Fast Food Prices Are Just Ridiculous

[@MassiveiusBiggus]

Increasing prices of fast food is the main reason why I finally stopped eating it and got healthier. Thank God for price gouging and inflation.

[@phishinround420]

Truth. Never been in better shape and genuinely looking out for my health. Avoiding sugar made such a difference. Mostly due to prices, but also just tired of slop.

[@Meitti]

You got healthier by stopping eating altogether? What is sustaining you right now? Happy thoughts and unicorn farts?

[@MassiveiusBiggus]

@phishinround420 There is a method in this madness.

[@MassiveiusBiggus]

@null40 I dunno, for me Asmongold just needs to be himself.

[@MassiveiusBiggus]

@@Meitti No, power of the sun and magnetic field of the earth.

[@cypherdroid]

Why should I spend 15 dollars at McDonald's when I can buy a full meal with much better quality and healthy from the same amount in a regular restaurant.

[@existinginaspace8347]

Because speed.

[@TheSUPERWIND2023]

The concept of it was about speed and affordability. Saying McDonalds is a luxury is like saying processed cheese is exotic. You have low income households and college students who can't even afford groceries.

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@cypherdroid *DONT LET THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THEN BE SHOCKED WHEN HYPERINFLATION SETS IN*

[@woolgathrr]

I don't think it's really going to be healthier. Same seed oils, additives, etc for the most part.

[@sir_quirkus7206]

You can also go to grocery store get some patties and buns and you’ll spend 12$ for 6 burgers

[@raisti6608]

Here in Germany it actually makes no difference anymore if you go to a chain (McD/BurgerKing and so on) or an artisanal burger shop. Pricing is basicly the same for both, but lets be honest quality wise they are worlds apart.

[@5WIM]

wunderbar

[@HirokiFtF]

and remember the price small fries cost 3,29€ and a cheesburger 2,69€

[@IchDuForeverExplorering]

in austria burgers in turkish pizza stops cost from 5- 20 € mostly they are shit, there are no burger shops and if they are they are shit too, like the pizza stops without the pizzas and pastas, but additionally shitty fired chickenstripes

[@joshredman3054]

Is it true they have a McDonald's in Deutschland where you can pick up your food in a boat?

[@cajampa]

​@@IchDuForeverExploreringBro cook your own burger. It is crazy easy, fast much cheaper and way healthier to make one yourself.

[@itmekobb8075]

I remember when subway had $5 footlongs now they are $13 footlongs

[@pinkfreud62]

Use to get their .99 cent 6" meatball subs. Haven't had one in a decade.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

And also the quality has dropped substantially. I was just talking to my buddies about this on a long trip the other day, we all simultaneously decided we're done with Subway independently lol. But seriously, it used to be actually pretty good. When I was younger (I'm 30 now) a Subway sandwich actually was better than anything you could make at home now it's legitimately much worse, and the price has effectively TRIPLED at the same time

[@_clownworld]

To be fair subway has had 2 footings for 12.99 for awhile

[@blackwell95]

My wife runs 9 subways, we dont own them. Food cost has risen alot since covid, 1 example is Bacon. A case use to cost around 60 dollars, now it 150 doallars. All other foods havewent up as well. Add in labor costs (everyone thinks the should be paid 20\ hr) They cant make a 5 dollars sandwhich without loosing money. Not sure how this is will other resturant chains.

[@_clownworld]

@ this is what people don’t understand. Businesses are barely making money. People are dumb

[@martinalbert29]

$5 used to go a very long way in almost all chains.

[@d.b.1176]

Yup, now you can’t get a drink and fries for $5

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@martinalbert29 maybe you shouldn’t have willingly let the government shut down the economy for a few years, just to be shocked when hyper inflation set in

[@TheRedRaven_]

Jack in the Box used to have 2 tacos for $1, that's 10 tacos that would more than fill you up in one sitting, in fact it's too much. Sadly they no longer have that deal but it's whatever, I stopped eating fast food a long time ago.

[@TimeFadesMemoryLasts]

@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 why do you assume he willingly let the government shut down the economy? Do you know him?

[@creepyrobsta5509]

@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 Yeah, because you clearly stopped the government.

[@jawnmorrison110]

Just 15 years ago $15 fed 3 people.

[@DoppelgangerTH]

And now it can barely feed one. Lovely

[@houssamassila6274]

fed 5 people*

[@zzygyy]

My food cost $10.00 a day. Home cooked meals, shop at costco twice a month. Grass fed beef. Costco rotisserie chickens everything else organic. Save money anyway you can

[@deutscherfischer55]

@@houssamassila6274*3 Americans or 5 people

[@Bender_B._Rodriguez]

remember when you could get 2 whoppers for $5? That was just 5 years ago.

[@adjuchasbrokk8033]

I remember when "self-service" checkouts were being pushed with promise that the savings from having to hire less staff could be passed on to the customer. Spolier! Only the business saved money.

[@ragnell27]

Still liked the self serve because I could go faster. Now to many people shoplifted and they are taking them away.

[@rythmikeffect]

Bingo

[@kinglewis6553]

​@@ragnell27that's not necessarily true most retail theft is from employees and Walmart even lost a class action suit because they were caught running a "scam" accusing people of stealing from the self checkout. And charging people $250 each to avoid law enforcement. It was revealed they made millions from doing that

[@basicfacekick]

Self-checkout is as much a joke as it is a boon. I like being able to do it myself, that's the ONLY benefit. It was cost-savings for the business otherwise. However, companies spent billions to retrofit every store with these complex systems, plus anti-theft measures, rather than just pay checkers. So was money really saved? Suddenly they realize that theft went up when you trusted people to do an employee's job, too. It's almost like CEOs aren't giga-brained.

[@thekurtrussell4007]

Actually, your prices are going up because the self services are actually costing them money because of theft

[@BlueEternities]

I work in a restaurant where we make everything from scratch, the most expensive meal on the menu is $16 (8oz steak sandwich), and we still turn a very respectable profit. Fast food companies are gouging you in order to pay 50+ levels of management, not for the food.

[@madladh]

In Japan, if a product does not match the advertised image, it can be subject to penalties. And also, products are not allowed to display images of fruits if they do not contain any fruit in them. And products are not allowed to display images of peeled or sliced fruits unless they are 100% pure fruit.

[@SkunkShrimp]

You can't even compare mcodnalds in america to japans! Japans McDonald's tastes different in a better way, looks better, and someone actually separated the pickle 😁 The porportions are also half of america's.

[@Colki12]

I'm a fat European and a normal japanese MickeyD Menu fills me up. Also it only costs about 6 Euros/Dollar and you can get Edamame and corn or chicken nuggets as a side dish instead of fries or salad.

[@lapislazuli6136]

Yeah it has to be 1:1 size on ads

[@qunas101]

Japan has based consumer protection. They can't even put realistic fruit images on bottles if the juice content is lower than 90% or something

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

​@@SkunkShrimp that's what a competent government that allows a free market does US free market is anywhere from free and the incompetent government encourages it while taxing small businesses out of the game

[@poppy1x3]

Sell cheap junk food, make it expensive junk food and now they are wondering why people don't buy it? They tried to price gauge the people who went there for the sole reason being fast and cheap. Now it's neither.

[@dtex_zero]

It doesn't really matter price gouging only works in the short term. But no doubt people will be asking for this to be regulated which is insane. If your product gets too expensive, people are simply going to go to local food places instead.

[@MrVvulf]

I went to a Mexican restaurant last Saturday (in Youngsville, NC). Free chips and salsa. Free refills on my Iced Tea. Had a delicious Taco Salad with grilled chicken, menu price $11.50 (at dinner time, not a cheaper lunch menu). Even with leaving a 20% tip it was under $20. Left full and happy. Why on earth would I ever go to McDonalds, Burger King, or Taco Bell again? No reason, and I won't.

[@Yomamahouse6996]

Maybe it will drive people to eat healthier

[@bigta1982]

They are not wondering why people are not buying it. People are buying it, they are just complaining about the price.

[@ErgoProxy12345]

it is still decently fast…. but no longer cheap

[@MAGATRON-DESTROY]

Remember the 99 cent Whopper? That fueled our road trips and now a burger the same size is around $10 now

[@bg7290]

At way worse wuality and you also wait 10 mins to get it. And they ask you to get out of the queue and park to wait on them. Ngl in the winter you are paying money for them to cool your food down walking it out

[@Wentwerth713]

​@bg7290 and they still get your order wrong.

[@jensenraylight8011]

McDonalds, Chipotle and taco bell should behave themself, or else the Chinese Food Giant might wipe the floor with them, Big serving with affordable price. just like what they did with everything

[@Sgt_Turkigreyvi]

They charge more and the burger is smaller and lower quality.

[@tee4222]

99c 5-layer burrito was my lifeline for a while. Last time I went there the price for 1 was $5

[@karld4737]

They’re not going to lower the prices unless people stop buying it.

[@SPAMSPAM-p3v]

Fast food is cheap on the app with deals. I won't stop buying it

[@lightoftheworld417]

@@SPAMSPAM-p3v 😂

[@Al_ucard]

@@SPAMSPAM-p3vhave you ever stopped and asked yourself why that is? You do you, but they’re extremely motivated to get you to download their app for a reason

[@lyndza1989]

@@SPAMSPAM-p3v thats the ONLY way i buy or i go else where. i only order subway when its buy 1 get 1 free for my family.. so its still worth it.. but when they dont work i dont go

[@Hunter_17825]

@@SPAMSPAM-p3v here's the target audience for they were aiming for lmao

[@SixBladesKojiro]

There has been a trend in the gaming industry of "speaking with your wallet". That needs to be applied to all facets of consumerism. Its working in gaming and it will work in all categories. Our wallets hold all the power.

