After that stunt with Trump, they will never get my money again.
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There was a Stunt? Only thing I Heard is They sold their food to him (something I wouldnt deem as controversial)
They let Trump do a photo op manning a fryer to mock his opponent that had worked at a McDonald's in her teens. The clown makes burgers. If he wants to play politics, he doesn't get my business.
A fucking McDouble should have never gone over a buck fifty. Fuck McDonald's. They're not paying their employees enough to charge that much.
It doesnโt help that the prices have increased 142% since 2019
Good fuck McDonalds
"We have seen ... an increase in people in various markets saying theyโre going to be cutting back on purchases of American brands," they said.
i'm lovin' it
Oh how the turns have tabled.
Fuck this genocidal disinfo.
Imperial news is a mouthpiece for imperial capitalism.
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 increaseโgoing 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.
I can't believe a Big n' Tasty used to be a buck with prices the way they are.
Yup, they totally kept jacking prices up to get as much as they can from the consumer.
McDonaldโs execs are not featured in this video but you can bet they were not sitting idly by when others were getting โas much as the consumer can absorbโ read: keep increasing prices until sales increases stall.
Nope, just no, screw them.
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.
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.
It all depends where you live, but I can go to a proper sit-down restaurant, one of the cheaper ones, but still a sit-down restaurant that actually cooks real food, and spend as much or less than I would at McDonald's.
I can even get a pint of beer with a sit down meal for not far off the cost of McDonalds.
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