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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Fuck McDonald's

TheStreet reported that Medium French Fries went from $1.79 in 2019 to $4.19 in 2024, a 134.1 percent increase. A McChicken went from $1.29 to $3.89, a 201.6 percent hike.

The price of the beloved Big Mac increased 87.7 percent, from $3.99 to $7.49. An order of 10 McNuggets rose by 68.8 percent, from $4.49 to $7.58. Of the five popular products examined, cheeseburgers saw the largest price increaseโ€”going from $1 to $3.15, a 215 percent spike.

These increases exceed the general average for inflation calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which shows that prices went up by about 21.5 percent between the end of 2019 and March 2024.

For at least since the pandemic I can get a better burger and fries from an actual restaurant, with probably three or four different places to choose from, for less. McDonald's is good in a particular way, but the two main things they had going for them were convenience and cost. With cost blown away the convenience isn't really enough to carry the day a lot of the time, even when I'm in a rush.

And they did it them fucking selves.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

I can't believe a Big n' Tasty used to be a buck with prices the way they are.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, not that I used to eat fast food a lot but with prices as high as they've gotten I just can't justify it. It's garbage food that's more expensive than sit-down options. Everyone has a phone, so with 10 minutes of pre planning you can order from anywhere and not have to sit there and wait which makes McDonald's lose ground in convenience too.

Pricing is about the only place McDonald's could win, but they're too greedy and we all know it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I don't know why I bother with ordering ahead of time because every time I do they haven't done shit when I get there to pick it up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

Yup, they totally kept jacking prices up to get as much as they can from the consumer.

McDonaldโ€™s execs are not featured in this video but you can bet they were not sitting idly by when others were getting โ€œas much as the consumer can absorbโ€ read: keep increasing prices until sales increases stall.

Nope, just no, screw them.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=psYyiu9j1VI