I don’t know if you have noticed but you can spend as much or more at McDonalds, Burger King, Arby’s , Jack In The Box, Sonic, Culvers, Chick Filet, you name it fast food, as you might spend at a family restaurant.
If you live near a major league ball team, Taco Bell and Jack In The Box have specials based on the ball games the day after the criteria is met. For example it the Arizona Diamondbacks score five runs or more , Taco Bell offers from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. the next day a special called the “Diamondback Special”, three free tacos with the purchase of a large drink for $1.89. Jack In The Box offers all day the following day a free hamburger with the purchase of a large drink for $1.89, if anyone on the Diamondbacks hits a home run or in baseball slang, “A Jack”.
Taco Bells around the Denver area offer three free tacos with the purchase of a large drink for $1.89, the day after the Rockies score seven runs or more.
I am sure there are many more fast food specials across the country based on the performance of the major league baseball team in that area. When we lived in Apache Junction, Arizona the last five years , on the days there were specials with free tacos, the drive up window was backed up for a block, there were no available seats inside and there were long lines at the cashiers. Retirees were taking advantage of the cheap dinner from 4 to 6 the day after the team scored the specified number of runs.
Arbys puts an ad supplement in many papers with specials for the month. One of the specials is three Arby’s beef sandwiches for $8.00 which is about a $4 savings. McDonalds has a $1 hamburger , it is very thin and not the quality of the Jack In The Box burger. McDonalds offers two hot apple pies for $1, they are a favorite of my wife and our friends that visit us.
Burger King has big sales on chicken nuggets with a large quantity for a small price.
Look at the other end of fast food spectrum. My wife had her upper teach extracted and needed to have a malt to drink afterwards. We went to the drive up window at Culvers and ordered two Chocolate Malts, the total was $13.50, if she still had her uppers my wife would have dropped them right then and there, lol.
Just about all of the fast food restaurants use the drinks as a high profit item to them. Some places the drinks are $3.50 for a self served fountain drink. Pies in Village Inn are $4.75 a slice and higher for some pies. Beer is also used as a high profit item with many restaurants that have a beer and wine license. Sonic has half price shakes and sundaes after 8 P.M. but if you go before the prices are relatively high.
If you like family restaurants that are not chain restaurants some of them have a special for the day that is a well balanced meal for lunch or dinner , or a great breakfast menu , all with prices that are probably equal to or less than the fast food restaurants.
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