[@PraxesArdenn]

Gamers have been slurping up bullshit and asking for more for like 30 years. There is a very very slight recent trend in a positive direction, but let's not act like that's purely because of business practices. Gaming is still home to some of the most anti-consumer practices imaginable.

[@bobby-and2crows]

Man, i do feel it does hurt the companies; but overall; i just makes me feel like am not stupid. And I love indulging in that feeling and giving the little north african money i got to people who at least wont scam me.

[@JazzberryJammm]

the downside is that there is probably a huge mass of people who will still happily eat shit and vote with their wallets like that

[@intermidable]

I've been screaming this at the top of my lungs for 10+ years since I entered adulthood. I simply do not understand how people keep going along with these absolutely abhorrent businesses with their evil practices. Whenever someone tells me I'm being dramatic, I tell them I wish a lot more people would be a lot more dramatic, because we'd be in a lot better of a place as consumers.

[@far2noble386]

@@PraxesArdenn ahhh yes cuz concord lasted more then 2 weeks in your mind

[@COA5T]

I got an air fryer and a rice cooker and stopped eating fast food about a year and a half ago.

[@Togmot]

Air fryers are garbage. The amount of plastic being heated on them coating your food in toxic fumes is just insane. Just fry things in lard or talllow. A million times better for you.

[@MrVvulf]

This is the way. With boneless/skinless chicken breast regularly under $3/lb., why even go to fast food? A good rice cooker pays for itself in a few months, and can keep rice warm for hours without drying out. (Zojirushi ftw). Vary the meats and vegetables to avoid tedium. That diet has been working for Asia and Africa for thousands of years.

[@jackcanox4015]

Amen brother

[@CosmicAeon]

and you can literally buy this stuff for the cost of 3-4 fast food meals anyway. No reason to ever buy fast food these days.

[@Runelee1]

Fr. I can't wait for 2040's when we sit back and watch the fast food chains fight the health insurance companies in the 2nd Corpo War.

[@Dontrolling]

I just told my mom she can’t afford to eat out anymore. She didn’t understand what I was talking about so I looked at her bank statements added up just one page worth of fast food restaurants she goes to which is typical places like Dunkin, McDonald’s, Chinese etc. It came out to over $200 and she only buys once a week. She finally understood and now we’re meal prepping and I’m learning to make her favorite foods at home. The fact that prices are increasing when they quality is exactly the same is ridiculous.

[@Kydino]

People are straight up re learning struggle meals from the 20s-30s to get by these days. Crazy stuff

[@Andy-im3kj]

@@Kydino At this point we better get all the knowledge and experience out of our grandparents and great-grandparents (if you're blessed to still have them around). I've been doing alot of Depression era stuff in my life to save money. I'm talking about saving bacon grease, tallow, learning how to sew clothes, making foods from scratch, etc. People really need to live below their means and that in my opinion is crushing America.

[@LiberPater777]

The quality has gone down actually. Sizes have gotten smaller, less sauce, less veg. Take a look at the patties next time for example. They're charging far more for far less.

[@MadAtMax.300Blackout]

​@@Andy-im3kj what millions of people died for was to protect the right to the pursuit for future generations. That pursuit is being severely and harshly denigrated. That's the problem.

[@anomalyraven]

I can eat out once a month on a monthly salary of $2082 (converted my currency to USD) but even that is too much really. Now after christmas I've decided to just skip out on lunch entirely - it saves me money and time. Inflation s*cks.

[@ShortFlicksDelight]

An old distro I worked at just made 2 mil extra by cutting costs from everything by pay and bonus cuts, budget cuts, and even as low as asking employees for donations to their “fundraiser” all companies are going cheap.

[@dragonman910]

Fast food used to be a go-to option for people years ago because it was fast and cheap. Quality was okay, but that was expected because it was fast and cheap. Now it's neither fast or cheap, the quality is worse than ever, and you're paying restaurant pricing for lackluster food. That's why I almost never buy fast food.

[@claytonbearden7793]

Man i ate a "Hardee's Breakfast" and got a biscuit with egg and bacon omg it was flat and the bacon had the texture of hard candy

[@MetaITurtle]

If you come to Florida and go to a tourist attraction, the food is like 3x more expensive than it should be. I payed 25$ for a burger, fries and a drink (this was Seaworld)

[@allenstanley3418]

No tip though

[@Zikoom]

I dont think quality was ok when they need to advertise that its 100% real beef now.

[@jzeat1480]

Applebees cheeseburger and fries 6$. McDonald’s cheeseburger and fries 7.50 😅

[@mikelizard3730]

Guys, there's this crazy thing that happens, where when people stop buying a product, the product's producers need to change what they're doing.

[@PitbullfromNM]

exactly this

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

*DONT SHUT DOWN GLOBAL ECONOMIES AND BE SURPRISED WHEN HYPER INFLATION SETS IN*

[@iankinard8785]

Walmart americans do not understand boycotts and moderation.

[@hiram-2211]

tell it to the normies

[@YeeLeeHaw]

Yeah, they all need to become plant based. It is not sustainable and has never been sustainable and now with a already pressured economy and increasing volatility for crops we can't sustain the level of animal agriculture that we have.

[@ryangarcia605]

mcdonalds is like resturant prices now in europe

[@randybobandy9828]

It's like restaurant prices in the US. Me and my GF were able to get a tavern style meal for $35... Which would be about the same price as McDonald's but with smaller burgers.

[@Prochon666]

They where BullShitting from the start : we are restaurant-mcdonalds...like,Any restaurants u pay after meal...why i pay like for kebab ?. Right Now it's cheaper in eu to eat in REAL restaurant VS fake LIKE mcdownalds or kfc ....this is BS

[@amisfitpuivk]

$13 for a meal that’s half the calories and tastiness as taco bell for $9. Luxe box is love

[@zulubeatsprince]

If people are still paying these prices then id say they're not too high.. no one is forced to buy fast food.

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

Yeah, cause you all let the world governments shut down supply chains for the common cold

[@capulater]

If fast food chains are replacing humans with machines in order to save money, do you think the owners will reduce prices? Nope. They know that people will still pay the higher prices and they'll just take the extra money and pocket it.

[@allways28]

the fast food shareholders demand infinite growth , but with a Mc Ds in every town saturation is achieved so they just make the burgers smaller and more expensive.

[@RDV333]

Almost all economic issues are caused by the insanity of shareholders demanding infinite growth and stable profit margins.

[@GruntoSkunko]

@@RDV333 Capitalism must be replaced.

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@allways28 this has mostly to do with the ceasing of economies, shutting down supply chains and terrible governance in general. This was all avoidable. You and people like you let hyper inflation be a thing

[@TimeFadesMemoryLasts]

@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 tell that the private entity that prints money nonstop (federal reserve)

[@user-qn6bw8dk4o]

@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 Yeah, I bet he has the ear of the Fed....

[@stevearnold8265]

If there’s one thing that sets Asmon off, it’s the fast food prices. You can hear the passion and outrage in his voice. This man knows his fast food, and I can respect that. The fact that he’s a millionaire and still lives like us peasants gives me hope for humanity.

[@glenjoke10]

once a peasant always a peasant.

[@jlopez4889]

Nah, Asmon lost me on this one. Someone said something like if you don't like the price, go somewhere else. To which Asmon said something like stop defending this, McDonald's is clearly price gouging. And I'll be honest. I don't care if McDonald's is selling at that price. I don't care if they sell at 20 dollars, or a 100 dollars. I am still not paying for garbage. Either I go somewhere else, or I make my own burger. Asmon can easily do either. He needs to stop crying about it.

[@billybbob18]

If I had his money, I would have organic grass fed everything. Even with little money, I don't skimp on health food.

[@Mamashmeeky]

@@jlopez4889bro needs to stop eating fast food almost entirely. His blood pressure was hitting 200 ffs

[@MrMultiPlatform]

It's not passion its stupidity

[@Cesar-jh1ho]

The main problem is that they have tested increasing prices and people kept buying so they increase a little bit more and a bit more until they hit a considerable backlash and slowly lower till they see the uptick in buying and that their new floor for price and rinse and repeat in a couple of years

[@gramma677]

The value of the currency has decreased by 30%. Things are the same price, the currency is just less valuable. So the price is higher, but the value of the currency is lower. There is no testing, it's just big companies adapt faster to this stuff.

[@KingQov]

​@@gramma677 yet wages still don't match cost of living. Let's not pretend it's not price gouging. Stop it.

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

Just boycott them, full stop. If you have kids, it's especially important not to get them addicted to this high salt & fat, low nutritional value food. If you're going out, opt to pay a little more to get vastly greater quality food.

[@fatbroccoli8]

@@gramma677yes they test the market, to say they don't is just naive, especially Americans will pay extortionate prices for convenience and it's not limited to fast food

[@CadillacJak]

​@KingQov because of minimum wage the government actually keeps wages lower because the government is slow and doesn't adapt to the market. If minimum wage didn't exist wages would be higher because businesses would then compete with each other for employees with wages. Now the government sets a standard rate of pay and all companies abide by it. Minimum wage is the reason wages are lower and the government is to blame for the dollar losing its value and on top of that the government takes almost 50% of everyone's wages so the problem is the government and people would have alot more money if the government wouldn't take half of it and then print trillions more destroying the value of our currency. People like to blame businesses but the real bad guy is the government and the real greed is also coming from the government. Idk of any business taking half my wages

[@Brian-hc3qx]

US dollar value is collapsing, "The Creature from Jekyll Island - Edward G Griffin ,is a good starting point.

