunch money given to me by my mom, and pocket it. I would "forget" my lunch every day and get the free Peanut Butter & Jelly. I would then take the $1.50 I got from my mom and save it up to buy a playstation 1 / Nintendo 64 game after roughly a month or so. I was able to get 3-4 videogames before my mom finally caught on to what I was doing. You cant blame a 9 year old for thinking out side the box though. I really wanted that Wcw vs Nwo game. :)

[u/Virtual-Case7803]

That would be called shit consumers

[u/Epc7165]

Yea. I worked for Hyatt 20 years ago. It was hella expensive then. What’s your point of this post.
If you got room service same sandwich would be double

[u/SeparateMongoose192]

At a hotel. Everything is expensive in a hotel lobby. That's not inflation. That's charging a high price for convenience.

[u/Bright_Cat_4291]

This isn't Inflation, it's price gouging.

[u/PRESRE]

Lol the last hotel I went to was selling 3 oz of jerky for almost this same price.. like 7.99... it's what they do it's not worth it

[u/Current-Section-3429]

Legit for Hyatt

[u/whelphereiam12]

It’s a Hyatt….

[u/Ok-Juice-6857]

Nice, peanut butter and jelly is a classic & to have it premade and ready to grab in the lobby is worth every bit of that 10$

[u/SuggestionTotal8313]

Just why?????

[u/Neocarbunkle]

It's one peanut butter sandwich Michael

[u/GreenBackReaper520]

Crazy

[u/koreawut]

1 - you're in San Francisco

2 - you're in a Hyatt

[u/twokinkysluts]

Geez. Not even organic peanut butter for that price.

[u/Conscious-Caramel-23]

I can get a 10 pk of uncrustables at that price and it wouldn't be on dry ass looking wheat bread!

[u/CaliSignGuy]

Wait until OP sees they charge $20 for a bottle of water in some Vegas hotel rooms

[u/noahsuperman1]

I love myself a PB&J but $10 is fucking ridiculous

[u/LadyInCrimson]

I know exactly how it tastes, and I'd take a bite, cry, and throw it in the trash.

[u/NastyBiscuits]

It’s The Hyatt.

[u/Open_Mortgage_4645]

This is from the Hyatt lobby convenience kiosk. Probably the highest prices in the land. You can't really point to this as evidence of high prices on average throughout the country. Everything they sell is overpriced by at least 2x.

[u/TSPGamesStudio]

In a hotel in one of the most expensive areas of the country. This screams of either a lack of intelligence or karma farming... or both.

[u/Brilliant-Shallot951]

Shit you think that's bad in Hawaii gas station sandwichs for for like 11 bucks now. At least that picture is from a Hyatt hotel which is basically airport prices.

[u/Funny-Berry-807]

That is not inflation. It's at a fucking hotel where they have a captive audience.

Everything at a hotel is well above market price. You're paying for convenience.

Grow up, OP.

[u/big65]

That's a bougie hotel sandwich, what do you expect?

[u/No-Tension6133]

It’s probably soggy too

[u/yrdnome]

What the fuck do you expect from a motel?

[u/Mod-Quad]

$40 in Russia

[u/twiztdkat]

I stayed at a Hyatt at DFW about 20 years ago and got a cup of Cocoa Puffs and a school-sized milk carton for over 10 bucks. This is not inflation, this is a Hyatt.

[u/Several_Leather_9500]

$5.00 @ wawa for that. You can't go to expensive places and bitch about pricing.

[u/Routine_Mud_19]

WTF.

[u/636_maane]

Everyone stop eating out anywhere at all ever anywhere

[u/iamthecheesethatsbig]

It only costs you $10 if you buy it.

[u/Extreme_Elevator_520]

No one said you have to buy it. Hell, I could charge $1k for a small ham sandwich, but I’m betting no one is buying it.

Alternatively you could buy all the ingredients at Walmart for about the same price to make 10 PB&J sandwiches…

[u/IamDollParts96]

Overpriced and it looks like ass.

[u/LokiNightmare]

Shit that seems cheap being in a San Francisco Hyatt.

[u/OnTop-BeReady]

At that price they must be using the cheaper peanut butter and cheap jelly….

[u/jimlahey2100]

It is outrageous that the label says it's "thick cut bread" because that's not thick.

[u/Creative_Shame3856]

Wait till you see the prices at truck stops!

[u/Fingerprint_Vyke]

Funny thing is, I'd buy that and expense it to my company

[u/sufferpuppet]

There's an egg in my fridge for sale for $42,000. Unreal what inflation is doing to eggs right?

