Price-savvy Eater Gifts

'Today's specials - Good, Fair, Lousy.

"Ten Dollars?! I can't eat that." Bob was on a strict low-cost diet.

Beef stew 50c. (In a bowl - $1.75)

Credit Crunch Corn Flakes.

'Waiter, you seem to have mixed my bill up with somebody who wants to buy this restaurant.'

"Might I recommend one of our salads? They come with three of your companion's fries."

AS about Today's Specials' - 'Whatever didn't sell yesterday.'

"It would be better with a protein, but add-ons are so expensive."

'Would you care for a drink while your food is being defrosted?'

'Ridiculously Expensive Coffee.'

'We let our products speak for themselves. This is ‘I Can't Believe It's So Tasty And Price-Friendly In Today's Demanding Market.' '

'We're having leftovers again. Don't worry, I shaved off all the fuzzy parts. I'm going to knit you a sweater.'

"Tell your chef I'd like something for a refined and cultured palate. For under ten bucks."

Food Prices

Todays Special: Beans on Toast #2.50 (use of tin-opener 10- extra. . .)

A Room (with adequate light and ventilation, no psychotic neighbors, near a grocery store, in a halfway-decent building in an O.K. neighborhood [not Queens, please God] for under $2000 a month) of One's Own

Camper special! PORK 'N' BEANS...50 gallons...only $49.99...Limit: 3 per customer.

"Our goal is to make prices so low that even our employees could shop here."

'I'm afraid we've reached the point where we have to cut out luxuries. How do you feel about food?'

'Computer Prices' blowing away you money

Price and serving size: A guide.

"Hey, how about putting some cheese on this cheeseburger?" "OK, but it'll cost ya."

"It's become so expensive, that if I want sushi, I have to catch my own!"

Thrift: Sew your mouth shut before going to a restaurant.

'I love this RX site - I can look up prices for all of my unaffordable medicine around town!'

'Well, yeah, the hot dog is 10?, but the BUN is $3.40.'

"Nope, still can't afford to buy it."

"Why did you tell them we are vegetarians?

Rene's Cafe: Eat dirt cheap.

'Considering the state of our finances, maybe you should order the hock.'

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Probably not.

Paying for Food on Your Phone

"What's good tonight...under $5?"

'These prices are making me feel sick, Dear!'

"Because of what's been happening to food prices and our stocks, we will no longer throw away anything that resembles food..."