[bpt3]

Or you can eat much better food all around for much less in other establishments.

Businesses charge what they can get away with, and you're actively wasting money if you're referencing prices you actually paid for those meals recently.

[socalgal2]

You are correct I can find places that charge less. The point is, I used to go out to lunch and not have to worry about it. Now I go and get price shock.

[bpt3]

It's interesting that some restaurants (and businesses in general) seemed to figured out within the last few years that a surprising (to me) number of people don't want to make any effort to comparison shop at all.

The only way to stop it is to stop giving them money.