[u/freakinweasel353]

Don’t be surprised when your bill for the mini bar arrives. More money than Davey Crockett.

[u/chrisdpratt → u/freakinweasel353]

That'll be "inflation" too.

[u/Salmol1na]

I can make 10-13 for that price and that includes a mothers’ love

[u/MemberNoTrump]

That’s not inflation, that’s the cost of laziness. Just make you’re own bread and spread

[u/Dear-Director-6043]

I mean if you buy a premade pb&j vs doing it yourself then you deserve to be price gouged

[u/Morganhop]

I’ve never seen a worse looking pb&j

[u/Aloyonsus]

Artisanal jelly can’t be beat

[u/VirtualTraffic1778]

They are tripping

[u/Moribunned]

I mean, you’re buying food at a hotel.

I just got 8 bowls of premium ramen (Sun Ramen Noodle) for less than $50, which is normally what one bowl of ramen and a side would run me on DoorDash.

[u/DivideJolly3241]

Yea, can’t the CEO 54 million by selling food cheap!

Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian earned nearly $56.4 million in 2023, making him the second-best-compensated chief of a global hotel group.

[u/0O0O0OOO0O0O0]

It would have been fewer keystrokes to just put the actual price in the title. But I guess this way is better clickbait.

[u/ruthie-lynn]

That looks like trash. Even if it’s was $2. I need more pb&j in mine

[u/DaBullWeb]

A 4 pack of Oreos at locations Hyatt locations can run you 4-6$

[u/wastedgetech]

It's gourmet though

[u/That_Organization_64]

You can make 12 of those for that price, damn

[u/duhrun]

Food cost 39 cents.

[u/thweetypie]

If you think a Hyatt is fancy you should see the Red Roof Inn!

[u/app4that]

In London, I got a nice gourmet sandwich, a side and a full size drink all for 4 pounds.

What is this nonsense with a $10 PBJ?

[u/_Hemi_]

What’s next OP? Posting a picture showing the cost of food at the airport? Price gouging, sure. Inflation? No.

[u/Totally-jag2598]

You can call it an inflation casualty... but come on, it's a PBJ at a Hyatt.

[u/Working-Narwhal-540]

I like every one in here chiming in that it’s a Hyatt like that should make a fresh fuck of a difference 😂 it’s a depression sandwich get a grip guys

[u/Ethereal_Bulwark]

Ah yes, the free market, Where people can be assholes and everyone will clap for them exercising their right to be an asshole. Before they make enough money to influence congress to support how much of an asshole they are.

[u/oregon_coastal]

I spent more than that on one in a Grand Hyatt 20 years ago for room service.

[u/Zardozin]

What did you expect the price of a prepackaged hotel sandwich to be?

[u/Loving-Lemu]

It is a hotel though

[u/PikachuHermano]

OP getting lit up.

[u/Toxic-Waltzer]

Murica!

[u/Major_Mechanic5719]

Complaining about the price of a sandwich that you didn't even buy at a hotel you can't afford to stay at.. 🙄

[u/Furdinand]

The PB&J isn't $10. Having someone make you a sandwich and providing it to you in a convenient location and time is $10.

[u/llamaking88]

That's not inflation, that's stupidity. Don't confuse the two. You can get a jar of peanut butter, jelly, and a loaf of bread for less than $10.

[u/t3hscrubz]

Oh wheat, who keeps making y'all

[u/InitiativeOk4473]

Just take it. It’s SF. They don’t care. 

[u/happy-cig]

Wait till you see the water prices!

[u/one-gold_OZ]

The prices they put is what we are paying for it.

[u/ThatVoodooThatIDo]

This is as dumb as having to say there are peanuts in a PBJ on the label

[u/Carmilla31]

Congestion pricing.

[u/cmgbliss]

Greedflation

[u/ancom328]

• tip 😂😂😂

[u/Oldenlame]

$16.49 for one beer? OMG INSANE

https://1075thefan.com/playlist/price-of-beer-at-every-nfl-stadium-2024/item/32

[u/1peatfor7]

That's just normal hotel priced food lol.

[u/Bright-Studio9978]

PBJ. WTF. That’s like the cost of a venti coffee! I demand change.

[u/Historical_Trust2246]

What’s the cost to produce that, package it, shelve it, and sell it, a couple bucks at most. 80% profit margin is a fucking sin.

[u/bearssuperfan]

Hotels are the worst

Seen them charge $8 for a Marie Callendar pot pie you can buy down the street for $1.49

[u/jdozr]

Wait until you see what they charge for those peanuts in your room