CO-HOST | Make Money by Cutting the Hidden Costs That Keep You Broke

Summary

Travis Makes Money – Episode Summary

Title: CO-HOST | Make Money by Cutting the Hidden Costs That Keep You Broke
Date: July 8, 2026
Host: Travis Chappell
Co-host/Producer: Eric

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Travis welcomes his producer Eric into the studio to tackle the often-overlooked “creeping” costs that drain our wallets—particularly food delivery app fees and rising fast food prices. The conversation, delivered in a casual, humorous, and conversational tone, weaves through personal anecdotes, current trends, and practical tips for reducing unnecessary spending. Rather than focusing on strict self-denial, Travis emphasizes making smarter choices to free up more money to enjoy life now and in the future.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The True Cost of Food Delivery Apps

• Breakdown of Delivery Fees (02:12–03:49):
  • The co-hosts play and react to a viral video illustrating how a $4.99 iced coffee can balloon to nearly $20 after hidden service, delivery, and priority fees, plus tip.
  • Quote: “$19.13 for what? A large iced coffee? … Why can’t I get an iced coffee? It’s because you didn’t pay the $1.99 priority fee.” (Announcer, 03:05)
• Advice on Cutting Out Delivery Apps (04:27–05:34):
  • Travis advocates deleting delivery apps if struggling financially:
    Quote: “If you’re struggling with money, you should for sure delete that off your phone. Get rid of the temptation.” (Travis, 04:33)
  • The only reasonable argument for these expenses is when the time savings exceeds the value of your own working hour.

2. The “Dollar Value” of Your Time (06:13–07:21)

• Do the Math:
  • If outsourcing tasks (like meal delivery) frees you to do high-value work, it may be justified—but only if you actually use that time productively, not just for leisure or scrolling on your phone.
  • Quote: “You actually have to be doing the work that can’t be outsourced, that you get paid a lot of money to do.” (Travis, 07:02)

3. Eating Out, Calories, and Budgeting

• Delivery Habits Lead to Overspending (12:26–13:58):
  • COVID exacerbated food delivery spending for many—even leading Travis to $3,000/month on delivery at one point.
  • Individual small orders feel harmless but compound quickly across days and weeks.
  • Quote: “Each individual order doesn’t feel like it’s that much ... but then it’s, ‘Oh, we got it for lunch and we got it for dinner’ ... five days out of the week.” (Travis, 13:47)
• Food Delivery & Weight Loss (13:05–13:24):
  • Eric notes that cutting back on delivery not only saves money but often leads to healthier eating and weight loss because you’re less tempted to over-order.
  • Quote: “Good habits tend to compound.” (Travis, 13:26)

4. How Fast Food Prices Have Skyrocketed (14:04–23:50)

• Interactive “Then vs. Now” Price Game (14:59–23:50):
  • Eric quizzes Travis on the prices of McDonald’s menu items from 1995 versus 2026.
  • Notable price jumps:
    • Big Mac: $1.99 → $6.72
    • Big Mac Meal: $2.99 → $11.39
    • Cheeseburger: $0.69 → $3.99
    • Fries: $1.29 → $5.39
    • Egg McMuffin: $1.19 → $4.29
      Quote: “A Big Mac meal in 2026 is $11.39.” (Eric, 19:39)
  • This segment highlights the inflation of fast food, often eclipsing the perceived “budget-friendly” image.

5. Dining Decisions—Fast Food vs. Sit-down (23:23–24:07)

• Value Proposition Has Shifted:
  • With fast food so expensive, many consumers now perceive better value dining at sit-down restaurants.
  • Quote: “I feel like I can spend 18 bucks and not feel satisfied at a fast food place.” (Eric, 23:34)

6. Food, Inflation, and Industry Trends (24:10–25:32)

• Industry Struggles & Appetite Shifts:
  • Franchise bankruptcies (e.g., Popeyes franchisee) illustrate changing market realities.
  • The rise in GLP-1 use (weight loss medications) may be contributing to lower foot traffic and shrinking appetites in the fast food industry.
  • Quote: “Their appetites are literally just not as high … those companies are experiencing a massive decrease in foot traffic now.” (Travis, 24:48)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• The Classic Travis Take:

