Spur steak for 50 cents

[Shaun Jacobs]

Spur steak for 50 cents

The rand's purchasing power has been decimated by decades of inflation, with a 300g Cheddamelt Steak from Spur going for 50 cents just fifty years ago.

 

[FiestaST]

“A South African could enjoy a 300g Cheddamelt steak from Spur for R0.50 in the 1970s. Now, the same steak goes for R254.90.”

 

[N@t3]

Them cows are thick now. mmm

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

it's worth about the same amount today

 

[rustypup]

Spamvert using false equivalence for clicks

Symmetry chief investment strategist Izak Odendaal

What a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid... stupidstupidstupid...... advert

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Spur steak for 50 cents

The rand's purchasing power has been decimated by decades of inflation, with a 300g Cheddamelt Steak from Spur going for 50 cents just fifty years ago.

 

[warrenpridgeon]

And my grandfather used to drive from the Vaal to CPT on R15 worth of petrol...

I don't even know why we bother calculating CPI/inflation ... because it's not close to accurate. They rearrange the buckets every year so that "oh look .. it's only like 3% (ON PAPER)" meanwhile in the real world it's 10%+ (easily). Then people get "inflation linked" increases (aka 3 to 5%) so everyone is moving backwards... but discovery hits you with a 10%+ increase yearly etc.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

And my grandfather used to drive from the Vaal to CPT on R15 worth of petrol...

I don't even know why we bother calculating CPI/inflation ... because it's not close to accurate. They rearrange the buckets every year so that "oh look .. it's only like 3% (ON PAPER)" meanwhile in the real world it's 10%+ (easily). Then people get "inflation linked" increases (aka 3 to 5%) so everyone is moving backwards... but discovery hits you with a 10%+ increase yearly etc.

They bother, because them cleeqs brother.

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

Geez this place's prices is just getting out of hand. R255 for a 300g cheddamelt steak?

We went for dinner last night at a local restaurant. My daughter had a 200g Fillet with chips and onion rings for R100
Spur 200g Fillet is R250

 

[warrenpridgeon]

They bother, because them cleeqs brother.

Also people are being paid to do the math... which helps nobody.

 

[Lupus]

Inflation isn't the problem


If we had to go for inflation that steak would only be R28.
Even if we go for 1996 when it was R30

Apparently somewhere between late 80s/early 90s estimated around 93/94

Unknown time period, probably early 80s

Exclude sales tax from this
Ten years ago


Today

 

[Pegging]

“A South African could enjoy a 300g Cheddamelt steak from Spur for R0.50 in the 1970s. Now, the same steak goes for R254.90.”

The cheddamelt steak was 200g since the early 90’s. Didn’t know there was a 300g version.

 

[Lupus]

The cheddamelt steak was 200g since the early 90’s. Didn’t know there was a 300g version.

It was added around the late 90s, but it's not the default

 

[Pegging]

It was added around the late 90s, but it's not the default

Don’t recall it going to 300g in the 90’s. I worked in spur till 2001

 

[Lupus]

Don’t recall it going to 300g in the 90’s. I worked in spur till 2001

I worked at one around 1996/1997 and the 300g was there, but as said it wasn't the default customers asked for it and paid a bit more.

 

[Tantus]

I can't think of anything more revolting than cheese on a lovely rare fillet steak.

 

[warrenpridgeon]

Geez this place's prices is just getting out of hand. R255 for a 300g cheddamelt steak?

We went for dinner last night at a local restaurant. My daughter had a 200g Fillet with chips and onion rings for R100
Spur 200g Fillet is R250

Spur is close enough to Rocomamas pricing now that it isn't even a debate.

Spur	Price	Rocomamas
Spur burger and chips	R119	Rocomamas Old Skool + fries	R116
Spur cheeseburger and chips	R129	Rocomamas Classic cheeseburger + fries	R136
Bacon and cheese burger and chips	R148	Rocomamas Cheese+Bacon burger + fries	R146

 

[Pegging]

I worked at one around 1996/1997 and the 300g was there, but as said it wasn't the default customers asked for it and paid a bit more.

Maybe the store had it added to their menus. The Cape Town ones didn’t have it.

There were spurs up in Joberg that had things like a carpet bag on it that we never had.

 

[Lupus]

Spur is close enough to Rocomamas pricing now that it isn't even a debate.

Spur	Price	Rocomamas
Spur burger and chips	R119	Rocomamas Old Skool + fries	R116
Spur cheeseburger and chips	R129	Rocomamas Classic cheeseburger + fries	R136
Bacon and cheese burger and chips	R148	Rocomamas Cheese+Bacon burger + fries	R146

They are the same

Spur Corporation - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Spur is close enough to Rocomamas pricing now that it isn't even a debate.

Spur	Price	Rocomamas
Spur burger and chips	R119	Rocomamas Old Skool + fries	R116
Spur cheeseburger and chips	R129	Rocomamas Classic cheeseburger + fries	R136
Bacon and cheese burger and chips	R148	Rocomamas Cheese+Bacon burger + fries	R146

Let's not split hairs over price. Everything's expensive now comrade