[@MiiMavis]

imagine paying 22€ for a burger that doesnt taste good, fries that are either unsalted, cold or partly frozen and a soft drink thats more expensive then buying a whole 3L bottle of the same brand.

[@DoppelgangerTH]

Average mcdonalds experience tbh. Don't understand why people buy it

[@AnonningAnon]

And for an order that is missing your item or fucked up 80% of the time.

[@robdebone]

People really need to remove soda from their diets. It's nuts to me. How much of that shit people drink. You're literally drinking sugar water with a ton of sugar in it actually worse than sugar since they don't even use real sugar anymore

[@Hypocrisy.Allergic]

You can buy top quality beef and do a top notch meal. With half the price probably😂

[@christopher4101]

In n out still has 5$ double doubles. It hasnt changed in like 15years.. & in n out does very well . I.e. these places dont need to rip us off citing this or that, they simply choose to bend us over.

[@MikeBotGaming]

I love how nothing pisses you off but Fastfood is the straw that breaks the camels back 😂

[@Vin.1904]

Its his daily meal😂😂

[@lisabettis1486]

We all have our hill, lol Don't mock his😂

[@MrAlwaysRight]

Bro, there are barely any camels in the USA, and none of them carry straw WTF

[@boundlessblade5205]

​@MrAlwaysRight lil bro you were not the brightest in school weren't you? It's a metaphor

[@TheUltimateHacker007]

​@@boundlessblade5205Like his name suggests, he's technically right. More likely, it's a persona and his comment is a joke in reference to his username. Call me Mr alwaysRightToo

[@TheKingKenney]

I stopped getting fast food about a year ago. It was equally driven by increased prices and deteriorating food quality. If I ever want “fast food” I usually order takeout from a local restaurant. It’s a couple bucks more expensive but significantly better quality. There are no deals in fast food anymore. The only real appeal is the convenience of the drive thru.

[@ellencox8415]

Same. When I can get two fresh sushi rolls for the same price as one Big Mac w/o fries or a drink... super easy choice.

[@aSSGoblin1488]

u can't afford it don't eat it. ITS NOT FOR YOU

[@TheKingKenney]

@@aSSGoblin1488hey man if you want to pay $10 for a burger made from beef one step above dog food good for you. YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL! 😂

[@Titi-pu2hl]

the main point of fast food is the drive to quickly pick up food though, can't do that in restaurant if you have to go in and wait

[@AnimeNewsRadio101]

Right, regular burger place price goes from $13 to $17 and burger isn’t small, neither fries and drink. Jack in the box creates jack deals 6.99 and seems good. Better stay out of fast food, go to local non-brand fast food or non-Starbucks coffee. Movie theaters ain’t cheap, just go to 7-11. 👍

[@webster9169]

Whats worse is its bad enough they raise the prices, but they also lower the quality of ingredients and care. the fast food of today is nothing like fast food was in the early 2000s, not even close

[@RogueHero]

This !!! , i don't mind the raise of prices but once you lower the quality alongside giving out smaller portions i'll just take my business elsewhere.

[@amathis7292]

I quit eating at these a year or so ago, when the prices started rising, it forced me to cook better food, make better food choices, and pad my wallet, you're not missing much with that type of food.

[@notfred9098]

Luckily fast food was never something I ever really ate. My mother taught me how to cook some cheap basic food at a fairly young age. We had McDonalds maybe once every 2 years growing up

[@Andy-im3kj]

It really isn't. You can make the same type of food at home for a cheaper long term cost.

[@brikfiend]

" you're not missing much with that type of food. " . . . . Except a Heart Attack and Diabetes . . Reply

[@mattrandall1808]

prices were rising well before last year. About 2018.

[@matthewakey8508]

Bingo

[@goodgrief888]

I see those dark gray McDonalds buildings as the problem. They changed their entire corporate identity to “upscale” and tried to emulate a boutique coffee shop, and their prices went up. Bring back the clown, the orange and bright colors, and the dollar menu.

[@johnshelton22]

They never will. Prices basically never go down.

[@joshfatal]

And yet curiously whenever they do an ad it stars only black people, they pay millions to hip hop artists to put their name on a meal and their app notifications are always written out to sound like urban slang. I wonder why they keep marketing to exclusively blacks and yet continue renovating their locations and increasing prices like they think they’re Steak & Shake at a classy shopping center.

[@aSSGoblin1488]

if you can't afford it don't eat it. ITS NOT FOR YOU

[@PraxesArdenn]

They have to go upscale. Rising costs force their prices up and then they lose sale volume. That means they have to try to live in a higher market segment. It's not a coincidence that literally every fast food chain is trending this direction - they don't have a choice

[@formes2388]

@@joshfatal MBA's and Marketing Majors taking over. They don't know who their market includes, and they can't figure out what their actual business is.

[@softaco3088]

My local brewery has a James Beard award winning chef and they offer a burger (an actual real deal burger) and a pint of beer for $10. yet mcdonalds wants to charge 20 bucks for shit in a bag cooked by some kid with a soda.

[@anonyghost7422]

And people. Still. Make. Them. Rich. Solution? Become a shareholder

[@TrevorVeillette]

​@anonyghost7422 or you know, follow Saint luigis example.

[@emptyforrest]

@@anonyghost7422 because convenience, brand recognition and habits. no one eats at mcdonalds because they want to eat at mc donalds, they eat there because they need something quick and easy that is open right now.

[@thedurtylemur2282]

You have to think about the quantity that McDonalds is outputting. Your local brewery is not putting out anywhere close to the same product.

[@The_Gallowglass]

@@thedurtylemur2282 The solution is for everyone to stop eating McDonalds.

[@jameshicks12]

I get the mcdouble meal deal and an additional 10 nuggies so a McDouble, fries, drink, and 14 nugs for $10.79 not terrible

[@calalyoko]

I work at McDonald’s, I watch all the prices go up constantly. We’re the only fast food chain in the area, and are the only place open to eat after 9 PM. Similar to the one grocery store we have, where even basic produce costs enough to break bank. They raised our minimum wage, but cut how many people we can have on the clock so that they could “maintain profits”. So food takes longer and costs more anyways. It’s all corporate greed. A wasted cheeseburger costs our store about 25 cents in actual food waste.

[@binhcu3466]

real af

[@joeruhe8030]

Exactly, no one is panicking! They're all STILL raising prices across the board.

[@binhcu3466]

@@joeruhe8030 at Taco Bell a regular taco is almost 2dollars when I started it was 1.29

[@anitamurphy2454]

Bet that's where a lot of their profits are, the happy meals with subpar food for the price. But you better buy that meal or you'll have one upset kid.😅

[@deltawldr]

My wife and I both worked at Mcdonalds in High school (we've been together for 34 years now) and it was policy that the order was hanging out through the drive-thru window when the customer pulled forward. Last week I went through the drive-thru at about 5 A.M. and there were six cars backed up. I ordered, waited 5 minutes without a single car moving and decided to just pull out and go to work. They used to be incredibly efficient. I don't understand what happened.

[@ghostnotes5667]

I bought a McChicken and it had bone and cartilage in it. They increased the price and lowered the quality. Nobody wants to eat raccoon ankles for $16.

[@snoopsnet8150]

😂😂😂

[@bsjeffrey]

@@ghostnotes5667 clearly, you have never had raccoon ankles cooked properly

[@Ren_1106]

Not even that, the portion/Sizes on fast food are getting smaller and smaller.

[@DoppelgangerTH]

​@Ren_1106 they are speedrunning to their goal to sell air by 2050. Scent of a triple cheeseburger = 45$. Would you like coca-cola scented tap water with it?

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

gross!

[@quonslecn7755]

"Costs of paper products" My local McDonalds here in Canada has the audacity to ask to charge me 25 cents for a friggin paper bag. If I just have to pay extra to get a bag they aren't paying anything for the bag.

[@TheAzrai]

Canadians put up with it, that's why they do it.

[@timdench8504]

There is no way it’s costing McDonald’s 25 cents per bag. They make profit from it.

[@nachyomoney3598]

Tell them you don't want a bag.

[@DarthBarasthethicc]

At my local KFC here in Canada it costs 17 dollars (CND) for a chicken sandwich with mayo (A fucking small ass sandwich at that) small fries and a coke and then I see US commersials where there are family meals worth 11 USD or like 13-15 CND and I am screaming into my TV what the fuck this is bull shit! and dont get me started on the fucking bamboo bullshit that costs 25 Cents (CND) or like 18 censts US for a bamboo fork that leaves and after taste in my mouth and the paper straws that are like 15 cents a pop which is bullshit as they desintegrate into your drink and I bet they still encode it with microplastics for structure. So for your 3.75 coke you get a side of microplastics and the paper straw after taste. Thanks Trudeau.

[@kOoSyak]

Before they asked for plastic, for fighting plastic bags, lol

[@sethhill5689]

He is right about minimum wage increasing, by way of people refusing to work for $7/hr. Just because the government hasn't increased it doesn't mean that minimum wage hasn't increased. He is right about beef/chicken/pork/etc prices being higher. Just go to the grocery store and look at the prices compared to 10 years ago. I used to buy pork shoulders for $1.49/pound (99 cents/pound when there was a sale on bulk pack), now it is $2.49/pound on sale.

