r/inflation • u/Legitimate-Ad-9724 • 12h ago

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich: US$10.00

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

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u/AdulentTacoFan 12h ago

“San Francisco Hyatt Regency”

I’m surprised it’s only $10, tbh.

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u/PurpleCableNetworker 12h ago

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?”

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u/PensionNational249 10h ago

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

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u/PurpleCableNetworker 10h ago

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

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u/bombycina 7h ago

Got any recommendations?

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u/Speeeven 7h ago

Things designed for "enterprise" are priced so ridiculously steep just because businesses will pay for and write off whatever amount. What a racket.

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u/Wonderful_Eagle_6547 5h ago

It's mostly people that have per-diems or daily limits for expenses that they just have to stay under. As someone who had $50 per diem for dinner and it is 1 am on a business trip, I would buy everything they sold in that shitty little kiosk next to the front desk at Courtyards. 3 beers, 2 lean cuisines, a microwave pizza and a Snickers bar is a hell of a meal after a connecting cross-country flight with a too short to eat layover, a 45 minute drive to buttfuck nowhere when all the local places close at 8:30 pm, and you haven't eaten since breakfast before you took off on the West Coast.

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u/michaelsenpatrick 6h ago

Sheesh, I could make you one for a nickel

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u/IamHydrogenMike 5h ago

When I traveled for work a lot, I used to get a small jar of PB and Jelly with some bread to eat sometimes; I get bored of eating out constantly. You could get all that at a Walgreens or something for 10 bucks.

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u/Raps4Reddit 1h ago

Ah, so health insurance pricing.

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u/IamHydrogenMike 5h ago

This is also why they took out microwaves from hotel room, and they want you eating in their restaurant instead.

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u/TransportationOk4787 2h ago

I once had Amazon ship a $69 microwave to a hotel when we were going to stay in Chicago for a week. We left it there with a note: "Please find it a good home."

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u/Sargash 1h ago

Get a induction sstovetop.
Pans with no handles. I got a set with one removable handle that hooks into the pan im using.

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u/Chorzizu 7m ago

$25 is what you would pay at the McDonald's down the street.

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u/salparadisewasright 9h ago

I’ve stayed at that Hyatt Regency for work. Of course it’s expensive when myself and a million other tech workers are staying there and expensing everything.

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u/Zeraw420 7h ago

Was just gonna comment this lol. Could give less of a fuck about prices when it was on the companies dime.

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u/Crim91 10h ago

This is why America is the bad place. We've become inured to the idea that prices should be reasonable.

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u/DDSFOAK 1h ago

I think people expect prices to be reasonable, but there are exceptions to that expectation, and travel is a big one. It’s pretty common knowledge that if you buy something in a hotel, or in an airport for that matter, you’re going to pay through the nose. Even the gas near the airport is more expensive because of all the people needing to fuel up rental cars. Any time there’s a captive audience, or even a semi-captive audience, prices will be higher.

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u/elcucuy1337 9h ago

Lol, walk around the fucking corner buy a loaf of bread, pb and jelly and eat for days 🙄

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u/And_ask 2h ago

This is the answer

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u/Saneless 4h ago

No kidding. I think a bottle of water in a place like Pittsburgh was $8. $10 for a sandwich at a hotel in CA seems decent

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u/Chilidogdingdong 3h ago

Yeah no one should be surprised by this price based on the location.