  • “Money only solves your money problems. It’s easier to solve the rest of your problems with money in the bank. So stop spending it all on DoorDash.”
    (Travis, 25:51)

• On Hidden Health Costs:

  • “When you stop eating out a bunch, you realize how much you’re losing in calories … and how much you’re saving money.”
    (Eric, 22:45)

• On Small Habits Compounding:

  • “Good habits tend to compound.”
    (Travis, 13:26)
  • “Bring a lunch to work. I don’t know why that’s so vilified … it’s not that difficult to pack a lunch.”
    (Travis, 07:22)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment / Topic | |------------|-------------------------------------------------| | 02:12–03:49| Viral video breaking down food delivery fees | | 04:27–05:34| Advice: delete delivery apps if struggling | | 06:13–07:21| Time value of money vs. convenience | | 12:26–13:58| How delivery & eating out increased spending | | 14:59–23:50| Fast food price guessing game: 1995 vs. 2026 | | 23:23–24:07| Fast food vs. sit-down restaurant value | | 24:10–25:32| Industry trends, appetite changes, bankruptcies |

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Takeaways & Practical Tips

• If you’re struggling with money: Delete food delivery apps to remove temptation and unnecessary expenses.
• Before justifying paid convenience: Honestly assess if your time is actually being spent productively; don’t outsource tasks just to waste the extra time.
• Be aware of price creep: Regular review of spending can reveal how seemingly small expenses (delivery, eating out) can snowball to significant sums each month.
• Fast food isn’t as “cheap” as it used to be: Consider meal prepping or opting for better-value sit-down experiences.
• Stacking good habits: Cutting delivery saves both money and calories, leading to compounding benefits for your wallet and health.

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Final Thought

The episode is a candid and often hilarious look at how our everyday choices around food and convenience compound both in terms of dollars spent and health outcomes. Travis and Eric encourage listeners to confront these “hidden costs,” make empowered decisions that fit their real circumstances, and cut what no longer serves their financial goals—without resorting to deprivation or guilt.

Transcript

[Eric]

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[Travis]

for a great day.

[Eric]

Fuel to start whatever's next. Quaker Official sponsor of FIFA World Cup 26.

[Travis]

I oh, let's go.

[Announcer]

I oh, let's go.

[Travis]

You're listening to the Travis Makes Money podcast presented by GoHighLevel.com for a free 30 day trial of the best all in one digital marketing software tool on the planet, just go to gohighlevel.com travis. What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the Travis Makes Money podcast, where it's a mission to help you make more money on this episode of the show. My producer is here in studio. What is up?

[Eric]

Nothing much. I'm stuffed right now.

[Travis]

Stuffed with.

[Eric]

I went to a seafood place today. Is that true? No, I'm just kidding. I just went out to eat, but I ordered duck. And you know the worst part of ordering duck at a restaurant?

[Travis]

What's that, Eric?

[Eric]

When you get the bill.

[Travis]

Thanks for that setup.

[Eric]

It's funny because the bill is not edible, and it's also what you do when you pay.

[Travis]

Oh, okay. I get it now. Thanks for the.

[Eric]

Every time I think of the bill, I think of the Jerry Seinfeld bit where he's like, what does this mean? The check?

[Travis]

You know, I don't think I saw that.

[Eric]

I know. I'll pull it up.

[Travis]

Yeah, we'll watch it later.

[Eric]

It's not that funny.

[Travis]

On our own time. It's not that funny.

[Eric]

But I always think about it.

[Travis]

You think about it every time.

[Eric]

Every time. So it had no impact on me. Anyway, I wanted to show you this little video I saw, and it's just a little cutesy little video, and I thought it was funny. And then I thought you could talk about. You go on one of your classic Travis rants. Trademark Travis rants. Travis takes trance.

[Travis]

We'll workshop it.

[Eric]

So this is a video on food delivery app fees. So it's a man with a whiteboard.

[Travis]

Oh, yeah, this guy's great.

[Eric]

Have you seen this one?

[Travis]

I haven't seen this one. No, I just see all the ones about the.

[Eric]

Guess what? You can't say that in English language a minute from now, okay. Because you're gonna see it and then you can't say, I've never seen it.

[Travis]

Thank you.