[@ratede91]

I remember senior year in highschool (2010) me and my friend group would put together 20 dollars and buy a bunch of Mcdoubles, mcchikens and nuggets and it would feed all 7 of us with a couple burgers to spare. Nowadays that same group would have to bring their own 20 bucks just to buy a combo, that's nuts.

[@BLUETHUNDER12349]

Those were the days

[@KermitOfWar]

Ayo, fr. We used to buy those 2 for 1$ apple pies in the A.M. We'd cut them four ways & share. $5 would net you 4 apple pies & 2 sausage buscuits or 2 hash browns & they'd sometimes always throw in grape jelly & maple syrup if you asked nicely. The morning workers were always chill af.

[@BREEZE-ROADS]

That is so incredibly sad.

[@markvogel5872]

2005 we had 49 cent cheeseburger's on Wednesday at our local McDonalds. Taco Bell was always under $10 and if you paid over that you knew you were too drunk/stoned to be getting it. Tried Taco Bell last week.....it was $30

[@jonathantaylor6926]

And taxes have gone up... I didn't even realize but several years ago (2018 or so) Wendy's used to have a $1.00 large fry promo and the bill was $1.10 so that was easy math.. I had no idea there was a 10% tax on freaking FOOD... I don't think the taxes were that much pre 2010.

[@archersden]

I remember there was occasionally a 20 Piece Nugget chicken nugget deal at McDonalds in the mid 90s for $2.99. And in the 80s a Vanilla Ice Cream cone cost a quarter there

[@pluto8404]

well now we pay $0 for vanilla ice cream cones because the machine is never operational.

[@jonythelegend7414]

It’s 8 dollars for 20 piece nuggets in my area of cali, basically the same price as just buying a whole 2-4 lb of frozen nuggets or tenders from the store

[@integerofdoom69]

​@@pluto8404Constantly shut down for the mandatory service interval. Forever waiting for the dude to show up to punch a code in the machine. Aren't maintenance contracts wonderful?

[@rilorobinson7685]

There's no way it's gotta be $10 for 10 nuggets... Especially in California​@@jonythelegend7414

[@themadmattster9647]

based on the limited menu and prices, the video of McDonalds was definitely from the 80's, despite Asmongold saying otherwise

[@dansanfrisco]

They have been slowly changing cups sizes over time. They now make them slightly taller while shrinking the total diameter size meaning you are actually getting less but the perceived height of the cup gives you a mirage effect that it is more. The large cups I get no longer fit in my 2014 vehicle cup holder diameter wise.

[@JustSomeGuy009]

More likely to tip over and spill too. How convenient. 😂

[@moflow99]

I noticed this the other day buying a carton of orange juice. It felt strange grabbing it off the shelf like my hand had to squeeze in further. Looked at the ounces and sure enough it was less but the height was the same.

[@mitchweber7868]

Oh no kidding that's why no drinks fit into my 2001 Ford Windstar?! I was wondering for so long, I thought there's no way that's it's broken really, it seems to work fine, but just won't hold the cup!

[@0ptimal]

Optimization for profit being pushed to the maximum. They'll use ai to figure more ways to squeeze it out. It'll get weird. We're at the point where everything's already so optimized that every increment is in the realm of absurdity. Like a game of keeping the consumer fooled that they are getting fair value, while simultaneously underneath that pushing the limits of what they can get away with.

[@bisky-z3s]

It's always been 99% ice and 1% drink. Now its 99.5% ice and .5% drink.

[@BB-oi7rd]

I never cared much for fastfood and I don't eat out often either. Maybe once or twice every other month or so but this is why when I do I eat out I go to locally owned joints. Where I live when I want something fast there is a local drive-in where the prices haven't changed in at least 10 years and the portions are so much bigger than what you'd get at McDonald's. Can get a full and legitimate meal for less than $10 and not just a burger and small fry. If I want to be charged more than that then I am just going to go to a place where I can sit down inside and has decent atmosphere where the food has to be good to stay in business lol. Honestly it amazes me anyone still goes to these corporate owned slop shops anymore considering the price outweighs the convenience.

[@994pt4]

We don't need laws...we need people to REFUSE to buy the product. Hard to price gouge when people don't buy your product. I pretty much eliminated fast food SPECIFICALLY because the value is no longer there. And....McDonalds is NOT an essential

[@3dstaco]

VS reality. Must consume product

[@Syngekhoomei]

If people keep buying it they’ve priced it correctly. There’s no such thing as gouging, you either buy it or you don’t

[@Silent_300]

It's the same as "micro"-transaction in game. Companies keep raising prices but people buy anyway. As long as people are dumb enough with their money, the price will continue to rise.

[@jamesofallthings3684]

Exactly. Now staple items is another story.

[@Aireck174]

Some places price gouge but costs of everything is up. The main driver of increased costs is democrats war on energy. If energy costs go up, the price of everything goes up. That is why Trump said he will reduce costs by making the US energy independent.

[@mcaarone4918]

Fast Food in economics is classified as an Inferior Good, a good that increases in demand as income is lower. If you turn the price up on an inferior good during a low economic dip, demand will plummet.

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

This is the old paradigm. The paradigm is shifting. The reality is processed food costs way more for the end user than whole food does today from a caloric and nutritional density perspective. It's way more economical to eat healthy if you shop frugally, go to different stores not just one, and prepare your own meals, than it is to eat pre-prepared/processed food. I exercise and have a physical job. I easily eat 3k+ calories of healthy whole food for $10 daily on average. To be clear that's all my meals/nutrition in a day. $10 gets me nothing if i bought stuff prepared already. People also don't seem to understand that it's not that these American companies use chemicals as a cheaper replacement for regular ingredients. These chemicals often exist in addition to the regular ingredients; meaning these chemicals are extra cost not saving cost. Why do they do this in America? Because our corporations and society apparently think the most important things for a fruit preserve isn't the taste, it needs to look an unnatural bright red color instead of less visually appealing, dull reddish brown of real raspberry preserves. The corporations pay premiums to add these chemicals for reasons like texture, color, addictiveness. It's literally cheaper to make raspberry preserves from just raspberries, sugar and a drop of lemon juice than it is to add all the other stuff Smuckers does to get their unnatural color, texture and shelf life....as well as getting you hooked on their product with maltodextrin, msg etc. The point is if you empower yourself and engage in your own health it's cheaper to eat healthy if you're willing to put the work in shopping and prepping I'd also point out people don't appreciate the inefficiency that comes with scale. These companies are so much larger today than even cpl decades ago that the efficiency gained with factory processing is being eroded by losses that exponentially increase with scale such as waste. Scale is now at a point for many large corporations that they have fully eroded the buying power edge their size has given them. The tables are turning and it's small craft, boutique and artisan companies that are becoming hard to compete with on a profit basis. Turns out at scale there becomes a point that giving up the control of a small company erodes your profit margin. One large market has a tipping point if you want to compete in it. A more healthy economic ecosystem for a society is many small markets

[@SongokuJidai]

Fast food will NOT GET CHEAPER with mass automation. The savings from Flippy will be used to pad the pockets of CEOs and the high prices will remain as a "guarantee of order quality".

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@SongokuJidai I blame you and people like you for this.

[@mistdev1824]

​@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96why?

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@mistdev1824 oh I don’t know, geeeeeeeeee. Who woulda thought that letting the global economies shut down for years on end would end up with hyperinflation setting in for years to come. Oh, only everyone with a functional brain cell

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@mistdev1824 we haven’t even seen the true brunt of hyperinflation lmfao. Get ready Bucko, a global Great Depression is coming. Especially with the carrying capacity of earth over its threshold for humans.

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@mistdev1824 you let the governmental bodies of the world shut down the economies for years. That’s why

[@SizzlordTheExiled]

Here in Australia the opposite happened funnily enough, we just recently got adverts on the TV sponsored by the Gov, talking about how you should only be getting fast food for dinner like once or twice a week every so often. (Because the price of food and ingredients has gone up so much, fast food sales are rising)

[@Crazyhair5]

39:31 "I don't know why people put up with this" You put up with it, I haven't bought mcdonalds in years. I get mcdonalds maybe once every 2 or 3 years and am immediately reminded why I don't get it anymore. Bro in 2014 they had deals where you'd get 4 mcdoubles, 4 mcchickens, 2 large fries and two 20 piece nugs for 15 dollars. Now you get what a sad single and a medium fry to $5? Fuck that stop buying their trash.

[@jamesrussell3436]

They have been losing money since July 2024 due to reduced amount of customers. People are starting the realise, especially now when you can go to a real restaurant for the same price. In the UK at least

[@Yambag]

Ok then you're not part of the group he was talking about lol simple

[@billweirdo9657]

​@Yambag back at you for your comments regarding a video about comics. Your past comments are visible for all to see.

[@IvanS-n5f]

Lets stop pretending like prices affect Asmongold at all. If it was 100$ for a burger it would be the same as if its 1$.

[@richardstamm2144]

The only thing that kept me in it was for the 2x mcdouble. Now that deal is changed again to a different sandwich and more cost. Offer in-app only limited time deals in one hand, make the rest of the menu a worst deal in the other. They'll turn the screws until they kill the most successful business in the last 100 years.

[@davenunyabusiness4893]

get an air fryer. You don't need a fast food place for chicken tenders

[@existinginaspace8347]

But if you want burgers, beef prices are sky high everywhere.

[@Buster-k6d]

Fr. I got an airfryer couple years back. Taste better than any fast food place. Top investment.

