"Everything's bigger in Texas" I guess now applies to Arby's too. Yay!!

Anyway, now, once again, I want me some Arby's.

Cheers!

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sorry for the messed up post (with no content)... my shoddy wifi signal must have dumped me when I hit submit.

Anyways....

WHat I meant to post was....

This really pisses me off. I live in MO.

Its bad enough that they were expensive as fast food places go, but now they are reducing portions along with raising prices? UGH! I go to arby's maybe once a week. Seems It will be even less now.

Bastards!

Oh...and why only in OK,KS,MO & AR? Why are WE being specifically fucked/gouged?

@ohyeahright: I'm pretty sure I haven't eaten Arby's since before there was any 5 for x deals. I don't remember ever seeing them.

I used to always get the Arby's Super, because that's what me and my dad always got when we used to go (like 15 years ago). Once the Big Montana came out when I was in college, I was hooked. So much frikkin meat! Gotta remember to ask for lettuce and tomato, tho'.

"I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's Looks like you will still be hungry when you are done at Arby's.

This whole shrink ray thing is getting old, not the stories but the shrinkage itself. Maybe if buy nothing day actually was done well we could have an inpact on how corperate America thinks

Inflation = raise prices or shrink the size.

If consumerist keeps posting about Arby's I may have to actually break down and get some even though I swore them off years ago.

Considering how much Americans eat compared to the rest of the world, is downsizing our food really that bad?

I like to take me kids out to eat once or twice a week, but instead of going out to McD's or Arby's and paying up to $4.00 for a kids' meal we've been opting for local restaurants instead which offer specials. One restaurant here has a kids buffet for $3.00 (and they don't leave feeling hungry!) and another has a Kids Eat Free (with adult) on Tuesday nights.

Some of the fast food combo meals are running close to or over $6.00, and the food is mediocre at best. For that price I can go to one of our small local restaurants and get a better meal with alot friendlier service.

The fast food places are pricing themselves right out of business!

I feel like banging my head into unconsciousness every time I read "au jus" used incorrectly. "Would you like some au jus with that?" ARGH. I would like some "jus," sure, but you can have your "with the".

Shrinking the portions is a GOOD thing, makes their crap just that little bit less disgusting.

One of the Arby's employees we spoke to over the phone said the changes were necessary because of rising costs, "of oil and stuff."

Seriously, Ben, did you guys just call a local franchise and ask the first dude that picked up the phone?

@MonkeyMonk: 30 Rock FTW!

I don't like their roast beef cause its a strange shade of gray.

With With Juice Sauce?

How about I eat some salsa sauce next to the automatic ATM machine?

@AceKicker: @NameGoesHere: See, the issue is with the prices staying the same/being raised for smaller portions.

Being a non-beef-eater, I've always really loved the chicken fingers 'snack' meal at Arby's (the chicken is white breast meat, not ground and pressed together). It used to be just under three dollars in Canada, for two fingers and some fries. It's now a full dollar more, and the chicken fingers are noticeably smaller.

@AceKicker: @NameGoesHere: "Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ." :D

I also noticed that the 4 for $5 Beef & Cheddar deals they used to have (as recently as a couple years ago) are now 3 for $5.

Arby's is still delicious, no doubt, but the prices have steadily gotten higher for either the same portions or the prices stay the same for significantly lower portions. In a way, this is why I'm glad my nearest Arby's is a bit of a trip for me (45 minutes or so).

Does this mean they have shrunk the "Jr." size again?

I'm convinced that companies are using the current economy to overcharge way beyond what increasing costs require. Even with a tripling in the cost of fuel, does bottled water need to increase in price 20%? The per-case transportation cost increase is quite small after all. Wouldn't a 5% increase be enough? Shrinking product sizes is very inflationary, usually leading to de-facto double-digit price increases. In other news, my Fritos bag just got decreased in size by 1/4 oz, and increased in price by 30¢. What appears to be a piddling change amounts to 18% price increase.

Hypothetically, say I go to Arby's once a week for lunch and get the same sandwich. It's the perfect size and completely satisfies me. If Arby's reduces the size too much it's not like I'm going to buy a second sandwich -- I'm just going to feel unsatisfied with their lunch and stop going there altogether.

I'm already starting to feel this sensation at the grocery store (there are products that just don't excite me anymore at their smaller size) but I would think it would be much worse at a restaurant.

@AceKicker: Great minds, eh?

Are smaller portions in our society really a bad thing? ;)

You know, fast food may be the one exception where the grocery shrink ray could be a GOOD thing. We as a country could probably benefit for getting less food in their scarf bag.

Of course we still deserve to know about it, but looking at this notice it looks like Arby's is giving due notice

I think blaming the president might help a little bit too.

Unfortunately in reality higher prices for everything are pretty much here to stay regardless of how much you may gnash your teeth and use witty terms to describe how things are changing.

FYI - I don't know if this is nationwide or not, but I can say for a fact that Arby's restaurants in the Pittsburgh area are selling roast beef sandwiches and curly fries for .99/each today only. I'll be going there for lunch later. :)

Our Arby's stopped serving regular fries. Now you can only get curly fries. This stinks since I like regular fries.
I now have to go to the McDs down the road to get fries when I get a sandwich from Arbys. I know u might think it's weird, but hey, it's what I want.

This would explain some things.I kind of suspected that petroleum was a major ingredient in their Arby-Q...

I am really craving an Arby's sandwich right now. I wouldn't had thought of Arby's if it weren't for this thread.

@ohyeahright:

I only eat at Arby's about once every 2-3 months. The stores in my area are depressing (understaffed, slow, etc) and the food mediocre. They used to be better back in the day.

I'm in that region, and I'll have to go check out the Arby's stuff. I usually get chicken, though, rather than roast beef. The extra prices might be worth it though, if I get to hear the guy on the drive-thru singing and muttering "I'm bored" rather than taking my order. Turns out his headset was accidentally on lock or something.

@SkokieGuy: Also, is there something vaguely disturbing to anyone else about the concept of "Horsey Sauce"?

The first time I'd even heard the term was in college. I was at a drive through and this particular clerk was very loud & proud. So he says "Do you want some Arby's sauce or Horsey sauce with that?" and I almost laughed right in his face. Between his delivery and that stupid name...

I really though he just couldn't pronouce horseradish or something, until quite a while later and I actually saw a packet of the stuff in person. Such a dumb name, especially given the color and texture of the stuff.

Oklahoma, Kansas, Michigan, and Arkansas?

In the town my college is in, they (being the only 24-hour fast food place) changed their 5 for 5.95 to 5 for 6.95, around last september when school started...I don't even want to think what they're going to do with an actual reason to increase their prices.

They know they have a good deal going because they also put in wireless...it's just hard to hate our arby's.

Welcome to the new reality of shopping - low prices and even lower portions!

However the silver lining from all this is that this may alleviate America's obesity problem. After all if you eat less, smaller portions, then you'll pack on fewer pounds. Right?

The Chicagoland Arby's promotion is 4 for $5. These plain roast beef (alleged) sandwiches used to be 5 for $5 about a year back.

Also, is there something vaguely disturbing to anyone else about the concept of "Horsey Sauce"?