America has become obsessed with the 5$ bill. What can I get for 5$ today? We want a bigger bang for our buck these days and with the economy in recession everyone is looking for a great bargain. The fast food industries have realized this need for a bigger better bargain and the magic number has become 5. Everywhere you look advertisements scream out they have the most food at the cheapest prices. What makes 5 the number everyone is craving?
The first 5-dollar combination was from our beloved Little Caesars Pizza. You can’t beat a large pepperoni or cheese pizza for a mere 5 dollars. Whether you are feeding an army or your family it can be done at a reasonable price. America fell in love with the 5 dollar pizza.
It had just only begun with the Little Caesars Pizza craze. America went crazy for Subway’s massive 5$ footlong. The amazing advertisement and propaganda through Americans for a curve ball, we became obsessed with buying huge sandwiches for only 5$. Any sandwich you wanted and as many as you wanted for merely nothing. The choice and freshness of the product sent Subway straight to the top in 2007-2008. They are delicious and made right in front of you. “Subway eat fresh.” I believe we love this new renzy of the 5$ menu because it seems like a great deal. With tough times in the economy we need something to make us feel good. Subway and other companies have enforced deals that seem unbeatable, with slogans such as “get more for your dollar” Burger king 2008.
Many other companies have taken flight on the 5$ express but nobody has done it quite like Subway and the infamous Little Caesars Pizza. I believe that as humans we are always looking for a deal or something to make us feel as though we got more for our dollar. These advertisements have shown that people will jump at a bargain and the cheaper the prize the more they will by. A 5$ bill seems like for a huge sandwich or a large pizza. We love 5$ meals because is some way it feels like we accomplishes something. We got a bargain! May the 5$ tradition live
The five-dollar bill is definitely being put to good use! I agree on your statement about how these five-dollar food ads we see not only attracts the society but it saves people money, especially with the recession going on. Sometimes, I see students on campus purchasing a foot long at subway that they do not even finish eating, therefore they take it to go and save it on for later. For five-dollars you get good quality and quantity on a fresh sandwich. Nowadays, whenever I go to a fast food place or any place that has the five-dollar deal, I always see never-ending lines in drive-thru’s or inside the restaurant itself. Don’t you ever wonder how hard these workers work all day? Or think about how many customers they serve each day? I’m pretty sure they get put to work! I also noticed that many people buy meals at five dollars or less (such as the dollar menu). All in all, the number five is probably the magic number in fast-food industries. At times, I wonder whether profits in these fast-food industries have gone down? Since they substantially need/have lower prices to attract more guests. In addition, these fast-food industries have to be careful about how they use low-priced value meals because value is not always just because you spent a little less money.
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This is true almost at every fast food chain you see everyone trying to get customers by lowering there to either a dollar menu or by getting a complete meal with five dollars. Yes at times it can be a great meal but with cheap prices come cheap quality food. When the fast food industries began to lower their prices on their menu then they need to make up the money they are not making another way. The way that they earn that money is by buying cheaper quality ingredients. I have notices that Subway and Little Caesars pizza have been loading there food with cheap ingredients and they are not as good as they used to be; that is the price we pay for a cheap meal that will fill our bellies. With fast food chains, getting cheap quality ingredients, I can barely eat the food the only time I can eat from these places is when I really crave it. But, that this price to pay for food when times are tough.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am watching TV, I often hear phrases, such as “it’s only five dollars” and “our smart five dollar meal,” from various fast food commercials. Although they are not calling for some less price like four or three dollars, the commercials offer a sense that the menus are reasonably cheap. I think people consider paying one simple five-dollar bill as more logical and cheaper bargain than paying four one bills or a five-dollar bill plus one-dollar bill. Number plays an essential role in not only in food business, but also in other businesses like furniture, book, and car business. The companies love to utilize ‘99 cents’ to offer a sense that the product is cheaper: for example, you can find a 50-inch HD TV in $499.99, a bottle of wine in $9.99, and a book in $14.99.
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