[@advanced8625]

@@existinginaspace8347 still 10x less then fast food prices

[@sjohn4134]

​@@existinginaspace8347 broil the frozen patties from Walmart. Get the Walmart brand. Like $10 for 6 patties.

[@fornhunkle]

You guys are really home that often? The whole reason fast food exists is for when you're on the go and nowhere near a kitchen... When were you eating it?

[@n0tbrant]

What the fuck a 16 piece bucket near me is 39.99. I haven’t eaten KFC in 15 years but still wtf

[@oxishimaruxo]

and that's just the bucket, adding biscuits and sides will push that to ~$50

[@onecleangti]

My mother-in-law got a family bucket with 4 sides and it was just a touch over $65 I told her why didn’t you say no and walk out? You can get 50pc of fried chicken from the grocery store for $20 still…. These fast food places are greedy and insane

[@ShaddySoldier]

40 bucks for the worst fried chicken in america. Wonderful

[@RanivusCh]

I wanted to splurge on KFC for Christmas for my family... 16 pc 2 large sides was like $60... I literally died

[@YS420X]

All of the KFCs around me are ran down. I'm talking obvious holes in the wall, dirty floors, broken, grimy equipment, bathrooms that look like a NYC subway. Also, most of their employees are unsavory as far as the type of people you do or don't want making your food. Yeah all of that and they have the nerve to charge $60 for a family combo. Literally who still goes to these places?

[@ShadyNefarius]

Prices in Fast Food Restaurants are also expensive too in Romania. Like you don't wanna buy a pizza that is like almost 70 lei which is around 15 euro as earlier it used to be less than 10 euro. Instead, my mom said that I can do this at home rather than ordering. It sucks that inflation puts pressure to reconsider before ordering something.

[@CastNDestroyAngling]

25:21 I do Uber and Lyft part time and I can confirm from several McDonald's employees that, and I quote: "the machines rarely break, most of us just can't lift the heavy bag of cream into the ice cream maker so our managers tell us to say it's broken.". Do what you want with that information..

[@kOoSyak]

Lol😂

[@Steezy8a]

Shit is ridiculous and they still want more than 20 and hour for their shitty work ethic

[@Earthium]

I mean, we all knew. The cleaning thing is just an excuse there's no reason the icecream machine has been broken for the past 3 years.

[@John-q9v9m]

Its 1ltr cartons of cream they put in. I know ive used them. Also the thing needs cleaned once a week and taken apart it doesnt take that long just abit of a pain in the ass to put bk together again.

[@iamexplosion]

i used to work at a few places. its not that they cant, its that they don't want to. Same goes for bathrooms, changing oil, getting fresh food that isnt just put into a fryer again, the basics. Those people also complain about others the most. You can tell these kinds of people by the way their nail hits the screen when they take your order (thats their only job).

[@sooperd00p]

Fastfood prices are now comparable to my local restaurants. I'm on the East Coast. My local McDonald's full meal with sandwich, fries, and a drink is about 13-15 bucks. A nearby restaurant with incredible spicy chicken sandwiches and fries is the same price. In 2016-17 it was about 8-9 bucks for a combo meal at McD's

[@toedrag-release]

I'll say this I live in canada a Big Mak meals sets you back about $17 back in 2016 it was about $11 However the minimum wage here is $17.20, and in 2016 it was $11.25 When you increase minimum they increase their prices. The problem is not everybody's elses wage increased over 6$ in that time. Many people like my wife were making like $20/hr in 2016 and now she makes like $21 an hour. She was making close to double minimum now shes making a quarter more than minimum. And alot of those $20-$30 hr jobs didnt increase their wage much since we boosted minimum so we feel the impacts more.

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

West coast in California here and your McDonalds is more expensive than mine by about 1 dollar. The fancy local stuff here cost over 15 though. In-N-Out is the cheap place to go and their prices only went up by 25 cents this year for the whole combo and still under 10 bucks.

[@sooperd00p]

​@@ohnosmoarlulcatz I lived in CA for a few years. I never liked In and Out. It's not bad by any means but the hype is clearly a manufactured/state pride thing, which is fine. I just hated it when out of state people pretended to like it to fit in....gay. but that is cool they managed to keep their prices low. I'm sure they took a hit for doing that, but maybe not....that shit is crack for Californians.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I rather go to local mom and pop sitdown place and get a real meal for same or less $

[@Ruddline]

Maybe its a calculated risk by the fast food companies, you charge near or about what a sitdown place does minus tips and people will pay anyway for speed.

[@antoniocampos1151]

Man, in Poland they keep reducing the size of the Big-mac and charge almost double the price. It's not a US exclusive. Shrinkflation is real.

[@Hatti69]

at least in Poland people know how to make their own food still...in america people forgot how to cook

[@antoniocampos1151]

@@Hatti69 in Poland/ Europe in general, work and culture is different. For example, it is very common for a person in US to work longer hours or having a second job. They need food that is fast and accessible, so many times even if you want to cook something, you won't either have time or energy.

[@flexthemex5016]

The us caused it

[@Michael-s3c2d]

In a way this can be perceived quite positively: People now get to choose to waste money on garbage foods at ridiculous prices or learn to cook and feed their friends and family at the same price if not cheaper! Amen!

[@Burningheartcelosia]

If only everyone had access to grocery stores and their own kitchens and safe food storage!

[@Michael-s3c2d]

@ most people do even those living in mud huts have storage methods that work just fine.

[@Burningheartcelosia]

@ yeah, no. Go into areas of the US where minors are not living with their moms and dads and are staying with aunts/uncles or friends of their grandparents. Maybe even staying with a cousin. Then that house has people of a certain age and job status/income. If they aren’t already forced to give them their EBT card in exchange for sleeping on a couch where the older cousins uncle has access to their body as he wishes, then they def can’t keep any food around and have it there for them. All food they buy has to be shelf stable and fit in their back pack so that it isn’t eaten by others. So glad you are well off enough and not exposed to the reality of lots of people in poverty. Especially those in rural towns and triple especially those of color.

[@Burningheartcelosia]

@ bc you thought I meant literal storage room like a shelf or a box or a container. Sorta like editor vs editor misunderstanding with Elon and Asmon. Welcome to poverty in many black neighborhoods.

[@Burningheartcelosia]

@@Michael-s3c2d ^ idk why YT is removing tags

[@manolis40112]

Same thing happened in Europe so we just order from regular burger restaurants now with bigger portions, better meat and more value for our Euros.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

Just go to a pub and eat the food there, it's often much better than the shit in fast food places

[@YeeLeeHaw]

The meat prices are going to continue going up because it's not even close of being sustainable. You can only kick the can so many times before you have to start paying up.

[@frenchyroastify]

@@unicorntomboy9736 and you can get a beer.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@@frenchyroastify And you support small local business Why in France does it cost nearly €10 euros for just a single KFC tower burger these days? It is absurd. Wnen i was in university five years ago it was only €6 euros for the same burger.

[@frenchyroastify]

@@unicorntomboy9736 I dunno. When in France, there is no way I'm going to KFC.

[@muscacholi]

I pay 16 dollars for a meal and I have to fight or pay for more than 1 tiny sauce. I even had a manager tell her employee "give him 1!" after spending almost 20 dollars. They've lost their mf minds.

[@aeronwolfe7072]

then quit GOING THERE.

[@HenryOManly]

I get 2 big macs and an entirely separate meal combo, usually a chicken sandwich. So yeah I quit going.

[@YSHF-u2d]

Well, then maybe you should cook for yourself and stop going to fast food restaurants. They clearly don't want you as their customer, so why do you still go?

[@Dontrolling]

I remember McDonald’s used to fill up the bag with sauce now you can only get 2 per meal

[@vincentkuipers9577]

In Indonesia we had McD for 5 people, complete burger menu with drink and fries, for 15 dollars. The meat was also way better quality. The thin burger patties and insane prices here in the west are just ridiculous.

[@user-lz5fn1yz5q]

I literally eat at a local diner for $20 and get a double stacked burger loaded with bacon, sauce and cheese. A large poutine loaded with cheese curds, gravy and fries and a refillable drink. At mcdonalds? A big mac meal? An average burger, crappy poutine and a drink. It's insane.

[@GaryHighFruit]

I literally buy the cheapest food off Amazon (oats etc) mix it with yams & broccoli and save $15 of your $20. And years from now I'll save on the health-care costs that you'll also pay.

[@user-lz5fn1yz5q]

@GaryHighFruit wth? Are you a herbivore? Sounds gross. Assuming I eat that everyday which I don't. It's a treat I eat maybe once a week. I'm not American either so I don't get effed up the pooper by healthcare costs.

[@GaryHighFruit]

@@user-lz5fn1yz5q It only sounds gross to you, because of the bad connotation with oat MEAL, which I also don't like. But I don't water down the oats. In that form, it's just another grain. All grains are interchangeable, and grains are not gross. I did it with rice tonight.

[@user-lz5fn1yz5q]

@@GaryHighFruit It sounds gross to me because I'm imagining eating cheap plain oatmeal off amazon on a regular basis and my tastebuds disagree. Grains aren't gross I agree and eating too many grains is pretty un healthy. Especially low quality amazon grains. Better start saving for your future healthcare costs.

[@ketch10]

poutine goes hard bro

[@Verasoul]

Funnily enough, in Oahu, McDonald's in most areas has inflated the least compared to other major fast food chains. A medium Big Mac meal at my nearest location is $10.39 whereas a Sourdough Jack medium combo from Jack in the Box is $14.58.

