Why is everything so expensive at Arby's?

How to stop Arby's from overcharging?

Stop eating there!

Done and done.

I've never heard of this Arby?

Why yes, darling. I am the King of Arby's, and I can tell you everything you need to know.

Anyone who would spend $8.00 on a wrap, curly fries, and a garbage drink has a very low IQ, very low cognitive abilities, and is quite stupid.

Curly fries are garbage, a 'drink' is garbage, and the wrap consists of about three bites and in no way fills up a person and in no way is worth the cost, as it ia very small with the least amount of chicken as possible.

Why would someone think 'curly fries' and a garbage drink should make up a meal.

What about a Jamocha shake?

The location you visited has high rent.

While you may be basically right, r4, I sense that you are a deeply disturbed person.

Wow, if Arby's is expensive to you, Taco Bell must seem like a four star restaurant.

R7 seems to accept all that is rotten in U.S. culture, as if all the rotten facets are just fine and dandy.

Worked there once and read the label. That loaf thang is about 1/4 beef. The rest is soybean fillers, corn syrup and "etc.". They press it all into a loaf shape and sell it as a roast.

Arby's always gives me a stomach ache.

I am amazed that they are still open and that people actually eat there. I've always assumed that the change is really a money laundering scheme.

I want to hear more from the King of Arby's.

whenever i go to Arby's, i always wonder whatever happened to that horse that used to be tethered out in front...

r4, you do sound unhinged. You may be right, but it's eating you up inside and spreading to everyone around you.

Fast food prices have been going up for years. Prices like that will be common everywhere soon.

Its the only fast food I eat. I like their fries and sammiches.

I dont go that often so $8 is not a big deal.

This is why there are so few of them.

Arby's is not expensive, you are cheap.

Girl, if you can't afford $8 please go to Aldi's and leave us alone.

Always pay cash at fast food joints. They're huge debit card-stealing centers. They steal numbers and farm them out worldwide.

Also I went to a Burger King the other day and the cashier kept holding my card. I believe she was hoping I'd be distracted and leave without it.

[quote]Also I went to a Burger King the other day and the cashier kept holding my card. I believe she was hoping I'd be distracted and leave without it.

McDonalds has the card readers in front of the register where you swipe your own card. The fact that I just admitted to going to McDonalds means I can't judge you for going to Burger King.

Arby's uses about 1 ounce of roast beef per sandwich, I quit going there years ago for that reason. Their sandwiches are all bread.

Shit, the last time I went to Jack in the Box I thought I'd have to take out a small loan to pay for a damn value meal. The nerve!

No, R15, it is just mind boggling how stupid people can be.

One can buy a whole pound of turkey or roast beef for $8.00 at a grocery deli and make 5 or 6 large abumndant sandwiches (add cheese) rather than eat garbage.

And make your own glass of iced tea with plain iced tea mix - bring it in a small plastic bag from home - rather than a soft drink at lunch/supper.

And skip the grease saturated heart killing fries.

r25 needs an enema.

sorry, abundant

R25 is a maroon.

R24? Jack in the box is almost scary cheap.

I'm not sure what you ordered, but it's possible to get a ton of "food" for a small amount of money without even trying hard.

Fast food wise, I vote for Wendy's: value meal prices: small cheeseburger, baked potato with sour cream; other stuff: $1.00 each. Burger King and McD's have similar (yes, I realize everyone knows this; just thought I'd remind y'all. I find McD's double cheeseburger and small fries, $1.00 each, very filling, too.

So... I ate there today thanks to this thread.

It's not really more expensive than Wendy's or even McDonald's.

I did finish up with an Oreo Jamocha Shake, though, and that was pretty awesome.

God, it's like an open call for "The Biggest Loser" in this thread.

Love their potato cakes.

[quote]Its the only fast food I eat. I like their fries and sammiches.

Anyone who says sammiches should be shot and killed.

It's expensive because it's good mood food.

40 years ago Arby's made their sandwiches from giant slabs of roast meat you could watch cook, and their sandwiches were delicious. Now the meat is so cheap and processed that prisoners would riot if you tried feeding it to them.

Our Wendy'a value menu went up from $1.00 to like $1.39 per item.

OMG, that is an outrage, R37. How could they still call it a dollar menu?!

R31 here... I should point out I haven't eaten at an Arby's in a very long time. The menu was a lot different than I remember.

I couldn't even find the basic sandwich I always used to like to get... it was just a regular bun, with roast beef and melted cheese... but no "arby's sauce" on it. And it was really inexpensive. I THOUGHT it was just the "Beef and cheese", but that sandwich now comes on some massive onion Kaiser roll, and has arby's sauce on it, and cost three bucks or more.

I used to always just get two of them and a drink. It was inexpensive and good. And allowed me to skip the fries.

I ended up just getting on of the combo meals (bacon-beef-and-cheese) and it was merely okay. Nothing I'd order again.

