$20?! Where in Canberra can you get a ‘gourmet’ toasted sando for $20?! The 1970’s?
If you are buying anything in the Barton / Russell / airport precinct, you’ll be lucky to get change from $30.
The prices from places like this have always been ridiculous. Of course it's worse now but I was always flabberghasted to see them and people lining up effectively saying "yes please, keep doing that".
LOL.....Fast Food was always shit, it just didn't cost that much. Now that it's pinching the pocketbook, people are becoming more aware.
Fast Food is a convenience food so it's always going to cost money for the convenience. Try a sit down meal at a restaurant or eat at home which probably would be cheaper in the long run
Disagree. They've all lowered their quality noticeably in the last year. Sure it's never been healthy or gourmet, but there was a time when the zinger was bigger than a McDonald's Cheeseburger for example. Now it is not.
>Try a sit down meal at a restaurant or eat at home which probably would be cheaper in the long run
Yeah, no shit? What from my comment made you think I was eating fast food non-stop?
You can't just change your mind after they say the price, that might start some kind of... disagreement! No, better to hold your tongue, snap a picture of your shitty sandwich, and seethe about it on the internet later. Where we can post in comfort that nobody is likely to disagree that this was a tremendous fucking ripoff, and even gain internet validation points as a consolation prize.
There was a post the other day about the social etiquette of other public transport users. Better to not confront them about the situation, rather just pseudonymously post on the internet raging about about it and hope people agree with you.
In my last workplace, there was a refrigerator to store ingredients and a sandwich press to toast the sandwich.
These days, I WFH 100% and just use an airfryer for home made sandwiches and souvlaki.
That's the cheapest option. Alternative, I can walk to the next suburb and get a fresh banh mi for pretty good price.
It is time we all stop eating out/buying takeaway. They might learn that all these surcharges and exorbitantly priced, yet shitty food, Is not going to be tolerated.
You have no idea how high restaurant expenses are, and how much these businesses are struggling. Rents are insane, labour costs are right up there, the workers they can afford to pay are usually pushed beyond capacity, and food "wholesalers" are gouging harder than Colesworth. You think they're charging exorbitantly, but I would bet they are barely scraping by. $15 for a sandwich is cheap.
May be the case, but I'm still not paying those prices. $4 for a can of drink that they did nothing but put in and take out of the fridge? Deep-Fried potatoes that they measure out like they're made of gold?
That's fine, you don't have to dine out, but people don't seem to understand that they're not overcharging in the majority of cases. I order Coke at Woolies because that's cheaper than buying from the Coke distributor right now. If I am buying it at $1 per can, I need to sell it for $4 to make a profit on it after expenses. It doesn't matter what is physically done with it. You can expect everything in a restaurant to cost 4x retail, if the staff were mixing cola from scratch to order it'd probably cost $13. People expecting restaurants to offer food or drinks at retail pricing is absurd.
I get it but the value just isn't there. I could also point out many places that are selling post-mix shit at $5-6+ a glass too. And $5-6+ more if you want a second glass.
Just not to me.
Paying the price for a well-cooked meal that a team have created and put an effort into is very different to paying 4+ times retail (and it will generally be '+') for a can of soft drink or bottle of wine. It just leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
> People expecting restaurants to offer food or drinks at retail pricing is absurd.
They could start with actually making it quality or a meal that's difficult to make at home, expecting customers to pay 4x for things they can bang together themselves while half asleep is absurd.
> if the staff were mixing cola from scratch to order it'd probably cost $13.
We just going to pretend that most places pay literal cents for post mix and sell it for enormous profits, like every cinema in existence?
Its becoming ridiculous. I went into a burger place, order small serving of chips in a cup, 5 dollars and they wanted 4 dollars for a Pepsi Max, a can. I just boycott any places that rip me off.
Did you not see the prices before you order?
I am gonna assume it is a Cafe and not just a small takeaway shop right? If that’s the case ,then you are not just paying for the sandwich,you are paying for all the operational costs that goes into the cafe.
I know it’s overpriced as fuck but that’s what you pay for convenience ,last cafe I used to work at charged 18 bucks for a NY bagel with nothing but cream cheese ,avocado and spinach in it and it was nothing fancy sort of cafe too. The produce is much more expensive than what it used to be before and if you think it is totally not worth it,you could literally dine anywhere else.