[@cheeks_of_the_boreal_valley]

Ironically, this dude looks like Asmongold if he DIDN'T eat fastfood

[@hewhobattles8869]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@Pikawarps]

Honestly he looks like asmon did 10 years ago but with a goatee

[@InfernusdomniAZ]

Looks like? Could be his twin. Same hair color, eyes, head shape. Nose.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Alternative reality chuck norris

[@MithrasMMO]

@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 this

[@richardspillers6282]

Funny how the prices sky rocket but wages never budge.

[@justanobody0]

people just need to make streamer money to afford McDonalds

[@spelcheak]

They did tho? Part of the problem

[@richardspillers6282]

@@spelcheak where?

[@jostonpowell1346]

@@richardspillers6282 IL has 15 an hour minimum, CA raised theirs to 16.50, other states have raised theirs as well. Local taxes, state taxes also effect sales prices in different states. Gas used to ship products, buying meat and produce to make the products, power bills, paper products everything adds up over time. Then you have prices of actually working where lots of places are paying 20 plus just here in IL which adds up. Not to long ago near me they were hiring full time for 25 an hour and had sign on bonuses. Never understood why people buy this garbage knowing how awful it is but as long as there is demand they will keep selling

[@iamz_mbie]

@@richardspillers6282 are you kidding? i made $13.50/hr as a night stock clerk at a grocery store. a year or two later it was raised to $15/hr when i wasn’t working there anymore.

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

Counterpoint, they wouldn’t be able to hike prices so hard if there wasn’t still the same demand from consumers. Lots of people complaining about price hikes but refusing to vote with their wallets. It’s not gas people, you aren’t forced to buy McDonald’s regardless of price. People are so alienated from this concept that it is now commonly referred to as boycotting, when it’s just the primary mechanism that the consumer uses to help keep prices in check.

[@thothheartmaat2833]

wow thanks everyone for catching up to the boston tea party like 200 years ago... youre so revolutionary... whats next? you gonna stop paying for water?

[@ZomboidMania]

This point is very much irrelevant, this is like a parent saying "you made me really mad" while belting their child, sure they probably did make them mad, but they are hitting a kid, and that's the important part, these 2 discussions should be completely separate, let's call out MacDonalds for scamming us first and then talk about the customers

[@DrewskiTheLegend]

@@ZomboidMania “call out McDonald’s for scamming us first…” well, first of all, it isn’t a scam, it’s just a terrible deal. A scam would be if they misrepresented the product they were selling you. Congratulations, you’ve called them out, but if you continue to purchase their products, that doesn’t matter. Producers only respond to one thing, and it’s not facts, logic, appeals to emotion, angry shouting, shaming, whining. It’s money. If they make less money because people aren’t buying their products as much, they will change their practices. Consumers seem to have forgotten this.

[@Wigidy1313]

Well said. While I believe in regulating life saving medicine pricing to a degree, price setting by the government needs to be very limited. Government interference often leads to issues. Case in point, FDR set wage caps on several professions until WWII when his own generals told him that he needed to get his foot off the economy. To get around this, many employers starting giving, a while not new idea but very rarely given and almost unheard of, health insurance to employees to reward them for good work. Since then there has been this tug of war between insurance and medical providers which has contributed significantly to increased prices. Anyways, I digress, if people stop going to these fast food restaurants they in return will respond.

[@The-Owl-Bard]

It wouldn't make a difference. Companies like McDonalds owns the land franchise owners have their buildings on. If you don't buy McDonald's you're only hurting someone local. If the physical McDonalds Restaurant closes down, then the McDonalds company can rent the land to someone else.

[@TheKnightOperator]

Finance guy here. You are absolutely correct in using covid as an excuse to raise prices/inflation. Its referred to as inflation "Stickiness" which violates many 'Theories" of economics that prices are efficient (Example, low supply, high demand, prices go up, but in turn you invest in manufacturing to increase production and lower cost, then costs come down as supply increases and fixed costs are lowered) this in reality rarely happens, and simple serves to increase profit margins while price remains constant or increased. (why leave money on the table? its the human factor of not necessarily playing best/efficient strategy for profits) and when prices are raised they are rarely ever lowered, which is a slap in the face to "efficient markets" . I knew, before inflation kicked off, this is EXACTLY what they would do with prices, or they see their competitor raise and match them. terribly frustrating. They say the only product that doesnt violate the efficient market is televisions, they have improved, gotten bigger, and prices have continued to fall. Thats about the only product, interestingly. Bread and Circuses!

[@RiskyComment]

At my local Mexican joint you can get a big meal + chips and salsa for 12 bucks and take home a second meal in left overs. 12 bucks at McDonalds now gets you worse food and less of it.

[@Wahinies]

It is absolutely staggering how little food 12 dollars buys from the corporate FF chains. When I was growing up that would feed a family of five yet wages have not increased by this degree.

[@gimppy411]

we boycotted McD's but went back just to try the Grimace shake, the shake was only available as a meal combo, the combo $19!!!! felt like it was a big fu and drove away

[@themadmattster9647]

that sounds amazing, I bet it's an "authentic' Mexican place too. I live for that stuff.

[@awsm253]

As an Australian. The closest Mcdonalds to me for a large fries. Is now $4.85. Pre Covid. It was like $3.50 if not a bit less? In what fucking universe is $1.35 over 3 years acceptable inflation. For a tiny pack of fries they don't even properly fill.

[@raphk9599]

That's not inflation related.

[@awsm253]

@raphk9599 I am aware. It's greed with their excuse being inflation and supply issues.

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@raphk9599 you’re wrong. It has everything to do with hyperinflation. You let the global economy shut down for 3 years. What did you expect to happen

[@tristanbackup2536]

Tell me about it. I gotten Maccas less because of that. Might drop it all together & go to my local noodle bar instead.

[@bhfanaticosi]

Got a cheeseburger yesterday it was $4.90 her in Australia for a single damn cheeseburger

[@mrfoodarama]

The only way to fix it is to stop buying it. It's not easy, and might hurt, but if you are going to continue to buy at the higher price then what company on Earth would not raise the price. If a company lessens the quality of their product or outrageously increases the price, I do not buy their product.

[@gimppy411]

yep! this is the power the people have, we can stop giving them our money

[@slydoorkeeper4783]

If it weren't for some of my buddies bringing me fast food, I'd get fast food like once every few months.

[@unkosherfood]

the thing is, despite the prices, more people than ever are buying it. the place near me used to barely break even and was often empty, now they have more than they can handle even when fully staffed. there are 20 minute wait times for most of the day and multiple errors by crowds of staff that look miserably overworked, but the line never stops or shortens. people just dont care enough to make their own food.

[@Tex_Teufelhunden]

The problem is people complain and still go eat there. Stop eating there, it might not do much cause Walmart Americans don't care but it has to start somewhere

[@ArtisChronicles]

Yeah that's actually the real problem for the fast food places. Like damn

[@sebastiandewees6119]

Walmart Americans don’t care, but they on average only make 80k a year so eventually with everything having massive hyper inflation they won’t be able to afford the same lazy complacent lifestyle

[@bellaambiens]

Right, vote with your wallet

[@slydoorkeeper4783]

I remember seeing people complaining about their hashbrown patty costing like $2 when I'm looking at my freezer with a sleeve of 15 that costed like $4.50. Its ridiculous that people would rather pay those prices instead of doing some VERY small amounts of leg work.

[@butternuts14]

Fast Food is cooked. Not only do they never get your shit correct, but you’re paying restaurant prices for shit food. Not to mention, nobody wants to work at those shit holes

[@jet67jd37]

This is why these days when I want to eat out, I’ll just go to a proper restaurant or street food place instead, since fast food prices are basically the same and sometimes more expensive. I paid £30 for Popeyes the other day, when I could’ve gone to a Brazilian steakhouse and got a large meal and açai smoothie for the same price maybe even cheaper. I’ve also noticed a lot of fast food chains in my area are pretty much empty all day anyway, now it makes sense

[@infernob00m]

In Canada about 4 or 5 years ago, right when the "apocalypse" happened and we had to teach all our "visitors" that washing your hands is a daily thing. It was $5 for a value meal at McDonalds. That's 5 Canadian pretend dollars, it had a burger, fries and a drink. Across the street was Burger King undercutting them, for the same price it was fries a drink and two burgers. Now the "value" meal at McDonalds is $10 and the BK meal is back down to one burger but it's $8?. I once tried to order a single burger from a Wendys, it was $4 in person and $23 through Uber eats because of all the fees. Now that the delivery apps around here have dropped fees, everyone tripled their prices on the apps pretending it was to compensate for them taking a cut. Sorry I don't need a fucking degree in advanced mathematics to understand that a company taking a cut of anywhere from 5-15% doesn't require a 300% price increase to compensate? I almost never eat out anymore, they had me at their "restaurants" almost daily for years, last time I went to a McDonalds was two years ago, the manager called me a stupid bitch for not owning a car and told me I was too low class to eat there because of it. I wrote to corporate and they wrote back stating that the employees followed policy. Being that I'm apparently a stupid bitch for not having enough money to pay for a car + insurance to eat at the discount store two blocks away? I eat home cooked meals now, it tastes better at a fraction of the cost, they can't even sell me on convenience anymore sine actual frozen dinners are cheaper, healthier, more accurately advertised and taste better.

