We had it all | TheaterFire

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ziganaut@reddit

$2 quarter pounders at McD, buy one get one free Whopper at BK, $10 twelve tacos at Taco Bell…

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FreezingRobot@reddit

Fast Food places killed the dollar menus after the 2008 financial crisis subsided because people finally figured out how much of a deal it actually was as opposed to the combos which are a ripoff

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Crusader1865@reddit

5 for $5.55 on Arby's roast beef sandwiches.

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FreezingRobot@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxQqdFOeoM

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AppliedCarbon@reddit

Years of my life taken off by the 5 roast beef sandwich deals

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victorinseattle@reddit

And the 1.99 20 piece mcnuggets. 99c whoppers were also awesome.

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Aggravating-Alarm-16@reddit

It was pick 5 in my area

Sandwich

Fries

Moz sticks

Soda

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Abidarthegreat@reddit

Yeah, that was a massive blunder on their part because it lost them so much money.

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Aggravating-Alarm-16@reddit

That's where I developed my mozzarella sticks addiction

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TheNewGuyFromBahsten@reddit

Used to be 5 for 5 even. Beef and cheddars were 5.55

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buickgnx88@reddit

I remember them being 3 for $5 (and then 2 for $5), now they are 2 for $7 with coupon only

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hybr_dy@reddit

Same with whoppers! Not jr whoppers, but regular whoppers 5/$5

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Slim1256@reddit

And yet you lived to tell the tale, so couldn't have been *that* bad.

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buickgnx88@reddit

Also the 4pc mozz sticks used to only be 2.99

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LardLad00@reddit

I'll never forget the sound of Ray Charles saying "5 Arby's roast beef sandwiches for only 5.55?!" "That's horsey sauce! *sniff* No wait, that's Arby's sauce!"

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Vehlin@reddit

I remember $5 footlongs 10 years ago.

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Waiting2Sneeze@reddit

I remember my father complaining when I asked for a dollar to get something in the store because candy bars used to be a dime!

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I don't remember candy bars being a dime but I do remember them being 47¢ and smaller candies being 10¢, 5¢, or 1¢. I used to go to the convenience store in my neighborhood with a dollar and come out with a pocketful of candy.

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Waiting2Sneeze@reddit

My dad was born in 1950. I have no idea how much stuff cost back then he just used to love to throw it in my face.

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queenofcaffeine76@reddit

My grandmother was born in 1916 and I don't even know how many times I was about being able to go to the movies and getting popcorn and all-day entertainment for a nickel lmao.

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jambr380@reddit

I literally did one of these a week ago with the old woman and it was removed with a possible future ban for disparaging other generations

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

There was a point in my life where the only things I had to eat were two items off the Wendy's Dollar Menu and Bourbon Chicken samples.

Not the best time, but I still felt fortunate I had it.

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jradio@reddit

Five. 🎵
Five dollar. 🎶
Five dollar foot loooooooooong. 🎵🎶🎵 Any any any any. 🎵

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Subway costs more than a delicious local sandwich shop, it’s actually kind of insane. It’s like the Olive Garden of sandwiches.

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temporary_bob@reddit

Gen X Husband remembers "drinking with Lincoln" nights- unlimited beer for $5. Holy shit.

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greenejesus@reddit

wendys super bar

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admode1982@reddit

I remember when jack in the box had 3 tacos for 99 cents for like a week.

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Pro-Rider@reddit

Don’t forget $5 foot longs a subway. 😭

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Top-Wolverine-8684@reddit

My kids have had to hear me sing "59, 79, 99, run for the border and don't waste time" a billion times since they were little.

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tune__order@reddit

Splurging on that supreme

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ranaldo20@reddit

Some things in the 90s were odd, like seeing Little Richard sing about Taco Bell.

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herb2018@reddit

It’s now the under 3 Dollar Menu. Sorry kids

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strolpol@reddit

The Hot and Ready was never worth even 5 bucks, it’s awful

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gabbadabbahey@reddit

59, 79, 99!

Taco Bell why hast thou forsaken me

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faintly_nebulous@reddit

59, 79, 99. iykyk.

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BecauseSeven8Nein@reddit

We just lost the McDonald’s buy one get one for $1 menu too. It wasn’t the dollar menu, but I could at least get 2 double cheese for under $5 or 2 McChickens for under $4.

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Prestigious-Hand9490@reddit

He should be saying " that's not fair, why don't we?"

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karaloveskate@reddit

Our parents and grandparents paid even less than we did.

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Formal-Telephone5146@reddit

We ain’t got none of this shyt no more Spent 60 dollars at Taco Bell the other day day I was shocked but I gotta get Early 2000s prices outta my head

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Funandgeeky@reddit

You could get a full meal at McDonald’s for under $5.

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bearlysane@reddit

I’d spend $4 for 3 double cheeseburgers and a drink. Two would probably have been enough.

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ImmaDrainOnSociety@reddit

"Everything at the Dollar Store was a dollar."

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backgroundnerd@reddit

taco bell tacos 79 cents

Wendy's double cheesburgers 99 cents.

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backgroundnerd@reddit

My grandfather was born in 1912. He told me it cost a quater to date my Grandma.

White Castle for a 5 cent meal for each of them. Movie tickets a nickel apiece and they would split a 5 cent Popcorn.

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Moogle_Messiah@reddit

Is it just me or does the guy on the left look like he was ai copy pasted into this photo?

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tungy5@reddit

And a free donut from Krispy Kreme when that blessed light was on

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woolsocksandsandals@reddit

$.99 double cheese burgers

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shiftdown@reddit

We had 0.39c cheeseburgers at MCDs!