I miss the old stuff. Oh, and they did away with their "four items for five bucks" deal too. I liked that as well.

In short, they've elimianted most of the reasons I'd go back. Including the cherry turn-overs. They've replaced those with a chocolate turnover. Meh.

You seem to be describing the "Arby's Melt Sandwich", R39, though their site says it's not available at all locations.

Right, that's what it was. Thanks.

And yeah, it wasn't anywhere on the menu any more.

aren't most fast food meals about 8 dollars? (McDonalds, Burger King...)

I actually used to love Arby's back in the '70's. I haven't been there in decades.

Do you get their coupons? I didn't until I went there for the first time in like 20 years and the big sign asked if I knew about them. I said no, they asked for my email...I didn't want to give it but I felt like I would look like a cheap fuck if I just thought they were going to hand them out right there...now I get their coupons emailed to me and I really don't have one close to where I live.

But anyway get the coupons if you like it.

"#2! Super-sized! Hurry up, I'm starving!"

r44 aced it ...

A friend of mine managed an Arby's, and I mentioned to him that the prices seemed high for fast food. He said something like 40% of the customers use coupons (available online, and they also load them in Sunday newspapers) which essentially gives you whatever sandwich you want for half price, or a free drink and/or side with a full-price sandwich. Taking that into consideration, they're comparable to other fast food places.

Personally, I like Wendys, can deal with Arbys, McD or BK, but I hate JackInTheBox food with a passion. Too greasy and poor quality, IMO

I'd never eat there. And worrying about others who do or don't seems insane.

Horsey sauce!!!!

I haven't been to Arby's since it switched from Coke to Pepsi.

Prices for all food is going up.

[quote]Horsey sauce!!!!

Made from real horses! :)

[quote]40 years ago Arby's made their sandwiches from giant slabs of roast meat you could watch cook, and their sandwiches were delicious. Now the meat is so cheap and processed that prisoners would riot if you tried feeding it to them.

Thanks for the update. I went vegetarian in 1976. I used to love the roast beef sandwiches from Arby's.

Does anyone else notice their farts and crap smelling TERRIBLE after eating at Arby's?

TMI, R25. But please knock yourself out.

For fast food, I like El Pollo Loco and Boston Market. At least you're not getting unknown filler ingredients.

Oops, I didn't realize El Pollo Loco is only in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Illinois and Connecticut. You New Yorkers are out of luck.

Their French Dip is pretty good, and I too love their potato cakes.

[quoote]And make your own glass of iced tea with plain iced tea mix

Iced tea from a mix is your idea of something that's NOT a "garbage drink"? Why not just have some water, or make REAL iced tea if that's what you like.

plain unsweetened Lipton instant tea in the big yellow 3 ounce glass jar with blue cap is delicious......

healthy and inexpensive to make a glass full

R54, if you think Boston Market is so superior, maybe you should check out their ingredient lists.

I love roast beef sandwiches. Grew up in the Boston area and there are local non-chain roast beef sandwich places all over the place. Have lived in FL, CA and the southwest and have never seen any other place that has other roast beef sandwich places.

Won't eat at Arby's. The roast beef doesn't even look real.

Isn't Boston Market still owned by McDonalds?

I found out you can still get the "Arby's Melt" sandwichs even though they're not up on the menu board any more.

Those are the best, and are priced right.

I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's!

Love the curly fries.

R13 was pretty funny. "Horsey sauce," indeed.

Fatties

I haven't been to McDonald's in quite a while but had an urge for one of their McRibs recently. (I know, I shudder to really see how those are made but they are like crack to me.)

I ended up getting a McRib value meal and a chicken McNugget meal for my friend and it was $14 (I got large size value meals because we both wanted large drinks).

I just about fell over. (Mary!)

In my mind, a value meal from any fast food joint should be under $5. Going to those places is no longer cheap.

r37, meet r25.

Back in the day (70's and 80's) I lived on Arby's potato cakes and Jamocha shake. Considered myself a vegetarian so never bought a sandwich there.

I'd rather eat at Arby's than at Chik-fil-A.

I used to like Chik-fil-A, but after I read that article about how they fund anti-gay groups, I won't eat there. Now, when I see the sign in front of their store, all I see is "HATE." (Tasty, mouthwatering, deep fat fried hate...)

lol

Seems like Subway is one of the least expensive fast food options around these days with their specials, i.e. $5 footlongs, $2 for some of their 6" subs, 'buy one get one free' random offers, etc.

That being said, it doesn't seem to matter what I order there, all of their sandwiches end up tasting strangely similar, i.e. a mushy, bread-y, glob. But it's filling!

Why the hell are you doing eating are Arby's? Are you a gay man or David Puddy?

When an Arby's opened in Brooklyn, I decided to try it - I like roast beef. My sandwich was disgusting - chewy, pre-formed slices that had no flavor and looked like Soylent Green.