[@meowcheeses9870]

Chipotle making 10% operating margin is basically what an independent steakhouse type restaurant makes as margin so that's about as fair as it gets imo

[@Cbd_7ohm]

That's partially because of people like me who get black beans, and THEN pinto beans (so double beans), extra pico, sour cream, and cheese, and 3 taco shells on the side, and sample some of their fruit drinks. 😂 I obviously get rice, corn and meat, and salsa on the side, but those first things are key as far as extra food.

[@dbased1915]

Chipotle imo is top tier for fast food. I am in and out in usually 1-2 minutes, and i get a good amount of decently healthy food (2 loaded chicken bowls) for 17 bucks, i add my own sauces to make them better.

[@TheReader6]

60% inflation in 4 years will do this.

[@benricard1]

CPI and the fed says its only been 20%. Can you believe that? 😂

[@kaznika6584]

​@benricard1 No. I can't. It's a completely made-up number.

[@Andy-im3kj]

And Karine used to tell us inflation was only at 6% when most food items have increased by 80, 90, and even over 100% in price.

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

i dont think they can stop doing it cause people keep buying it morning to midnight my local one is busy , less junky cars soo uper mid class eat thier more

[@Sl15555]

someone was telling me that only some items have inflation and didn't think inflation was really a thing an only effects some peoples costs.

[@armrarr]

fun fact,, in the Netherlands when ordering via takeaway at the mcdonalds you have to wait more then an hour sometimes,, hell sometimes they don't even deliver or its way to cold. and when making a complaint they don't f care. asking those prices i also wanna be threated like i'm in a restaurant. HELL'S KITCHEN IS EVEN CHEAPER!

[@MrMysteriousDm]

I seen McDonald's in the last 4 years. Go from $1.99 a hamburger to $6.59 in my area. I no longer go to fast food places

[@osimos]

That's actually good, your health says thank you.

[@Dejinn]

Went to KFC the other day to order the Nashville Hot chicken tenders, I ordered 8 (they only come in 8, 12, 16) and the drive thru attendant said "that will be $24 at the first window" I said "God damn nevermind" and drove off. Those tenders are probably only 2 chicken breasts cut in tiny strips with hot oil and breading on them. its insane...

[@PuppetHouse2716]

Good for you! We the people vote with the wallet

[@Zorcon741]

It's gas, logistics, and wages for $18 per hour instead of $9

[@kylespevak6781]

​@@Zorcon741 So random other shit justifies a company price gauging?

[@Zorcon741]

@kylespevak6781 My obvious point is that it's a bit of both

[@mbburry4759]

​@Zorcon741 why are the % margins going up?

[@_uncredited]

Cows haven't brought any new features to market for hundreds of thousands of years. Absolutely no reason for them to charge more for their beef.

[@davidanders1687]

to be fair farmers have now a higher cost. ofc beef is beef but farmers have to pay more for food/farm space/ and other stuff. it has also one of the highest co2 outputs food wise which could mean higher tax

[@Crowski]

Might be the cost of the feed. Tax on land. Equipment costs. But yeah.. 1lb of beef shouldn’t be $10…

[@arbhall7572]

The cows need healthcare, maintenance and the farmers need to make a living doing it. Gas prices went up, that makes EVERYTHING cost more, because we ship EVERYTHING.

[@bej4987]

New tech is 80% fat

[@RwWr-k6w]

Don't think so, we are barely getting any more for our calves at auction than we did 20 years ago. Look at the big middlemen....beef slaughter/packing houses. They are the ones gouging and are controlled by a small amount of companies....almost a monopoly. And also the ones wanting to weaken child labor laws in the states where their big packing houses operate.

[@Dév0x5762]

A Mcdonalds cheeseburger in Sweden was less than a dollar before the pandemic, now its almost 1,80 or something, roughly. A big mac meal with large fries and drink (which is probably a medium in the US) 😅 is like 12 dollars. I think the average wage for a mcdonalds worker is like 10-11 dollars/hour, you earn more after a couple of years and if you work evenings/nights/holidays.

[@JamesEsposito-o5j]

As a fast food shop owner i can tell you prices are insane, but i can share why. As pandemic hit, they took away all our plastic bags , and straws, then the trucks stopped , and plants shut. Right after that we had the illegal worker / border stuff start. Then gas started rising during the trucking crisis. After that they banned all our foam products , and the paper / cardboard stuff is no joke 3X the price. Cheese is up 3.5X the price it was in 2019. Fresh produce, even if you buy local is now over 3X the price. I am now using 3 supply companies just to make sure i can get the products i want. Cause EnS Foods will not have my chicken one week, but Bova Foods will, or I cant get the ham i use from either of them, so i call Sisco Foods. Then we go to the depot outlet ourselves on our day off , and fill in the gaps! Since 2020 it has almost felt like a serious push to regulate small family food places out of the business. Like you showed how the fast food giants gained massive amounts of money since pandemic...... I swear a big chunk of that cash is because the tiny burger shop that couldnt eat the massive costs to survive since 2020 have closed, and the big chains are whats left. If you were any kind of boss at all, you paid your staff during pandemic while your business was shut down for months, and then even when you did reopen......, your dinning rooms had to be closed! So you had to find made up jobs , or keep paying your wait staff to not work. Since 2019-2020 owning a small fast food place has been a non stop noney battle to not raise prices , but still be able to survive.

[@PuppetHouse2716]

The game monopoly has become real life

[@markvogel5872]

Canadian?

[@fornhunkle]

​@@PuppetHouse2716 it was always real-life lol, as in, the game is based on reality not the other way around

[@TakinErEasyHere]

The future globalists want is one where everyone is reliant on a giant corporation. That is why they are creating problems so the cost of business goes up insuring only the billionaires survive the chaos.

[@kylespevak6781]

Maybe they should close some stores if their only other option is to destroy their business

[@jayc342009]

Higher prices wouldn't be a problem if they were offering a better quality product but they aren't, the quality of fast food sucks especially mcdonalds.

[@Atomysk]

I think that's what feels like a slap in the face.

[@kesamek8537]

High prices would still be a problem for the vast majority of the population, what is wrong with you.

[@jayc342009]

@@kesamek8537 depends how high, better quality usually means higher cost.

[@tonyslicer7399]

No wrong reason prices high because all new stupid machines they add fastfood place like self service or order food no worker is why prices go up new things they had why price go up

[@amisfitpuivk]

It all depends on the store. McDonalds seems the most consistent/same where ever you go but the food is pretty boring. The BK near me will turn the lights off to hide from drive through customers at night lol. But I have a good Taco Bell that has the cheap cost high calorie box’s on the menu

[@bozidarugljesic2907]

Prices are going up cause People are still buying it its that simple

[@randybobandy9828]

Yes and no. Their sales are way down.

[@nirorit]

@@randybobandy9828true, and more and more businesses are closing. Economy is tanking and they are going down with it.

[@churblefurbles]

like the insurers leaving California, this is a governement manufactured problem.

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

i agree people are dum they keep lining up after work, mindless cows just work overtime

[@kokocaptainqc]

in Canada KFC is done and the other chicken place, Dixie Lee, is closed on monday-tuesday

[@EternalRecurrence88]

The piece of cheese is just about the size of their hamburger patties. They used to be a tenth of a pound when i worked there in 2003-2010. They have to have shrank at least %30 since then. They could mach the decrease the size of the bun as well to match the new patty size, and still offer a $1.00 double. The fry boxes are barely half full.

[@mediavideos2176]

Simple solution, dont buy it and make your own.

[@Slippersqe]

To all the time poor people out there, meal prep and chuck it in the freezer. Im the same (lazy and don't want to cook after my shifts) and you'll feel better not spending your hard earned cash on this trash food. Just pull it out and microwave it

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

ya easy switch only takes mins

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

that is what I do most of time and never eat shit fast food anyways

[@kokocaptainqc]

many people would just skip meals if they make their own...the hassle of prepping is HUGE for many people

[@mediavideos2176]

​@@kokocaptainqc Just grab some fruit, nuts, veg or rotisserie chicken, no prep needed.

[@thefriar8883]

It wasn't even worth what they charged before. People that eat fast food all the time don't understand how nasty that shit tastes when you've eaten healthy for a while.

[@spicyjalapeno]

Actually if it wasn't worth what they charge people would not buy there. But they do. So is it 'fair? ' What does that even mean? As long as you all buy at these prices it's fair.

[@zebatov]

47% is ridiculous. Maybe they could cut that down to 10%, have a cheaper menu, and make WAY more sales.

[@_Lis25]

But why would they do that when many restaurants are overworked because people are buying anyway and sales won't go up that much XD Like you only decrease the price when people aren't buying out everything you have already.

[@goldenlynelslayer4096]

10 percent is just stupid and a failing business. 20 percent is standard and any more then 30 is taking advantage of the consumer. However they have to have these super high profit product because some guy with an app (me) is going to make them in the red. Their apps and coupons are the problem, not the business owners

[@goldenlynelslayer4096]

For reference selling a million dollars worth of food will only make an owner 100,000. Sounds like a lot but a McDonald’s costs around 2.5 million to buy. It would take 25 years to pay itself off.

[@acbeaumo]

They're not going to lower their prices for no reason. There has to be a shift in the market for that to happen. People are still buying fast food, despite the high prices.

[@bud389]

​​@@goldenlynelslayer409614 percent is the bog standard operating profit margin for most restaurants.

[@paulmann8570]

I don’t know how the locations outside of Orlando are, but I would not eat Chipotle ever again. Within Orlando, the employees are paid less than they would be at McDonald’s, food labels and dates are outright ignored, and the sexual harassment is rampant as hell. They tried to pressure everyone into working through a Hurricane. Being a former employee, I truly hope that company goes under.