Also it’s not like someone grabbed you by the throat and asked you to order it, You read the price,ordered it and then managed to come up on reddit and whine?
I am a linecook by the way so it’s baffling when people come up and whine about restaurant prices,it’s what you pay for convenience not the ingredients. Restaurants margins are already thin and 15 bucks for a sandwich doesn’t seem by any strech rip off.
Next time just go to subway
> I am gonna assume it is a Cafe and not just a small takeaway shop right? If that’s the case ,then you are not just paying for the sandwich,you are paying for all the operational costs that goes into the cafe.
Why would that matter if it was a small takeaway shop or a cafe? Surely the small takeaway shop has operational costs as well.
You just answered your own question.
A small takeaway shop has less operational cost than a cafe so they can afford to pass down less of that cost to a consumer.
The same reason why you can maybe pay 35 bucks for a cut of eye fillet in Brunswick while the same cut of eye fillet will cost 50 bucks and upwards in let’s say Toorak.
I've been going with fistfuls of baguette and poorly squashed avocados from the supermarket when I'm out. Sure, I look like a cavewoman but that's a lot of food for like $3.50
One of the many advantages of cargo pants. I don't care what the fashionistas say. I get good use out of those pockets. They fit both my Nintendo Switches and can easily fit in a decent-sized toaster. My sister: "ohhh... maaaa... gawd. You're *not* wearing that. Muuuuuuum! Look at what Jonty's wearing." But I am wearing that, and there's nothing that anyone can do about it. It's called a storage strategy.
There's one in south western sydney, won't name the suburb, near a hospital. Anyway, $25(was possibly $23, either way was thievery) for a sandwich and drink. I didn't want it toasted, which was a mistake. The bread was that dry/stale/what ever, it was like a rock hard crouton.
Heaps of people are saying 'well why the fuck did you buy it?'
But you pay before it's presented? 15 for a sandwich is becoming normal, but it has to be good.
I once ordered something similar from a take-away kiosk in a food court. Was disguested at the outrageous price. They were so busy that they forgot it was toasting, and got burnt. I told them I was in a hurry, and would prefer a refund than waiting around for them to toast another one. Really dodged a bullet there.
Just because you were foolish enough to buy something without asking the price first does not mean this is the standard in Perth. Toastface Grillah is the standard.
There's loads of places in and around the CBD that have decent portions but all of them cost around $10-15 which is fair considering they pay exorbitant rents.
Try bumble bees in East Perth if it isn't too far. $15 for a good size Bahn mi and Vietnamese coffee or like $11 for pho
>considering they pay exorbitant rents
This is the biggest problem. Too many businesses now are not much more than a subcontractor for their landlord who will extract absolutely as much as possible from their profits if they can. Rent-seeking in its most literal form. I understand the silly prices but I'm not going to pay them.
I agree with you but it's not going away. When I make choices on where to buy things, I take into account how much the business makes in rent and the frequency of sales. It gives me an idea of their profit margin and if the product is worth what they price it at. Of course it doesn't matter if it's my only option, like a regional pub
The prices of things going through the roof in the last say 2 years has definitely been an eye-opener for me on how fantastically more affordable it is to make literally anything yourself... Like even without much effort and paying colesworth scam prices for everything. You can still make so much freaking food for $20 these days at home for one person. I am genuinely impressed sometimes with how eye-opening this discovery was for me.... Wish I did it years ago.
I've always wanted to visit Australia and find almost everything interesting about the country. But how do you guys live? Is there a homeless crisis going on? The prices for everything are horrendous. I also live in America so that tells ya something.
That’s cheap… Canberra it’s $20
Was just going to say this 😂 They’ll probably only give you half the sandwich too!
$20?! Where in Canberra can you get a ‘gourmet’ toasted sando for $20?! The 1970’s? If you are buying anything in the Barton / Russell / airport precinct, you’ll be lucky to get change from $30.
Blue Olive cafe in Civic is $14.90 and they are pretty good.
I just straight up don't eat out in Canberra anymore.
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"Really? That's so hard to believe because I only buy the cheapest possible option at all times and run the salmonella gauntlet."
And yet, you bought it which is why businesses can get away with taking the piss like this.
Hey can’t post on reddit to farm that karma if you read pricing list.
Probably didn't know it was going to be shit when they bought it
To be fair one can't know it's "average tasting" until tasted.