[Announcer]

Large Iced Coffee's $4.99. You would pay 4.99 plus tax. No, you would pay 575 plus tax. You'll see how. It's because the restaurants raised the menu prices to cover the fees, which means the total you would pay would be $6.15. No. What would you think? That's not enough. You'll say it's because you still need to add the 499 service fee. That's why. Which means the total you would pay would be $11.14. No. Why would you think that's still not enough? You'll see. It's because you still need to pay the 399 delivery fee. It's because. That's why. Which means the total you would pay would be $15.13. No, how do you. You still need to add a tip. You'll see how. So let's say that you tipped $4. Then that means the total you would pay would be $19.13. $19.13 for what? A large iced coffee? No, what would you think? It's a large warm coffee. Why can't I get an iced coffee? It's because you didn't pay the 199 priority fee, which means the driver's not prioritizing your delivery. Why do I have to pay all for an iced coffee? It's because. That's why. So.

[Eric]

So. I saw that. I thought you'd like that because.

[Travis]

Have you seen his other videos?

[Eric]

Maybe.

[Travis]

No. That's a no. You can just say no.

[Eric]

Well, you said one about. About English. Is it like. Is. Is he done? The ones where it's, like, how it's pronounced when it's like gh or whatever. Maybe.

[Travis]

I have.

[Eric]

I've seen versions of that video.

[Travis]

Yeah, because you built that character of, like, you. You don't see how. Yeah, it's because. That's why.

[Eric]

Yeah, that. So I thought you liked that. And I thought that would kick off one of your trademarked Travis rants about food delivery services because you were. You said something the other day that made people feel funny in their tummy.

[Travis]

I did?

[Eric]

Yeah. You said people should delete the doordash app off their phone.

[Travis]

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Eric]

And they should.

[Travis]

If you're struggling with money, you should for sure delete that off your phone. Get rid of the temptation.

[Eric]

Okay.

[Travis]

Because of that. That's insane. And he's totally correct.

[Eric]

Let me ask you, is $20 too much for an iced coffee?

[Travis]

Yes.

[Eric]

Is $15 too much for an iced Coffee? Is $10 too much for an ice? $4.

[Travis]

Okay, that's great.

[Eric]

Really?

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

How much is iced the best Coffee in the world is the sugar free iced coffee from McDonald's. And I mean that truly. They sponsor me. What's the cost on that?

[Travis]

Probably like 20 bucks.

[Eric]

I only ever order it, so it's like 20 bucks. I'm just kidding. No, the trick is here's a hack. You get the coffee and then you get a bunch of food with it. And then that if you order enough food, it gets rid of the $4 delivery fee.

[Announcer]

There you go.

[Eric]

So you just spend $20, but you don't have to spend the delivery fee. Two to $3.50. Oh, that's great.

[Travis]

That's not bad at all.

[Eric]

It's so good. Have you ever had it?

[Travis]

I have not.

[Eric]

You want to order one? No, no, no.

[Travis]

Okay, yeah, yeah. Delete the delivery apps, people. But again, only if you're struggling with money because there's obviously if you're not

[Eric]

struggling with money, you will have to use the delivery.

[Travis]

Yeah, no kidding. But you. There's the only argument to be made is one of convenience. So it's like if you have done the work of figuring out what your, you know, dollar per hour rate is and doing the work that you do, then reverse engineering that it might make sense for you to pay delivery fees and get it directly to your house and know you're just going to eat Chipotle for lunch every day and it's going to be delivered and that's fine. But if you're struggling with money and using this as purely a convenience factor because you're like, I don't want to go anywhere.

[Eric]

Isn't there something, I feel like you've said this before. It's not you originally. It's like lots of people say it, but as long as if you make more in the hour that it would take you to do the task, it's like, can you afford to go take your clothes to be dry cleaned somewhere or can you afford to go have some or have someone pick up your dry cleaning? Or can you base it on the hourly rate of what your time's worth? Right. Am I butchering that?

[Travis]

No. Do the math. Figure out what your time is worth.

[Eric]

Don't tell me, don't tell me. Tell the people at home.

