'On a $5 dollar burger, maybe you make 50 cents': Atlanta restaurants balance beefing-up prices and keeping customers

Labor. Rent. Beef. Buns.

All the way down to the ketchup for your fries, going out for that burger has gotten more expensive. But how much more?

That depends on how much finessing a restaurant owner can do. But they’re restaurateurs, not magicians.

For the latest in our “Pretty Penny” series about what things now cost, WABE’s “All Things Considered” team goes out to lunch.