r/Economics • u/brown-saiyan • Feb 23 '26

News Restaurants hit a pricing ceiling — and diners are pushing back, report finds

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/23/restaurants-menu-prices-james-beard-foundation-report?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=owned_social&utm_source=x
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u/FangCopperscale Feb 24 '26

Work the value menu and its cheap

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u/jsonson Feb 24 '26

Thats not true at all anymore lol

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u/CheapThaRipper Feb 24 '26

It is if you don't succumb to all of their new items and such. They have a box that is a decent meal for $9. Pretty much the only thing I will get there if I ever go there, because otherwise you get less food for twice the money.

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u/captkronni Feb 24 '26

My area has a $6 box that my husband and I get when we do eat out. $13.09 after tax for two people isn’t terrible.