I cannot verify it, but I’m pretty sure the basic Mac Hamburger has gotten smaller in the past two years.
The bun is about the same, but the burger itself seems to have shrunk. The price has not been reduced, of course.
Went to Arby’s for our family’s every-other-month special visit. Asked for our normal - starting with a small soda combo for the wife. They say “we no longer have a small, only medium and large.” So I get the medium. And gee, what do you know - the medium cup today is what was a small cup last visit - including the S marking on the bottom. Both the drink and fries. Oh, the price went up a touch, too.
So if McDs went from 10/pound to 12/pound on the basic burgers, it would not surprise me.
McDonald’s claims that their standard patty still weighs a tenth of a pound before cooking. If the fat percentage has increased, though, then the cooked patty would be smaller, and I think keeping them in steam drawers shrinks them a bit also.
I very seldom eat at McDonald’s, but the patties do look smaller than they used to.
I use the app for McD, and noticed what you’re saying about a lot of items that have shrunken, and the price has not only not decreased but exploded. Not long ago a double cheeseburger was $1.49, and not long before that it was $.99. I’ve seen price creep go from $1.49 to $1.79, then $1.99, then $2.19, $2.49, $2.79, $2.99 and depending on location I’ve seen it at $3.19!!! The basic hamburger was $.89, then $1.29, $1.49 and now it’s $1.89, which was the price for the McDouble less than a year ago, and that’s almost $3.00 now!!!
Secretly shrinking burgers? I think that about the Filet O’Fish. They literally shrank the tortilla size at Taco Bell years ago. Old Mexican Pizza in the early 2000s was wider.
Now I wonder, is this all true or are we succumbing to the types of emanations the evil gray aliens sent into our skulls when we foolishly took off the tinfoil hats. (They were aluminum, anyway).🛸👽🤖🔫🍔
The basic McDonalds hamburger patty is as small as it is possible to make without it either falling apart or being able to be seen through.
Because I work nights I usually buy Hungary Man frozen dinners as I don't want to be cooking a one in the morning. I've noticed over the last two years portion sizes in these things a re smaller. Cans of tuna are smaller, cans of soup, just about everything is shrinking. Except prices.
All I know is bought a bunch of stock in mcdonalds every year from 1995-2000. Between 10 and 20 dollars and now a share is 269. I’m honestly shocked!!!! They are doing incredible well! No need for layoffs.