McDonald's CEO says fast food chain will focus on affordability amid outrage over menu hikes

FOX 11 LA ^ | February 6, 2024 | Louis Casiano

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Minimum Wage Hikes. Insane Inflation. Let's Go, Brandon!

[Reno89519]

Maybe they’ll offer a Small Mac?

[Bob434]

so $1.50 cheeseburgers back on the menu again?

[Right Brother]

Discounts for minorities, price hike for Caucasians. Problem solved.

[Bob434]

mini mac meals for $15 lol

[suasponte137]

Great.

So I look forward to automated everything...with one or two warm bodies overseeing the automated operation.

Because $25 per hour burger flippers just aint going to allow you to cut that much.

[CatOwner]

Only accomplished by downsizing product and/or going with lower grade food ingredients (if that’s possible at a McDonald’s).

[circlecity]

Massive automation is the only solution.

[Jim W N]

...but don’t forget about TASTE!

[ClearCase_guy]

The standard equation is:

On time
On budget
Good quality

Pick two

So, if McDonald's is going to focus on "budget", will the fast food be slower, or lower quality?

[gibsonguy]

So I look forward to automated everything...“

Thanks to the rats it’s the only way

[CatOwner]

I had posted downsizing product and/or lower quality food, but automation and a significant cut in employees would probably get there too.

[dfwgator]

McDonald’s is your kind of place
They feed you rattlesnakes

French Fries between your toes
Hamburgers up your nose

The last time I went in there
They fried my underwear

McDonald’s is your kind of place

[1Old Pro]

a big mac meal is worth $7-8, no more. They need to charge what it is worth.

[wildcard_redneck]

People started eating at McDonald’s because it was a good deal for the amount of food you got for the money and now it isn’t. If McDonald’s keeps their prices high, they are going to die.

[Bernard]

Maybe “Demolition Man” had it right; the only restaurant that survives will be Taco Bell.

[EEGator]

In the 90’s, the one by me had $.59 cheeseburgers on Wednesdays.

Fond memories. I was ripped even though I ate cheeseburgers, Nip-Chee crackers, and a 64oz Wawa lemonade everyday.

[Trailerpark Badass]

LOL, they need to charge what will make them an acceptable profit.

If their costs for overhead, product, labor, taxes, regulation compliance, etc, makes them lose money on each $7-8 meal, they will have to cut costs somewhere, most likely in the quality/quantity of the product.

[dfwgator]

He doesn’t even know how to use the Three Seashells.

[Magic Fingers]

Maybe “Demolition Man” had it right; the only restaurant that survives will be Taco Bell.

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Could be, but definitely not because it’s cheap these days!