[Travis]

The problem is you actually have to do the thing instead of not doing anything. You know what I'm saying? Like, I feel like I got into that trap for a little bit where I was like, oh, it's just not worth my time. Let me just pay somebody to do it. But then I would not fill that time with Anything productive you watch, you're

[Eric]

watching Game of Thrones.

[Travis]

It was like, okay, well, that you actually have to be doing the work that, you know, can't be outsourced, that you get paid a lot of money to do. But, yeah, that. That's, to me, like, the really the only argument for food delivery, which is obviously not the vast majority of the people who use food delivery apps. So, yeah, if you're struggling with money, just get rid of that, man.

[Eric]

No, get rid of it.

[Travis]

Bring a lunch to work. I don't know why that's so vilified and looked at as. Or looked down on so much anymore, but it's not that difficult to pack a lunch.

[Eric]

My favorite hack. No, it's not really a hack.

[Travis]

It's just not eating.

[Eric]

Yeah, that does save money.

[Travis]

That's my favorite hack.

[Eric]

I just love doing the. Getting a rotisserie chicken and just eat as much as I can and then I'm done.

[Travis]

It's fine.

[Eric]

You know what I hate? You know what's stupid about calories?

[Travis]

What?

[Eric]

That they exist.

[Travis]

It's furlough.

[Eric]

It's on site with calories. No, but what I hate about calories is that. Hold on, wait. It's loading. I haven't eaten today.

[Travis]

Chicken.

[Eric]

I actually haven't eaten today.

[Travis]

I haven't either.

[Eric]

Me either.

[Travis]

I know. You just said that.

[Eric]

I know. I'm a little lightheaded. No, no, the thing I hate about calories is. Oh. Is like, health influence. Because, like I always say, like, now my bookmarks have a bunch of people that are like, here's my calorie hack. And here's this thing. But I hate when people. And you did this too. I hate it. But it's like, you gotta worry about the sauces, dude. You gotta worry about the little. The licks, the taste, the bites, the nibbles, you know? And it's like.

[Travis]

Did you say the nipples?

[Eric]

The nipple. You gotta worry about the nipples. I've lost ten pounds of nipples.

[Travis]

I cut out nipples for my d. I lost.

[Eric]

I don't eat nipples. And I've lost weight in my nipples. You are what you eat. I'm a giant nipple. I've eaten them all. Nibbling. Okay, whatever. You're distracting me.

[Travis]

We digress.

[Eric]

Undiagnosed adhd.

[Travis]

So anyway, bites, licks, and tastes.

[Eric]

Yeah, but it. Okay, so when I was first counting my calories, I was like, oh, I gotta watch out. I gotta have too much A1 with my steak or with chicken, rotisserie chickens. Like, I like sour cream and hot Sauce, like, oh, we've gotta watch the sour cream. But then when you really look at it, it's like a tablespoon of sour cream is, like, 20 calories. And you know what? I'm willing to have the extra 20 calories. It's so dumb when you. I. But I always see content, and then people are like. And obviously it's guys who are, like, really trying to dial in. And I think some are just being drama queens, but they're like, don't cook the steak with no butter. You know, it's just like, shut up, dude.

[Announcer]

Sure.

[Travis]

But also, I think a lot of people misjudge those because they. In their mind, they're like, it's not a big deal. So they don't. So they'll, like. They'll be like, well, I had a salad for lunch and a salad for dinner. And then they don't account the, like, two cups of ranch that they poured on the salad to make it edible.

[Eric]

But even then, it's two cups of ranch.

[Travis]

Yeah, but you. I'm saying you gotta do the math on that, because I feel like you're on rate. Like, if you're on a razor's edge of calories in and calories out, then the sauces can dump you into a surplus.

[Eric]

Have you seen those videos, though, where the guy is, like, sitting there? He's like, it's. It says how I order at restaurants, and it'll be like, some guy, and he's there. He's like, steak, no butter. Do you have vegetables? And they're like mixed greens. Like, do you have any other kind of vegetables? And like, he's like, very. Like, that's about it.

[Travis]

Anytime. Anytime. You make a restaurant work 10 times harder.

[Eric]

I was trying to.

[Travis]

Because you're on a diet. It's like, just don't go eat there.

[Eric]

I was trying to find that video, but I saw another video pop up instead, and I want to watch it. So can I just do it real quick?

