Posted on 11/04/2023 10:53:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
An enraged McDonald’s customer says the fast food franchise is no longer affordable for ordinary Americans, calling the company’s contemporary prices “crazy.”
“So, I get there’s a labor shortage, I get there’s wage increases and a number of other things,” Idaho man Christopher Olive began in a viral TikTok clip, which has recently resurfaced.
“But $16? $16 for a burger, a large fry and a drink? It’s just crazy!” the flabbergasted content creator complained, panning to his itemized receipt from a McDonald’s restaurant in the city of Post Falls. The video was original posted on social media last December, but has now gone viral again after McDonald’s recently reported an increase in revenue directly influenced by a “strategic” hike in menu prices.
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Local mom and pop restaurants serve a full meal for $6.00 around here. Homemade too.
Never saw a more dishonest screen name. Flaming Conservative Liberal Would be more honest.
I buy frozen burgers at Costco and make my own fries (real potatoes) in an air fryer for almost nuffin and it’s untouched by Illegals
Best deal down here in South Florida is Flannigans, which runs a daily lunch special for $6.99. One of the choices is a burger with fries. which is 10 times larger and better than anything at McDonalds. (Other choices include sandwiches or a half roasted chicken). You also get a small soup included in the price. A great way to spend the afternoon watching a game. A cold beverage, plus tip and you are paying less than that $16 McDonalds meal deal. Why anyone would anyone down here go to McDs instead of Flannigans is beyond me.
“beloved”
Does ANYBODY “love” a restaurant? Especially a fast food “restaurant”?
We’ve got a couple of local fast food joints (”Zips”, “Paul Bunyan”) and their prices are pushing the same range. A basic double cheeseburger with bacon is $8.00 at each place, no fries, no drink.
I’ll blame McDonald’s for choosing to keep its corporate trap shut about what Deep State is doing to its employees and customers.
Well, if eating strictly at home satisfies you, fine. But don't be rude to the rest of us that enjoy and maybe need to eat out. And, if you do find yourself eating out, don't go whining to us. (And this isn't my posted thread, but why don't you go post and crap on your own thread?)
The Five Guys in my neighborhood closed a few months ago. I like their burgers and fries, but it’s too expensive to go frequently.
My favorite was Fat Burger, but people didn’t go after the novelty wore off. Price was a factor.
yes, McD has already lost a lot of its customers
raising prices so high.
(and basically terminating their “dollar menu” where a person could at least get a little tiny sandwich for a buck, this alone attracted a large segment of the patronage (some of whom then added more expensive items to their orders... for all the cutbacks at Costco, you don’t see them abandoning their $4.99 chickens (or $1.50 hotdogs with soda, though they did drop the diced onions and saurkraut here so we no longer shop at Costco as often as we used to...this little three cent economy lost them a few thousand dollars a years in business from this household alone)
the old adage is still true,
cutting off their noses to spite their faces
That’s what happens when communist ideology is imposed on society. Bernie Sanders demanded higher wages for fast food workers and this is the result.
When I worked there in the late 80s a bigmac meals was $3.20 (sold too many of those, burned into my brain), which the interwebs says $8.23 now. So McD’s seems to be putting their thumb on the scale.
This is not Bidenomics. It is EU - USA integration. The Left wants European union socialism. People in Europe do not eat pit much at fast food restaurants and they are rare compared to to America.
Absolutely!
Five Guys is very expensive. But at least it’s good.
Didn't say I like them but it's the only way you're going to get anything there. I've had to tell too mamy seniors standing at the registers with no one there that they'll unfortunately have to use the kiosk if they want something that day. Only the drive-thru has humans taking orders, for now.
Little hack on the phone app: If you uninstall and reinstall it, you can get multiple deals immediately instead of waiting the mandatory 15 minutes or so.
Meat fillers are expensive…
Possum meat?
It makes me SICK that anyone would eat the garbage they serve at McDonald’s. Us conservatives are FAR BETTER PEOPLE than the dregs that eat at McDonald’s. Hard to believe that they’re still in business, with their crap.
> McD has already lost a lot of its customers <
There’s a McDonalds a short drive away from me. I don’t go there much anymore. I’m trying to eat healthier. But it’s more than just that.
Prices have increased. The sandwiches seem smaller.
Oh, and then there’s the occasional fights in the parking lot. No thanks.
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