Posted on 03/20/2023 8:24:09 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
That’s a lotta lettuce.
The average price for a McDonald’s Big Mac in the US is now estimated at $5.15, or nearly 22% more since the pre-pandemic era, a new study shows.
The iconic burger’s price varies from state to state, with a Big Mac in Hawaii fetching the most — a whopping $5.31, according to a CashNetUSA.
New York is the next most expensive state to buy the burger, at $5.23, followed by New Jersey at $5.19 and California at $5.11.
Out of the more than 13,000 McDonald’s in the US, those in Mississippi were found to have the cheapest Big Macs, at $3.91.
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I have kids , i get about once a week. It is what it is. Hits the spot sometimes… other times i regret it…lol.
Hilarious. Our local McD’s has a line running around it nearly every time I drive by it, day or night. It’s insane. I think I ate from there once about 10 years ago when we were in the middle of a move. I remember I got a grilled chicken salad. It was just ok. Haven’t been back since, and I can’t possibly remember the last time I had a Big Mac. I loved them at one point, but I bet that’s been 25 years at least since I’ve had one of those. I just don’t eat fast food in general, and I rarely eat out at all. Can’t afford it, plus home cooking is better tasting and better for me.
I remember when a regular cheeseburger at McD’s was a quarter. Fries were 10 cents.
“Does anybody in 2023 actually eat at McDonLards?”
“Nah, those millions of cars in the lot and going through the window are just window shopping.”
“McDonald’s gross profit for the twelve months ending December 31, 2022 was $13.207B”
Nobody goes there anymore. They’re too crowded. That’s 13 BILLION dollars.
Federal Minimum wage 1976: $2.30
$2.60 in 1976 is worth 13.75 today.
Current Federal minimum age is $7.25 and has only 52% of the buying power of $2.60 minimum age from 1976.
There is a reason the top of the food chain keep getting fatter, and the lower end struggles even more.
Need to fix the minimum wage, adjust it to appropriate level, and then, just like Social Security, tie it to inflation and automatically increase it every year.
End this stupid invented political BS battle.
$23.183 BILLION in sales in 2022...
So, yea, I’d say a whole lot of people still go there.
I don’t count myself among them, but there is no doubt a LOT of people still go to McDonald’s.
Most McDonald’s have already gone to the kiosk-based ordering system, cutting back on employees.
Mickey D had a gross revenue of $23.8 BILLION with a $6.8 BILLION profit {before taxes} in 2022, so some people must buy Micky's stuff.
I haven't eaten a Mickey D's burger in many years, but I drive past one 4-6 times/week and there is a line of cars in wait.
I rarely eat fast food junk, but if I do it is either a Burger King or Wendys {and if I'm gonna fatten up, it's always with bacon}.
I have not eaten at Mickey Ds since they stopped using Heinz Ketchup...almost 50 years ago.
But lets give the employees 15 bucks an hour! (S)
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Exactly. The attraction of fast food is that it was fast and cheap. It is no longer cheap. People will change their eating habits.
Fast food is NOT a necessity of life. Growing up in the 1950s the only time we (the kids) ate out was when we were traveling and then it was at a diner along the highway.
Fast food did not become a thing until late in my teens. Even then when I began working I took my lunch to work (had a nice lunch box with a large thermos.
In the long run it is cheaper to buy the fixings and take your lunch to work. People will figure it out. Fast food restaurant make their money on volume with fewer people eating out that volume will go down while their fixed cost remain the same.
Some established restaurants are not going to make it.
I've noticed McDonald's that are very busy. Part of their issue is that they haven't expanded their locations in some areas which they would have done in the past. I suspect some of the commuter locations have lower volume but the closer-to-home locations are picking up the difference.
The business model avoids oversized restaurants and instead builds similar restaurants closer to each other if the demand is there. I suspect McDonald's management is unable to add locations due to insufficient staffing and also doesn't want to risk opening locations only to watch the COVID-1984 consumer behavior change back, leaving them with a surplus of locations.
In high school (1970s) McD handed out “loyalty cards” to students which provided a free medium drink any time we bought a large sandwich. During my Jr and Sr HS years my body was built out of cheap Big Macs and free Coke.
$5.15?
I can get a 1-lb packet of ground sirloin and cook 3 good-sized burgers for $5.15.
But lets give the employees 15 bucks an hour! (S) Exactly what do you think they and other employers should do when people have been trained by government to sit on their asses and collect money courtesy working taxpayers?
Not happy about high prices? Then blame those responsible for shutting down the nation with a bullshit crises(prior and current administration) and the current administrations policies which are directly intended to punish Americans and reward the illegals.
I remember when a 1/4 pounder with cheese meal was 3.18 cents.
As a 9 year old kid riding in the back of my father's Country Squire wagon, I was pretty darn impressed with those kind of numbers. Surely those must be the best hamburgers in the world if that many people are buying them. The Weekly Reader at school would have an infographic showing how many McDonald's hamburgers it would take to reach up to the moon if they were all stacked on top of each other. I would try to imagine the Skylab astronauts going up there with with all those hamburgers in order to add to that stack.
Then one time I went to an uncle's barbeque and he was putting thick, juicy burgers on the grill, laying on thick slices of cheese, and then putting them on soft potato rolls. Now THOSE were the best burgers I ever tasted. I told my uncle so and said that if he opened his own hamburger restaurant, that he would sell more hamburgers than McDonalds because his were so much better.
He just tousled my hair and went back to drinking his beer whilee using his spatula to flip over another batch of burgers.
I remember when a McDonald’s opened in NW FL in the early 60s, they had the ‘All American’ meal for 50 cents. A burger, fries and a shake. At the time a simple burger in a diner was around 25-30 cents.
“Does anybody in 2023 actually eat at McDonLards?”
Guess the answer is yes. One of the MCDs here in Aiken County, SC recently increased its drive thru from one lane to two and it’s frequently jammed, both lanes.
Great post.
Speaking of homemade burgers, I think my hubby’s are the best in the world, too. Pretty recently, we had 4 house guests (family) for a long weekend visit. On Super Bowl evening, Mr. FF made his famous burgers, and you guessed it, every single person exclaimed that they were the best burgers they’d ever eaten. No surprise for me. You have to start with really great meat. We use wagyu beef lately. No comparison to other ground meats. It’s so good.
Ours is two lanes also. Always jammed, including the parking lot for dining in. That place is doing lots of business. I don’t get it though. I’m just not a FF fan. If I do, it’s either Chick-fil-A or Culver’s, and for either of those it’s been a few years, usually when we’re on a road trip.
Occasionally I eat at Mickey D’s but I’ll deny it if anyone asks.
By the way, it was better when they actually DID cook with lard!
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