The Stacking Benjamins Show · Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Len Penzo returned to The Stacking Benjamin Show to present his 18th annual sandwich survey, a method he uses to measure inflation. He started the survey 18 years ago to compare the cost of making his children's lunches at home versus buying school lunches.
“How much does a sack lunch sandwich cost today versus a year ago?”
“Len Penzo is back with his famous school lunch sandwich survey.”
“This is the 18th year. Unbelievable. I just thought thought of that, 18 years of doing this is just crazy.”
“I just thought thought of that, 18 years of doing this is just crazy. But 18 years ago, when my kids were small, and I was pinching pennies and I wanted to know, well, is it cheaper to just give them the school lunch or is it, should I, you know, do the brown bag thing?”