R.J. Grunt’s New ‘Economy Soup’ Not Such A Bargain



Lake Michigan in January: F’n cold.



When we heard that R.J. Grunt’s had relabeled their famous Temperature Soup (pay the temperature) as Economy Soup (pay yesterday’s Dow, divided by 10,000), we were curious how this would wind up working out for the folks at LEYE. Here’s the cost of a bowl of soup (with entree purchase) over the last seven days, as it would have been under each pricing condition (we checked with R.J.’s, and on days when the market wasn’t open the day before, they’re going with the most recent closing time — so Friday’s close gives you prices for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday):

October 30
Temperature: mid 60s = $0.65
Previous Day’s Dow: 8,990.96 = $0.89

October 31
Temperature: upper 60s = $0.67
Previous Day’s Dow: 9,180.69 = $0.91

November 1
Temperature: mid to high 50s = $0.57
Previous Day’s Dow: 9,336.93 = $0.93

November 2
Temperature: mid 60s = $0.65
Previous Day’s Dow: 9,336.93 = $0.93

November 3
Temperature: lower 70s = $0.73
Previous Day’s Dow: 9,336.93 = $0.93

November 4
Temperature: lower 70s = $0.73
Previous Day’s Dow: 9,319.83 = $0.93

November 5
Temperature: upper 60s = $0.68
Previous Day’s Dow: 9,625.28 = $0.96

Looks like across the board we’re paying more for soup. Unless the Dow tanks into the 2,000s sometime in the next four weeks, it’s unlikely that trend will change.

Of course, if the Dow tanks into the 2,000s sometime in the next four weeks, we’ll all have more to worry about than the gimmick pricing of a bowl of soup.

Economy Soup at R.J. Grunt’s [LEYE]
R.J. Grunt’s [MenuPages]
R.J. Grunt’s [Official Site]

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R.J. Grunt’s New ‘Economy Soup’ Not Such A Bargain