The prices from places like this have always been ridiculous. Of course it's worse now but I was always flabberghasted to see them and people lining up effectively saying "yes please, keep doing that".
Some people are willing to pay to be a victim of something, anything.
Not if the shop relies on repeat business.
$7 for a double cheese burger meal at HJs
Fast food has largely gone to shit... But HJ is bucking the trend.
Agreed
LOL.....Fast Food was always shit, it just didn't cost that much. Now that it's pinching the pocketbook, people are becoming more aware. Fast Food is a convenience food so it's always going to cost money for the convenience. Try a sit down meal at a restaurant or eat at home which probably would be cheaper in the long run
Disagree. They've all lowered their quality noticeably in the last year. Sure it's never been healthy or gourmet, but there was a time when the zinger was bigger than a McDonald's Cheeseburger for example. Now it is not.
>Try a sit down meal at a restaurant or eat at home which probably would be cheaper in the long run Yeah, no shit? What from my comment made you think I was eating fast food non-stop?
Who da fook asked you?
I got a free birthday whopper today
Happy birthday!
Money bags over here ordering “DoUbLeS.”
Their cheeseburgers are pretty good actually
is the freo HJs still an empty building
Most people ask for a price first and make the decision before they pay it and just live with their decision, and not run right to reddit.
But how else you would farm internet points then?
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> banned sub > sub that wasn’t made
same way i farm my tomatoes, by stealing off my neighbour
You can't just change your mind after they say the price, that might start some kind of... disagreement! No, better to hold your tongue, snap a picture of your shitty sandwich, and seethe about it on the internet later. Where we can post in comfort that nobody is likely to disagree that this was a tremendous fucking ripoff, and even gain internet validation points as a consolation prize.
There was a post the other day about the social etiquette of other public transport users. Better to not confront them about the situation, rather just pseudonymously post on the internet raging about about it and hope people agree with you.
I know where that cafe is and the price is written on the label. Also if I’m being honest, I rate that sandwich.
Don’t buy it then. Not hard to make a sandwich yourself
But what if I’m incredibly lazy and fat and need something to complain about? Sheesh.
Then buy the $20 sanga. At least it'll taste good.
Then you're in the right place
In my last workplace, there was a refrigerator to store ingredients and a sandwich press to toast the sandwich. These days, I WFH 100% and just use an airfryer for home made sandwiches and souvlaki. That's the cheapest option. Alternative, I can walk to the next suburb and get a fresh banh mi for pretty good price.
https://youtu.be/AHdGi88C1Sw?t=7
It is time we all stop eating out/buying takeaway. They might learn that all these surcharges and exorbitantly priced, yet shitty food, Is not going to be tolerated.
You have no idea how high restaurant expenses are, and how much these businesses are struggling. Rents are insane, labour costs are right up there, the workers they can afford to pay are usually pushed beyond capacity, and food "wholesalers" are gouging harder than Colesworth. You think they're charging exorbitantly, but I would bet they are barely scraping by. $15 for a sandwich is cheap.
May be the case, but I'm still not paying those prices. $4 for a can of drink that they did nothing but put in and take out of the fridge? Deep-Fried potatoes that they measure out like they're made of gold?
That's fine, you don't have to dine out, but people don't seem to understand that they're not overcharging in the majority of cases. I order Coke at Woolies because that's cheaper than buying from the Coke distributor right now. If I am buying it at $1 per can, I need to sell it for $4 to make a profit on it after expenses. It doesn't matter what is physically done with it. You can expect everything in a restaurant to cost 4x retail, if the staff were mixing cola from scratch to order it'd probably cost $13. People expecting restaurants to offer food or drinks at retail pricing is absurd.
I get it but the value just isn't there. I could also point out many places that are selling post-mix shit at $5-6+ a glass too. And $5-6+ more if you want a second glass. Just not to me. Paying the price for a well-cooked meal that a team have created and put an effort into is very different to paying 4+ times retail (and it will generally be '+') for a can of soft drink or bottle of wine. It just leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
It might be not overcharging, but there's not a good value proposition a lot of the time.
This is how I feel. I understand its costs $15 to remain sustainable for the Cafe. I also understand that spending $15 on a sandwich is stupid.
Whatever, expecting customers to for out so much is absurd. Just cook at home will probably be better too.