[Travis]

Yeah, just.

[Eric]

Can we pause this real quick? Just kidding. But ordering Chipotle in reverse. Com, That's a good hook. I want to know what that looks like. You just start over here. I'm gonna get a cheese. Cheese. His hands are shaking. He broke that guy's brain. Tomatoes, corn, and then let me get chicken. Let me get all beans. This is how they order in Australia. And let me get a white rice. White rice. That's. Dude, that's so much funnier than that's how they order, because they're down under.

[Travis]

I get it.

[Eric]

So they're doing it upside down.

[Travis]

I get it. It's not. I mean, it's.

[Eric]

I thought it was very funny. Pov ordering Chipotle in Australia. Dump it out onto a plate.

[Announcer]

Yes.

[Eric]

You know what I'm talking about. $100 on the rain bed. Really quick. 11 against. We don't endorse online gambling. Plus $100. You get a bullet.

[Announcer]

Just like.

[Eric]

That's actually how they order in Australia. That is so. That is such a funny. And that was not. I didn't. I just saw this video for the first time. I didn't even plan that.

[Travis]

Wow. That was off the dome.

[Eric]

Yeah, dude, I'm improving. Wow. That's how they order. You know, in Australia, the toilets flush backwards.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

You've been there.

[Travis]

Yeah, I haven't.

[Eric]

Well, that's one of two continents I haven't been to.

[Travis]

Is the other one Antarctica?

[Eric]

Yep.

[Travis]

That makes sense. That's the only continent I have not been to.

[Eric]

You know, someone said I'm incontinent. I was like, we're always incontinence. North America for me. Yeah. The Australia joke.

[Announcer]

They're not all.

[Travis]

They're not all winners.

[Eric]

The Australia joke is so funny. I'm gonna save this so I can make a reel of that. Someone's gonna be like, that's not really how they order in Australia, Eric. Oh, you're such an idiot. Don't ever make a reel again.

[Travis]

That is actually a. Kind of a good plan, though, if you're gonna dump out the food into,

[Eric]

like, a bowl, I guess.

[Travis]

Actually not a bad strategy, I guess.

[Eric]

What's the. What's the period of your life where you ordered the most delivery service? What's the most egregious. You've gone with, like, doordash. Yeah.

[Travis]

It was ridiculous. There was one or two months back in. I want to say it was last month. Yeah. I want to say it was during

[Eric]

COVID That doesn't count. That was a freebie.

[Travis]

But I think it.

[Eric]

Did you take out a PPP loan and buy a bunch of Chipotle?

[Travis]

I think it's. I think it's. We built the habits during COVID and then maintained them for far too long. You know what I mean? Where it was like, oh, let's just order food. Let's just order food. Let's just order food. We looked at the bill one month, and it was like. I think we spent, like, $3,000 on delivery this month.

[Eric]

That is without even trying.

[Travis]

Yeah, right. And it's like. And most of the time, we could have just Gone and gotten like, if there was no reason to do it. Yeah.

[Eric]

I clamped my doordash spending a lot, like three months ago, and I've been pretty. I just locked in everything. I started getting in shape, but also the two go hand in hand.

[Travis]

Yeah, that's very true.

[Eric]

Do I want me. Because then I. Well, the thing is, is like, I hate paying delivery fees, so I would always be like, oh, I'll just grab an extra burger and then just get extra food, whatever. Yeah. And then it's basically all I'm paying is the tip at that point. But now I'm like, well, I can't eat the extra burger.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

So the whole order's shot and I won't do anything.

[Travis]

That's right.

[Eric]

So it kind of goes hand in hand.

[Travis]

But anyway, good habits tend to compound.

[Eric]

I definitely. I definitely. When I was in South Carolina, there was nothing to do but eat. It was 10 o'. Clock. The only thing open is McDonald's, because I guess people all go to bed at 8pm in the South. But I ate a lot of doordash.

[Travis]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Eric]

It was very bad.

[Travis]

Yeah, it can, It's. It can creep.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Because each individual order doesn't feel that. Like it's that much. No. But then it's like, oh, we got it for lunch and we got it for dinner. Yeah, we did that five days out of the week.

[Eric]

And food in general is. Is so expensive.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Announcer]

Well, I was.

