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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:29 AM Original message |
Has anyone else noticed the proliferation of $5.99 lunch deal offers..... |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. n/t |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hopefully, they go away.. and real restraunts, with real chefs, and real |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's really hard to find a real restaurant with a real chef anymore. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And its the type of thing people should save for and take themselves out to. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Who could afford to eat in a restaurant that paid a real chef |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I bought a discount coupon at restaurant.com for $3.00 that was for |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Good for you! That's the way to manage in life. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Happy anniversary. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. If people in service industry could be paid "real" wages, then they |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. One more outcome of huge inflation in food prices |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. they figure the "stimulus" package will provide 100 lunches for each of us |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Does that include food? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. If you want to believe cardboard with sauce on it food. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. I would think they have to be getting desperate |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. They are getting desperate |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:12 AM Original message |
We have the same for Mexican food and the Chinese takeout at the grocery... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. Every fast food chain pushes value and combo meals |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why would anyone go to one of these |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. All of those chain restaurants suck |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. There ARE locally owned restaurants that charge the same as the chains |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. And yet there are so many chain restaurants |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. They offer predictability, sort of like TV |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yep - very 'vanilla' |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. I tend to stay away from restaurants that have really low prices. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. unlike the 'real restaurant' elistist snobs here, I am |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. The point is supporting local business owners instead of chains |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Let me reinforce your position, LL |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Don't you think the people who work there are local? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Which brings up ANOTHER point about chains... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. It's not a pissing contest over status. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. It's not fucking food |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I KNEW it! I could've guessed this about you! |
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JANdad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. THANK YOU! |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. I welcome 5.99 specials |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. One sign of the tanking economy will be restaurants |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It's already happening in Minneapolis |
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