If you think Arby's is overcharging you, don't go to Sbarro's. A pepperoni slice there is about $4.00. A combo (slice & drink) will run you about $7.00. I read that they've declared bankruptcy. Guess they're trying to get every penny before they all close down.

[quote}40 years ago Arby's made their sandwiches from giant slabs of roast meat you could watch cook, and their sandwiches were delicious.

But they still weren't real roasts. When I was but a mere child growing up on Long Island and Arby's was just opening locations about 40 years ago, my neighbor was a butcher and he spilled the beans how Arby's was really just pressed beef (with additives), like chicken roll in the deli.

[quote]I ended up getting a McRib value meal and a chicken McNugget meal for my friend and it was $14.I just about fell over. (Mary!)

You think they'd bring out the big guns McRib and sell it cheap? The "value" you're getting was the fries and drink at a reduced price.

I used to love Jack In the Box which has disappeared out of the east coast. They had the best onion rings ever. Better than a restaurant and nowhere near the strange onion rings that Burger Kings claim they sell.

I love Arby's.

I don't know why they took the "Arby's Melts" off the menu. They're the only thing I actually liked. You can still order them but they're not up on the menu board any more, at least not around here.

OP is yet another slithering Shilly McFraucunt.

Your gunt stinks like the shit-filled pens for herded tortured cows that these corrupt toxic corporate cunts spew out in the mini-malls of America.

You are all that stinks.

You are feces piled upon feces.

You are dirtier than a cheap Vegas whore.

Your legacy is a cloud of methane erupting from the anuses of a thousand cows.

Gotta pay for quality, OP. Gotta pay for quality!

Jack in the Box is considered and upscale fast food in Louisiana. We go there when we have extra money and want to celebrate something special. I'm sorry, but this is true. I'll go and kill myself now. Thank you for taking your time to read this.

Arby's is fancy

Those Mocha shakes are awesome!

Gay people should not be eating at fast food places--for God's sakes, we have an image to uphold!!!

Learn to cook.

So about this obesity thing......

Moreso than any other fast-food chain, Arby's customers are heavy users of coupons. They put a flyer into the newspaper every week, with prices for just about any kind of sandwich or combo that cuts a good 30% or more off the price. I think most people who go there use the coupons. If you choose not to go for the coupons, you get to subsidize those who do.

For all the healthies and veggies-only eaters around, can't some enterprising soul create a tasty fast-food, relatively chemical-free alternative for the mass market? These prices for such poor quality is outrageous.

lol

Me gusta Arby's!

Downton Arby's

I'm sure there are hundreds of Dataloungers who are with Arby's corporate headquarters, OP.

I don't know why everyone is being so snobby. Arby's is a fine dining experience with delicious, wholesome food, friendly counter help and spotless bathrooms.

Fashioning meat out of all those horse butchering and beef scraps to then slice is not cheap.

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Arby's in Santa Monica just closed. It was the most expensive drive thru in the city, with a prime North Lincoln location. Way overpriced, especally since you could get the same sandwiches made to order at the deli section of any SM supermarket - ALL the Santa Monica supermarkets are upscale.

I really think the decline started when they got rid of their entire ArbyQ BBQ menu, and tried to be a sandwich store.

There is one Arbys here, though not very convenient. I've been tempted to try them as their food looks pretty good in the ads.

Than again, I could just go to Jack in the Box for an order of egg rolls and a chocolate shake I suppose ...

Arby's isn't that expensive. They just attract lower income people. If you don't have any money everything seems expensive. I work at Arby's and everyday someone asks if we still have 5 Roast Beef sandwiches for $5. Um no that was over 6 years ago. Beef has gone up over 50% since then.

It amazes me that people think they should be able to get a Roast Beef sandwich for less than the cost of a bean burrito at Taco Bell.

I tried this place in LA a few weeks ago. Sooooo good!

Arby's beef is awful. I am not sure what parts of the cow are used for their roast beef sandwiches, but that stuff gave me diarrhea any time I ate a sandwich. Their processed beef has to contain a lot of oddball beef parts. I ate a sandwich about 10 years ago (I was traveling and an Arby's was the only restaurant where I had to stop to fuel up. I got so sick within an hour of eating it. I should have known better, I had a sandwich a few years before that and it had the same effect on me.

Has anybody tried their brisket yet?

It's garbage - not even real food.

And you get such a tiny amount of protein, it is not worth purchasing.

And also zero nutritional value.

You have to be a moron to eat it.

It's not even real beef.

It's just odd body parts of a cow and crummy scraps died brown and packed with chemicals.

You eat your turds too, OP? No difference between that and that Arby's shit.

sorry, dyed brown, not died brown

I am shocked at how fast they are expanding. Do people really like Arby's?

The only fast food place I can get a Reuben with marble rye.

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best fries ever

Yes I’m the president of Arby’s and I recently heard about this thread. I’m very upset. I will do everything I can to get this taken care of for you.