[@waltp4855]

One thing to point out is that MD doesn't pay 7.50$ to employees. It's more like 9 to 15$ an hour depending on location

[@sternowl2345]

$20/hr in california

[@manwithnewname]

Yeah, they pay the min they can according to the current cost of labour in the market. They only started offering $15/h when they couldn't hire enough workers. Since the fed min wage of 7.50/h is so low compared to the cost of living anywhere in the country, its practically irrelevant.

[@shupichii9647]

@@manwithnewname Unless you pick the crops that go into that burger eh? Many farming workers can be paid federal minimum. :D Exceptions also exist for under 18s and in some places, tipped workers.

[@TMumblez]

​@@shupichii9647you just brought back the meory of me cutting and picking up tobacco for the guy that lived down the street from me in middle school/high school. I was paid $7 an hour lmfao.

[@michaellee7841]

@@shupichii9647State minimum wage supersedes federal minimum wage fyi. California minimum wage for fast food workers is $20 an hour. Varies state by state.

[@DickoSG]

Damn 5$ for a mcflurry is wild. Less than half that in the UK, Singapore & Hong Kong

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

costs $1 to make at home and better quality

[@adamlawson9824]

@@GuitarsAndSynths you just need a 300 dollar blender beforehand

[@emperormateus2058]

Lol, Russian Subsidiary Chain of Mac got McFlurry for 1.5$

[@chronometer9931]

​@@adamlawson9824no you need a basic ice cream machine for between $150 - $300, but do the math, at $5 an ice cream it will pay for itself in no time

[@wkeon]

Less than half the flavor as well 😂

[@FitFreshMiami]

I lost all hope on fast food when the Little Caesar’s $5 Hot-n-ready pizza was no longer $5

[@Mattchu44]

Same with subway, I ain’t paying $10 for a $5 sub that tastes like cardboard

[@luneveil]

when the 5$ 20 piece mcnugget was actually 5$

[@MatthewKelley-mq4ce]

That said, in my area, they still have pretty good pricing compared to other options

[@idindunuphenwong]

Same here with Subway and the $5 footlong.

[@daronjohnson9095]

$9 where I'm at, subway is like $11, but my local buffet all you can eat is $16

[@JakePickle]

People are the problem. Stop paying. See prices drop. Super simple.

[@Ragnaracc]

you can get better food from a sit down restraunt for the same price as alot of this crap.

[@TxChristopher]

Exactly. I stopped eating fast food because it simply is not worth the price.

[@giovanniritchieputra8981]

At this era, cooking is a must have skill. I have a great respect to someone who can cook. Its top 3 best pick skills beside common sense and manners.

[@Unchainedful]

Cooking was always a skill people must have, regardless of the prices. If you can’t cook, you failed as a human being. You don’t have to be a chef, but you have to at least need to know how to use a oven. As for a professional skill, unless you are willing to get an education of a professional chef and spend decades of low pay to get experience to make a name for yourself for a chance of higher pay, then cooking as a skill is one of the worst skills you can learn in today’s time. Unless you are as well known as Gordon Ramsay, you are not a good chef yet.

[@mpowe123]

Helicopter parenting has probably caused a decline in younger generations ability to do so. Also a number of newer micro apt homes don't have a kitchen or space for equipment and pantry supplies.

[@TheContrarian09]

The air fryer is the greatest invention since the printing press.

[@seanmurphy6034]

I think you misspelled grill.

[@WardenOfTerra]

OK boomer.

[@alexandervlaescu9901]

You people do realize that an air fryer is essentially just a smaller oven with a smaller maximum temp?

[@alexandervlaescu9901]

@alecnolastname4362 Besides fries aren't even done that well in it. Only refrying really works.

[@skibidi.G]

Microwave oven is good too

[@WizardReel]

In California, the governor passed a law that the large fast food chains have to pay their coworkers $20/hour (a bit odd that he choose just that type of jobs for the increase.). The labor costs have made the their feed prices go way up.

[@stevenpaul7717]

Not in the food industry but the company I work for has about 65% profit margin before payroll. It’s 40% after payroll. They also keep increasing prices saying they need to keep pushing to make more.

[@CmdrBrannick]

The problem with the arguement of, if you don't like it go someplace else, is that when one company gets away with it, every other company follows suit.

[@NotAnAmerican]

Then people with common sense stop going out. Nothing wrong with the argument.

[@SoulTransient]

That is not true

[@TheDaidai05]

The grocery store is always an option

[@CmdrBrannick]

@@SoulTransient It's been proven plenty of times that it's true in other aspects. Video games, one company charges more, gets away with it, and everyone charges more for example.

[@chronometer9931]

​​@@NotAnAmericanYes there is and you don't have common sense or you would realize it's fundamentally flawed. There are so many people with no common sense that they will continue driving up the price and you, just lose...

[@jaexotics]

My wife and I gave up all fast food because of the price. When you can Buy 2 Bison Medallions, things to make mashed potatoes all for around $20 and a single meal that makes you hungry 10 minutes later from BK cost $16….there’s a major issue 😂

[@osimos]

Good! You are improving, you may wanna add some veggies to it.

[@busdriver0000]

price is a market signal that, when raised, discourages consumption. since fast food is extremely popular we can deduce that it's not overpriced. the fact that you want to pay less for it has no economic bearing whatsoever, and when your currency is devalued 7% year on year then a sustained price increase is the rule not the exception

[@golfpro5502]

Yesterday at Mcdonalds in the PHx area i got a #10- two cheeseburger meal medium sized and added a 4 piece nugget and it was over $16. Lmfao they even feel guilty saying the number over the microphone.

[@CidVeldoril]

Of course they would. They are just employees who don't make the prices. They know the food aint worth that, but the alternative to selling it to you is quitting and not making making themselves.

[@Kororozinhouw]

Minimum monthly wage here in Brazil is around 1420 REAL. A Mcdonald's BigMac ON SALE is around 15 REAL. If go for a combo it's around 30 REAL. Having lunch and dinner would be 60 REAL a day. That means you can't even feed yourself twice a day eating Mcdonalds on a minimum wage in Brazil. That's how expensive fast food has become. It's ridiculous.

[@wkeon]

Thanks for keeping it real

[@zomfgeclipse]

That's insane. In Canada 1 hour minimum wage buys 1 combo meal and even we are complaining

[@HarbingerOfRespite]

The $5 deal from McDonalds in my area came with a small fry and a small drink. Wendy's increased the price of their original $4 deal, again with a small fry and small drink, to $5 and did not offer a new $4 deal. If the wage hike was the cause for the price increases, we wouldn't be seeing people losing their jobs at the same time CEOs are getting raises and increasingly larger bonuses.

[@ryanwells3266]

If you just tell Wendy's you want a 4 for 4 they will just give it to you anyway lol

[@WildWombats]

It's funny they tell us it's not affordable as they spend countless millions on advertising, as their profit margins continue to increase, as their CEO bonuses continue to increase, so basically the company is earning all time high levels of money, and yet they will say they can't afford to go down on prices. This can't be true, they just don't want to give up their profit margins that they've worked so hard to push so high up. Once they turn it back down, it's going to be hard to bring the profit margins back to where they are today so they're going to squeeze us bone dry until then.

[@ryan.1990]

Inflation has nothing to do with CEOs. It's a direct result of PRINTING MORE MONEY

[@alexandervlaescu9901]

Our 5 euros deal include getting a large drink, large fries and two burgers (combination of 1 cheeseburger and 1 chicken burger or 2 cheeseburgers or 2 chickenburgers).

[@JoeyJoJoJr0]

@@ryan.1990 No, this is a direct result of increasing wages 4x in two years.

[@nitroneonicman]

So I agree with most of the points here except for the minimum wage. It IS a big factor and no raising minimum wages will not stimulate economic growth (as we've seen in the last four years). Literally no one who works at McDonalds in Texas is making minimum wage. They pay whatever it takes to get people to apply and $7.25 an hour doesn't cut it.

[@advanced8625]

why would you not increase prices when consumers are too stupid to realize that you can, no exaggeration spend 10 times less by making your own food, i wonder how much they will have to increase them for people to realize they are getting scammed, fast food is a luxery and making your own is and allways was cheaper

[@randybobandy9828]

I guess but most people I know have completely cut out fast food or close to.

[@balinthehater8205]

The problem is that eventually it will kill the business. How many people are employed at mcdonalds? What will happen once they are out of a job? Wether people need fast food or not is irrelevant. It used to be a cheap and easy source of comfort for normal people and now that it isnt so anymore its going to fall out of the niche that the industry carved out. And a large amount of people are going to lose their jobs if a market correction doesnt happen quickly.

[@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96]

@@advanced8625 or, and this is where you’re wrong. Could it be the hyper inflation that you let set in ? When you willing have up yours and everyone around yous rights and liberties over the common cold

[@RaiNoe]

Aren't you so smart, such a greater than thou attitude on you

[@seanmurphy6034]

Cheaper is very arguable here. Surface level cost probably looks cheaper for sure. There are several other factors at play though. The largest of which (in most people's cases is time). What's your time actually worth? Not just an hourly wage your employer agrees to pay you, but your free time? Where you get to decide what's important. Hours in meal prep, grocery shopping, cleanup. Etc. Paying a couple extra bucks to put that nonsense into someone else's hands IS the reason fast food exists. So cost is arguable, but imo quality isn't even questionable.