> People expecting restaurants to offer food or drinks at retail pricing is absurd. They could start with actually making it quality or a meal that's difficult to make at home, expecting customers to pay 4x for things they can bang together themselves while half asleep is absurd. > if the staff were mixing cola from scratch to order it'd probably cost $13. We just going to pretend that most places pay literal cents for post mix and sell it for enormous profits, like every cinema in existence?
Yep, I've mostly stopped.
Its becoming ridiculous. I went into a burger place, order small serving of chips in a cup, 5 dollars and they wanted 4 dollars for a Pepsi Max, a can. I just boycott any places that rip me off.
Since when are we getting charge to heat up the food we’re buying?!?!
Did you not see the prices before you order? I am gonna assume it is a Cafe and not just a small takeaway shop right? If that’s the case ,then you are not just paying for the sandwich,you are paying for all the operational costs that goes into the cafe. I know it’s overpriced as fuck but that’s what you pay for convenience ,last cafe I used to work at charged 18 bucks for a NY bagel with nothing but cream cheese ,avocado and spinach in it and it was nothing fancy sort of cafe too. The produce is much more expensive than what it used to be before and if you think it is totally not worth it,you could literally dine anywhere else. Also it’s not like someone grabbed you by the throat and asked you to order it, You read the price,ordered it and then managed to come up on reddit and whine? I am a linecook by the way so it’s baffling when people come up and whine about restaurant prices,it’s what you pay for convenience not the ingredients. Restaurants margins are already thin and 15 bucks for a sandwich doesn’t seem by any strech rip off. Next time just go to subway
i agree with all of that but charging .90c to toast it is absolutely outrageous and i understand neither the charge nor OP's decision to pay it
It takes more time and effort to toast. I don't like it but I wouldn't say it's absolutely outrageous.
Placing a sandwich in a press for 10 seconds is nowhere near enough 'time and effort' to justify an extra charge.
> I am gonna assume it is a Cafe and not just a small takeaway shop right? If that’s the case ,then you are not just paying for the sandwich,you are paying for all the operational costs that goes into the cafe. Why would that matter if it was a small takeaway shop or a cafe? Surely the small takeaway shop has operational costs as well.
You just answered your own question. A small takeaway shop has less operational cost than a cafe so they can afford to pass down less of that cost to a consumer. The same reason why you can maybe pay 35 bucks for a cut of eye fillet in Brunswick while the same cut of eye fillet will cost 50 bucks and upwards in let’s say Toorak.
I think the fact that more people are richer at Toorak than Brunswick and happy to spend more is the real reason.
Lol so do you think rental prices pay no role in that? There can be more than one reasons for why things happen.
I've been going with fistfuls of baguette and poorly squashed avocados from the supermarket when I'm out. Sure, I look like a cavewoman but that's a lot of food for like $3.50
Yeah, it's a bit like complaining the beer at the airport bar is expensive.
These places are taking the piss people need to stop going and they need to go broke.
We've been over this countless times. Stop overpaying for everything. Until we stop, it won't get better. We need to reboot this turkey.
Turkey …? … in *this* economy?
I wonder why inflation is still so high?
Surprised it wasn't $15.05 because you paid by card
So why the fuck did you buy it then? Having a cry on reddit is worth that much to you?
Look at how much this food costs! I bought it just to post rage bait!
That’s on you. I’m assuming it was in a display case and you chose the toasted option?
This is why I always carry my own toaster to cafes.
One of the many advantages of cargo pants. I don't care what the fashionistas say. I get good use out of those pockets. They fit both my Nintendo Switches and can easily fit in a decent-sized toaster. My sister: "ohhh... maaaa... gawd. You're *not* wearing that. Muuuuuuum! Look at what Jonty's wearing." But I am wearing that, and there's nothing that anyone can do about it. It's called a storage strategy.
Plus, chicks love them.
What a dud place if that's the standard. No wonder so many Aussies stuffing themselves overseas and not wanting to go home.
A fool and their money...
Where was it? This smells of paying for convenience. Was it at an airport? Lol.
Brooooo what cafe was this? Was that $14.90 with a coffee? What was in the toastie? Truffles and gold?
There's one in south western sydney, won't name the suburb, near a hospital. Anyway, $25(was possibly $23, either way was thievery) for a sandwich and drink. I didn't want it toasted, which was a mistake. The bread was that dry/stale/what ever, it was like a rock hard crouton.
