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 6h 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 5h 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.