[Travis]

I was gonna say just eating out to that degree would be expensive.

[Eric]

Just what was I looking at the other day? It was some menu.

[Travis]

But I feel like there was like a change along the way, though, because I remember when we first started ordering those apps, it was really not that crazy. Like, it felt like you're just like paying for the food and then you're paying for the delivery and a tip. And it's like. That made more sense, but like, like what? He was breaking down that video. It just that that spending creep just started getting worse and worse on delivery apps. So. Yeah. And the thing is, I understand why it makes sense. I'm not even mad at it. You know what I mean? The company has to make money, the restaurant has to make money. The driver has to make money. I understand why they're putting all those in there. But also, you still have a choice to just not do that and do something else. So maybe choose that path for a little bit and see how it works out.

[Eric]

Well, let me, Let me quiz you. Okay. Because this is a McDonald's menu in 1995. Versus 20, 26. And I want you to see if you can guess the prices of each. Okay. Didn't expect to do this again. This is off the dome, this whole episode. I don't know if you can tell. Off the dome.

[Travis]

Wow.

[Eric]

Killing it. All right. 1995, that's when I was born. You were what, 40?

[Travis]

I was three years old. I was actually two and a half when you were born.

[Eric]

Daddy, come and carry McDonald's, please. McDonald's house. That's what he used to say at three. He said, dumb three year old. A Happy Meal.

[Travis]

I like how you're making up a scenario that didn't happen, but also, it's

[Eric]

just a regular scenario, too. It's just. I'm hungry. Oh, you were hungry as a kid, you loser. All right, man. You got to keep it on track today, bro. Okay, so 1985, how much was the Big Mac?

[Travis]

1985 Big Mac. I'm going to go $2.50.

[Eric]

$1.99.

[Travis]

Wow.

[Eric]

A Big Mac meal. $5 299.

[Travis]

299 for a meal, bro. Big Mac meal.

[Eric]

You just called yourself Big Back. A Big Back. That's what they call when you order. Hey, we got a Big Back meal coming through. Get the fryers cleared. We got Travis the Big Back.

[Travis]

Fix the ice cream machine.

[Eric]

They'll never do that.

[Travis]

No, they won't. Cheeseburger, Just like a regular cheeseburger. That sounds. No, a double cheeseburger. I think was on the dollar menu. We got a cheeseburger. Was like 79 cents, 69 cents.

[Eric]

Nice. We got to stop talking about food when I haven't eaten because I'm. I'm actually like, salama. Maybe we could. Dude. Oh, my God. My. I hate TVs.

[Travis]

Because it's a crazy thing to say

[Eric]

just to segue out of this. That's enough of that segment. But I hate how the ads. Because we have, like, an Amazon Fire tv, and the ads are personalized a lot of times based on things that you look up on Amazon or whatever else you're looking online. It's very dialed in. And so literally every other day, it's like Popeyes, New Wings, this. But then today. So I love pizza. Like, pizza and tacos are, like two things I could eat every day. I could actually eat pizza every day and be okay with it. And that sounds so good right now.

[Travis]

It does.

[Eric]

But this morning on the thing, it was like Amazon prime members $5 extra large cheese pizza from Little Caesars. Like, they're the extra, most, bestest, whatever and so I walk out. I'm trying to be good on not ordering a bunch of food and not putting unnecessary calories in my body. And my daughter's just saying TV like, dad, look, $5 pizzas from. We should do that and then do it. And then Tara's like, that's for people at prime. I was like, yeah, we do. But I'm still not going to do that anyway. I might though. I might do that.

[Travis]

It does sound fantastic.

[Eric]

You want one right now?

[Travis]

Our local favorite.

[Announcer]

Our.

[Travis]

Our favorite local pizza spot.

[Eric]

Oh, Papa Murphy's. All right. How much is a quarter? Dude, this is crazy. And I would totally get all my protein from this every day. This was the same Quarter pounder with cheese.

[Travis]

Quarter pounder with cheese. Gotta be similar to the Big Mac. I would assume $2.00.

[Eric]

$1.89.

[Announcer]

Wow.

[Eric]

Six piece nuggets.

[Travis]

$1.50.

[Eric]

$1.59. Large fries.

