How Arby's Roast Beef By The Pound Actually Works - Tasting Table

"Arby's has the meats, but imagine if you could have them, too. Not just a little bit of meat, a lot of meat. Arby's will share the goods if you order from its catering menu. There, you can buy roast beef by the pound. There is a little catch to how this works, though; you can't just load up a sandwich with a pound of beef at your leisure."

"A typical Arby's roast beef sandwich is made with around 3 ounces of beef. That means you're getting just over five sandwiches per pound. This aligns with the info on Arby's catering page, which suggests a pound will make four to six servings. One pound of beef is $12. Five pounds works out as 20 to 30 sandwiches for $60."

"At $12 per pound, Arby's roast beef works out to $0.75 per ounce. That's cheaper than some brands of roast beef you'll find at Walmart. It's also cheaper than the roast beef at Publix, some of which is nearly $20 per pound. The unique way that Arby's prepares its beef makes it a lot more appealing to some than typical deli meat, so this is an attractive deal."

Arby's offers roast beef by the pound on its catering menu with a five-pound minimum purchase. A typical roast beef sandwich contains about 3 ounces of beef, so one pound yields roughly four to six servings and five pounds yields about 20 to 30 sandwiches for $60. One pound costs $12, which equals $0.75 per ounce. An option including 24 buns and five pounds of beef costs $68, about $2.83 per sandwich after buns. The catering option provides cheaper per-sandwich meat than retail deli brands and in-store double meat, while preassembled ten-packs cost $47.90.

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