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Dining prices are up to an extraordinary amount compared to pre-COVID. Prices never went back down despite inflation being "reigned in". Being surprised at a $68 bill at Popeyes just expresses you don't have a family to provide for, which is probably the default position of most of the posters on this forum.

[sjsdaiuasgdia]

I eat a lot of fast food, including Popeye's. I buy for myself sometimes, other times I'm buying for groups of various sizes.

It has gotten more expensive. But if you're spending $68 for 3 people at Popeye's, someone in that group is eating at levels that will eventually win them a spot on "My 600lb Life".

[vel0city]

> Being surprised at a $68 bill at Popeyes just expresses you don't have a family to provide for

I have a family to provide for. I'm surprised at a $68 bill at Popeyes. Taking my family there is normally a good bit less than that. Maybe if it was in some tourist trap area or something, but generally that would be quite high.

[Dylan16807]

> Prices never went back down despite inflation being "reigned in".

A) Dining prices going up that much was way more than inflation.

B) Reigning in inflation doesn't mean prices go back down, it means they stop increasing quickly.