The other week I saw an ad for a restaurant's happy hour with $5 pupu and drink specials. OK, I thought, bring it on. I'm no deal seeker, but I like to see what others are hunting. In that ad was a picture of their $5 wings. There were four wings on that plate. 4 wings and a ramekin of sauce. For us slow people out there, that's $1.25 per wing. And I thought that's kinda pricey, is it not? I mean, for $5, I hope that's some fantastic freakin' sauce.
This past weekend I visited Buffalo Wild Wings and got 12 wings for $12. OK, so that's still $1 per wing (again, for us slow people). 12 boneless wings? $14.50, which is awfully close to that $1.25 wings at the anonymous restaurant. The apparent market price for wings is higher than I thought. I guess I never really noticed that before. So why am I noticing it now?
Last night I read an article about the price of chicken wings. I kid you not. In the New York Times. Seriously. Apparently, my mild preoccupation with the current market price of wings isn't mine alone. Looks like others have noticed as well. The NYTimes, no less. I feel smarter already.
2 comments:
At least you're applying your accounting knowledge.
And economics with my half-baked market price analysis. My professors should be so proud!
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