SortStack #1466 — 2030-06-14
By price · Order from cheapest to most expensive.
- A grande latte at Starbucks $4.50
The coffee beans in a latte cost the chain well under fifty cents — milk, labor, and rent make up most of what you pay.
- A Dyson Airwrap hair styler $600
Dyson spent about 100 million pounds developing the Airwrap, using the same tiny high-speed motor technology as its vacuums.
- A French Bulldog puppy from a breeder $4.5K
Frenchies can't swim and most can't give birth naturally — nearly all are delivered by C-section — yet they became America's most popular breed.
- A new Ferrari 296 GTB $340K
Ferrari deliberately limits production below demand — the company makes more profit per car than almost any automaker, and the waitlist is part of the product.
- The largest lottery jackpot ever won, a single-ticket Powerball prize $2B
The 2022 winner, a California man, took the lump sum of just under a billion dollars — then made headlines buying multiple mansions.
- SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, the most expensive stadium ever built $5.5B
Because it sits under the LAX flight path, the roof had to stay low — so builders dug the field about 30 meters below ground level.