[Travis]

99 cents.

[Eric]

$1.29. Okay, that's still pricey, I think, for even back then. Did you ever watch Epic Meal Time?

[Travis]

No.

[Eric]

Okay. Really? That was like your era of YouTube too, but they used to do the fast food lasagna. That was like one of their big videos. I'll show you after I'm all over the place today. Anyway. But they would take like, they would order like 55, like Big Macs and they would layer them out like a lasagna and then lay the spread. And then they would pour like ground beef and like chili and they would layer more burgers and sound fire. They'd make epic meals. Anyway. 2026. How much do you think a Big Mac was or is. How much do you think in 2026?

[Travis]

Yeah, back in 20.

[Eric]

How much is a Big Mac at McDonald's in 2026?

[Travis]

So it was a dollar 99.

[Eric]

In 1995, a Big Mac was $1.99. How much is a Big Mac now?

[Travis]

Seven hundred and ninety nine.

[Eric]

Six hundred and seventy two. A Big Mac meal in 1995 was $2.99. What do you think a Big Mac meal is now? I'm asking you these. Like, you don't know? Like you're not at McDonald's every other day.

[Travis]

I'm not.

[Eric]

I know you're not.

[Travis]

Okay. The question is, is it over $10? Is it? I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go under. I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say 9.

[Announcer]

89.

[Eric]

A Big Mac meal in 2026 is $11.39. A cheeseburger now a cheeseburger in 19.

[Travis]

In 1995 was 69 cents.

[Eric]

A McDonald's cheeseburger in 1995 was 69 cents. How much is a cheeseburger now? I know exactly. I knew this without looking.

[Travis]

This is on the value menu. It's no longer the dollar menu.

[Eric]

It's the value. The value menu.

[Travis]

I'm gonna go 250.

[Eric]

3.99, 3.99, 3.99. A quarter pounder with cheese in 1985 was $1.89. How much is a quarter pounder with cheese now?

[Travis]

$6.00.

[Eric]

$6.39. Right on. Six piece McNuggets in 1995 was $1.59. What is the six piece McNuggets in 2026?

[Travis]

Three 99.

[Eric]

Boom. 100% right.

[Travis]

Really?

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Sick.

[Eric]

A large fries. This one's crazy to me. A large fry. And this is actually makes me mad because I don't. I'm not a big fry person. I don't really. I'm not a big. I don't like french fries. The only french fries I like are Wingstop and Five Guys.

[Travis]

I mean, they're all good.

[Eric]

I like all, but I'm not other than that. I never order fries with my food.

[Travis]

I like basically all of those fries. All fast food fries. Carl's Jr. What's your favorite?

[Eric]

French fries? Yes.

[Travis]

In n out fries.

[Eric]

Chick fil a fries are good if I'm in the mood for chick fil a sauce.

[Travis]

Some chick fil a sauce. Fire.

[Eric]

So a large fries in 1995 at McDonald's was $1.29. What is a large fry at McDonald's?

[Travis]

Now, given that you're so upset about it, I'm gonna go because I have

[Eric]

to order it for my family who does like fries. And I'm like, this is so stupid. I'm gonna be 5.50, 5.39.

[Travis]

Jeez.

[Eric]

For fries? Yeah. That is aside. All right. And then an Egg McMuffin in 1985 was $1.19. How much is an Egg McMuffin now?

[Travis]

$4.00.

[Eric]

$4.29. Yeah. That's crazy. Yeah. Food prices are just getting.

[Travis]

Of all of the McDonald's items, I've probably ordered a sausage and egg McMuffin more than any of them.

[Eric]

But can I ask you this, though? Cause I feel like prices. Maybe it's wrong, but I feel like fast food prices to me have noticeably gone up like crazy. Even a couple years ago, I used to go to Taco Bell on the way to work, and I would pick up their $99 breakfast burrito things. I would get 20 of them and bring them to the office for just people. I'd be like, here, you want a sausage? Or whatever. And usually when people walk around say, you want a sausage?

[Travis]

You want a sausage?

[Eric]

HR Gets, hey, you want a sausage?

[Travis]

Hey, you, come here. Come here.

[Eric]

You got to stop asking that. No, it's a breakfast burrito. We're just riffing today. I don't work there anymore. Anywho, I got a mystery item for you.