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

More importantly, $.99 Jr Bacon Cheeseburger at yellow Wendy's

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cranberries87@reddit

What about the $.59 $.79 $.99 deals at Taco Bell? Somebody take me back!

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Doublestack2411@reddit

This one hurts the most for me. Always loved going to Taco Bell and getting me a ton of food on the cheap. Now a hard or soft shell costs you over $2.00 and a specialty taco runs you over $6. Not worth it for the amount you're getting.

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

Their Luxe Boxes are a decent deal still, and the highest one for $9 rotates the specialty item based on whatever new item they are pushing

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Cisru711@reddit

But a pack of baseball cards was the same price, and those things were going to be worth hundreds!

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shiftdown@reddit

I still have a full set of '96 Upper Deck SP and it's worth a staggering 12 bucks or so

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

My local MCPoison's had the same promo!

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jaywinner@reddit

We sound like grandpa talking about having breakfast for a nickel, don't we?

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iliveonramen@reddit

Yup, fast food is our double feature matinee for a nickle

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New_Stats@reddit

When was your age breakfast was a nickel!

Then the goberment started using non toxic metal in nickels on account of all the nickel poisoning

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Living_Ad_5386@reddit

I get why my mom was still bitter about pizza slices for a quarter.

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Cisru711@reddit

My college offered quarter dogs at midnight. They were terrible, lol

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schenkzoola@reddit

$0.59, $0.79, $0.99!!!

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Emergency-Machine-55@reddit

I used to live off $1 Whoppers, Famous Stars, Jack-in-Box tacos, and Jumbo Jacks in highschool. Gas was cheap so it was cheaper to drive with friends to a nearby fast food restaurant than buy cafeteria food. I would order two burgers and a water for $2.15 after tax. Apparently, my body was better at managing cholesterol as a teenager.

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thekeifer@reddit

$0.49 tacos at Taco Bell back in my day

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Moxie_Stardust@reddit

I remember $0.29 crunchy and $0.39 soft tacos. I've seen gas at $0.64/gallon.

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Dr_Disaster@reddit

I remember having basement gaming parties with my friends and we’d hit Taco Bell to get food for everyone. We’d have a garbage bag size of tacos and burritos for like $15.

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SadAcanthocephala521@reddit

Twoonie Tuesday's here in Canada.

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

🎶 $0.59, $0.79, $0.99! 🎶

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MelbaMilqueToast@reddit

For my Canadian peoples, remember twoonie Tuesdays?

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SilverAsparagus2985@reddit

I remember when gas was under $1 and everyone lost their minds when it went over $1.

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Living_Ad_5386@reddit

.34 cent cheeseburger sundays.

dollar big macs.

6 dollar Medium Soft Drinks at the movie theatre.

We lived like kings.

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Living_Ad_5386@reddit

We still got 1.50 hot dogs from Costco tho... cherish them

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Organic_Popcorn@reddit

Rotisserie chicken, hot dogs and pizza, god bless Costco. I'm still not over the fact that they got rid of combination pizza, because people tried to customize it.

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handsomeape95@reddit

We also had 3 hotdogs for $0.99 from 7-eleven.

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Dextropic@reddit

5 dollars for a footlong sub? Outrageous!

Why, back in my day we paid $2.99 for a footlong sub on tuesday.

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Sensitive_Pianist777@reddit

I'm Canadian. I was always amazed how low the sticker prices were in the US in the 90s, 00s, and early 10s.

Even at the worst of our exchange rate, it was a much better value.

Even in pricier areas like NYC, LA were cheap. Now.. forget it.

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unomasme@reddit

I don’t remember specific prices. What I DO remember was going to the corner store with $1 and coming back with a bountiful haul of different candy.

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funatical@reddit

Bed sounds nice.

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ACorania@reddit

I feel that!

However, $5 in the mid 90s is about $11 now. So it isn't like the prices at Subway are crazy out of line with our $5 footlong.

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Designer_Chicken_832@reddit

$5 footings from Subway occurred from 2008 to 2014. $5 in 2008 is less then $8 now.

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ACorania@reddit

Yeah I guess I remembered it earlier. But you are right when I look it up. However, looking at the normal price of a foot long mid 90s I get back $4.69... so pretty close.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

A #2 combo at McDonald's was $2.99, which is $6.50 in today money.

Considering that combo is at least 8 - 9 bucks, no, our minds are not playing tricks on us.

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jaywinner@reddit

Except $5 footlongs ran through to the 2010s and their subs are much worse now.

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josephsleftbigtoe@reddit

Wasn't $5 FL in 2008 or so?

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Ill-Percentage-3276@reddit

As an often broke 18 year old that had moved out of my house, the Burger King 99 cent menu bought with change from under couch cushions was a lifesaver.

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MSB218@reddit

Y’all remember taco Sunday at Taco Bell? 39-cent tacos. I think we were still getting overcharged.

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koei19@reddit

We had $0.89 Whoppers

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rootofallstevil@reddit

Things at the dollar store actually cost a dollar

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hahahahahahahaFUCK@reddit

Please get me to bed…

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FleetingBrevity@reddit

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handsomeape95@reddit

Remember when you hit that pedestrian with your car at the crosswalk and then just drove away? Pepperidge Farm remembers. But Pepperidge Farm ain't just gonna keep it to Pepperidge Farm's self free of charge. Maybe you'll go out and buy yourself some of these distinctive Milano cookies, maybe this whole thing just disappears.

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