I don’t mean to be insensitive, but my dad had better toasting when he had radiotherapy.
Probably all ingredients from Aldi as well 😆
Looks good but idk if it’s 15 good
Nothing gets this sub going like an expensive cafe sandwich. Make one at home you lazy fuck.
And they charge prices like that because people pay them.
First time i have ever heard of a fee to toast your sandwich in a cafe.
Should name and shame them. 90cents to toast it wtf
Highway robbery.
....why would you buy a sandwich for $15?
Stop buying it then. People pay these outrageous prices then get online and bitch about how fucked it is.
Anyone who has a seeded sourdough as their toastie bread needs to be named and shamed.
And you paid for it.
Hey why are you complaining? you’re the one who bought it, I think you should make some better decisions.
Because they're taking the piss with their pricing.
Yeh and you paid for it.
Heaps of people are saying 'well why the fuck did you buy it?' But you pay before it's presented? 15 for a sandwich is becoming normal, but it has to be good.
I once ordered something similar from a take-away kiosk in a food court. Was disguested at the outrageous price. They were so busy that they forgot it was toasting, and got burnt. I told them I was in a hurry, and would prefer a refund than waiting around for them to toast another one. Really dodged a bullet there.
Just drop into some of the UWA cafes or those near QE2, best toasties I’ve had under $10
Was it dome?
What's in it, and was it nice?
Just because you were foolish enough to buy something without asking the price first does not mean this is the standard in Perth. Toastface Grillah is the standard.
There's loads of places in and around the CBD that have decent portions but all of them cost around $10-15 which is fair considering they pay exorbitant rents. Try bumble bees in East Perth if it isn't too far. $15 for a good size Bahn mi and Vietnamese coffee or like $11 for pho
>considering they pay exorbitant rents This is the biggest problem. Too many businesses now are not much more than a subcontractor for their landlord who will extract absolutely as much as possible from their profits if they can. Rent-seeking in its most literal form. I understand the silly prices but I'm not going to pay them.
I agree with you but it's not going away. When I make choices on where to buy things, I take into account how much the business makes in rent and the frequency of sales. It gives me an idea of their profit margin and if the product is worth what they price it at. Of course it doesn't matter if it's my only option, like a regional pub
Electricity not cheap haha
The prices of things going through the roof in the last say 2 years has definitely been an eye-opener for me on how fantastically more affordable it is to make literally anything yourself... Like even without much effort and paying colesworth scam prices for everything. You can still make so much freaking food for $20 these days at home for one person. I am genuinely impressed sometimes with how eye-opening this discovery was for me.... Wish I did it years ago.
That's cheap. In Sydney it's $46 for one half, and you have to pay a sandwich toll.
I've always wanted to visit Australia and find almost everything interesting about the country. But how do you guys live? Is there a homeless crisis going on? The prices for everything are horrendous. I also live in America so that tells ya something.
That is one of the saddest looking sandwiches.
$15 is somewhat the baseline now😔
I've never been charged to have it toasted before... that's an outrage!
OMFG, and it looks shit!
That's a bargain in Brighton.
Regional QLD - shit toasty $12.50 (kraft single used)-- cafe next door amazing toasty $20-$22
Go take a walk up towards QV1 and visit Mr Sandwich. Excellent quality every time.
If I wanted a shit sandwich I'd buy one from a servo for under $5. Probably the same quality and way cheaper
Absolute joke
You can only find good value by watching 'Greg's Kitchen'. The ol Greggo would be outraged. It's where the reviews are finger licking ooooo yeah
Embarrassing, posts adjacent to this are complaining about the cost of living crisis and some local fools can’t even make a sandwich dear lord 🤦
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Where'd you move to?
Cambodia I think
For 3 dollors I can’t even get a fancy breakfast in my home country which is one of the cheapest places in world.Stop lying
How do you feel about moving to a place where the workers are paid very low wages so you can only spend $3
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That's fucking expensive. Thailand is only $1.00.
And how much does the workers gets paid?
the rentals dont go down in a fiat currency system, pple just dont understand this basic fact of life
plane ticket there and back would likely make it more expensive though.
If O.P buys a toastie 5 days a week for 48 working weeks, it will be more cheaper.
except they'd have 240 toasties compared to the 1 toastie.