[Travis]

Yeah, it used to be anyway, but

[Eric]

I would go and get like a bunch. But I feel like now you go to Taco Bell. Like, a cheese quesadilla is like, I think like six bucks or something. It's so expensive.

[Travis]

There's no cheese on it.

[Eric]

And I can make a cheese quesadilla at home for so cheap and so fast and better.

[Travis]

Yeah, exactly. One where the cheese actually makes it to the ends of the quesadilla.

[Eric]

But it's getting. It's getting so pricey. But anyway, I do think, like one of the biggest things that I notice, it's like calories. It's funny that both of these things can be solved, but it's like when you stop eating out a bunch of. You realize how much you're losing in calories or how much you're saving in calories and how much you're saving money. Because the cost of fast food has gotten so astronomically high. But I was gonna ask you this right before we close out. I feel like. Cause I, like now I feel like the cost is so expensive. Where nine times out of 10, if we go out to eat, I'm gonna go to a sit down place that because it's. I can spend 80 bucks. Like the food and get way better food.

[Travis]

I was gonna say the food there has also gone up in price, but not the same degree.

[Announcer]

But I don't.

[Eric]

But that's what I was gonna ask, though. Do you feel like the. Because I still feel like I can get a good meal at a sit down restaurant for like 18 bucks.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Yeah. But I feel like I can spend 18 bucks and not feel satisfied at a fast food place. Like, I don't feel like the prices are raising at the same level. Like, I feel like by that logic, it should be $100 a person.

[Travis]

Right.

[Eric]

At a sit down restaurant.

[Travis]

But it's not to the same degree that, yeah, fast food is raised. Why I would agree with that.

[Eric]

But like, but that's my thing. I was like, why would I go even. Like, if you go to Gordon Ramsay burger on the strip. It's not that much different than going to Five Guys.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

And getting a burger.

[Travis]

It's like a $24 burger.

[Eric]

Yeah. Versus like a $19, whatever, $15 burger. I don't know.

[Travis]

Yeah, that's true.

[Eric]

Just some thoughts I'm just throwing out there.

[Travis]

You know, I agree with that.

[Eric]

I just thinking about stuff that's gotta

[Travis]

have something to do with the margins being squeezed or something. I also saw that there's been a slowing demand for fast food restaurants as a whole. Like there's a lot of them struggling. Like a lot of major fast food chains are strugg.

[Eric]

Think Popeyes just had a big bankruptcy.

[Travis]

Well, there's like a major decrease in foot traffic. But Scott Galloway had an interesting take on this because he was talking about the volume of people who are on some form of a GLP1, which is like 40 or 50 million Americans now, which is a very significant segment of the population and probably also a lot of crossover in the same segment of people who would normally go to fast food restaurants. And so their appetites are literally just not as high as they used to be. So I think those, those companies are experiencing a massive decrease in foot. In foot traffic now to their stores.

[Eric]

Yeah. Popeyes as a corporate brand is not filing for bankruptcy. However, Sailorman Incorporated, a major Miami based franchisee operating 136 locations across Florida and Georgia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and restructuring. 136 locations in Florida too, which is. Yeah.

[Travis]

A place you think Popeyes would do.

[Eric]

I love Popeyes very well. There's spicy chicken sandwich.

[Travis]

Dude, I have not, I've not had popeyes in probably 15 years.

[Eric]

You want some? Their wings are really good. Anyway, let's close out because I'm getting so hungry.

[Travis]

What you made me really want in this episode is a steak quesadilla from Taco Bell.

[Eric]

I'm so hungry.

[Travis]

Some fire sauce.

[Eric]

We order food.

[Travis]

Some a cheesy gordita crunch. The nacho cheese Doritos Locos.

[Eric]

It would be so funny.

[Travis]

Crunch.

[Eric]

It would be so funny if we called Joanna and said, hey, can you order some food

[Travis]

right now?

[Eric]

All right, close this out. I'm so hungry.

[Travis]

All right, that's it for this episode of the show. Remember, money only solves your money problems. It's easier to solve the rest of problems. Money in the bank. So stop spending it all on doordash. Anyway, that's it. Catch you guys next time. Peace.