Their solution will be to raise prices by 1% to make up for lost sales.
Hey sales are falling, let’s implement flex-pricing and increase prices during peak times.
$12 🤔 No, $15😀🤭 Me rethinks.
My McDonald’s boycott is in it’s 24th year. There is nothing to miss.
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nobody ever went to mcdonald’s because it’s “good” but because it was cheap and fast
now it’s none of those 3 things. no reason to go there at all. that applies to most other fast food shit too.
Only reason to go there now is because they’ve tricked my kids into being addicted to it.
glad they’re raising you right
You know it, savages.
Only thing i noticed it’s bland. Saving on salt?
When big mac is made right, and the ingredients haven’t been sitting around all day, it’s pretty dang good. Even their basic hamburgers.
Trusting that the underpaid and overworked employee is going to deliver a “pretty good” burger from a fast food joint isn’t a gamble many people are willing to make anymore. And I don’t blame those employees at all.
So, basically, it’s never good.
made right
haven’t been sitting around all day
LOL
Have you ever had a cheeseburger at a real restaurant in your life? This is a serious question.
Depends where you are from. Food standards are higher in Europe, McDonalds can’t use cardboard for their burgers. Has to be actual beef.
McDonalds isn’t as hated in the UK or Europe as it is in America.
Where I’m from in NorthEast US
- Taco Bell is absolute bottom, is not food
- KFC is mostly chicken skin and fat
- McDonalds is bottom tier that’s actual food
I don’t go to any of them willingly.
Minimum acceptable fast food
- Chipotle
- Five Guys
- Panera
Then again, on road trips, I generally stick with whatever swill paid to be in rest areas, so I don’t have to get off the highway
I’m from Europe, and this doesn’t match my experience. McDonald’s is bottom tier fast food. Probably KFC is worse, but that’s about it.
In general, to me it always seemed like Americans value fast food and chain restaurants way higher than Europeans.
Mcdonald’s food in Europe is at least edible though. It’s not necessarily high quality but it’s not as bad as American to seem to make out.
Not that I really eat there very often because to be honest there are better places, but the existence of better places does not necessarily mean they’re terrible. Just not as good as the better places.
They may very well be bottom tier but the whole ladder is higher up in Europe.
I think there’s some wiggle room on “bottom tier,” but yeah, it’s down there somewhere. I dont think KFC is worse, not in my experience. but regardless of this, the meat is real in the UK (at least) and across Europe (at most).
Your individual tastes are subjective. I was arguing that the quality difference of a mcdonalds burger and a restaurant burger is not as big a chasm as OP made out. I’ve worked in plenty of restaurants, and many buy their burgers from the same suppliers that fast food places buy from. It’s the same meat in a different setting. In fact, I used to order food for a whitbread chain restaurant and a greene king chain restaurant, and a lot of it came from the same manufacturers. But people would swear by the quality of the more upmarket whitbread restaurant over the cheaper greene king one.
Doesn’t help that the meat is real when the patty is 2mm thick. McD is so shit it’s ridiculous.
Your individual tastes are subjective. I was arguing that the quality difference of a mcdonalds burger and a restaurant burger is not as big a chasm as OP made out.
I agree that they are basically the same meat from the same cows, but in my opinion there is still a big quality difference due mainly to preparation. A McDonald’s beef patty is too thin, too homogeneous, and overcooked. The lack of flavour is the result of optimizing for cooking speed.
If you are willing to wait 5-15 minutes for your burger to be cooked you can achieve dramatically better results from the same cow.
If every business has to keep to certain food standards, then McDonalds will still be bottom tier as they are in every other region. But the quality is still higher because every other business is too.
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McDonalds also directly supports the IDF
It also relies on forced prison labor.
Sounds like I need to buy a Big Mac.
I recommend eating McDonald’s every day to support your beloved genocidal friends. The more you eat McDonald’s, the better for the IOF. They really need your support in eating as much McDonald’s as you can!
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it was a franchise choice for that community. not to defend mcdonalds, but this happens, just not usually by genocidal groups.
“In regard to the news that McDonald’s in Israel was donating meals. We affirm that it was an individual decision on their part,” McDonald’s franchise in Saudi Arabia said in a statement. “Neither global McDonald’s nor us nor any other country had a role or relationship with that decision, neither directly nor indirectly.”
McDonald’s is a global chain but its franchises are often owned locally and operate autonomously.
McDonald’s Corp declined to comment but a source close to the company in the U.S. said the Israel franchise was an independent business that licensed McDonald’s brand. The source said it’s not unusual for franchisees to engage with their local communities when they are in need.
Honestly? I don’t care if it was just a local franchise. Corporate HQ can force local franchises to stop this if they want to stay open.
Plus, the food is shit. There are better places to eat.
fair enough
Any time I try to get fast food I see what they’re charging for it and remember steak is $10 a pound. Steak and frozen veg with a baked potato for about the same price.
Steak and eggs at a breakfast spot near me is $20 (plus tip). To add insult, it’s a “touristy” one, so while the food is good, they definitely up-charge a bit, say $1-2, on most things vs places off the beaten path.
So….why am I buying a ‘meal deal’ for $13-15 at McDonalds again? I might as well go and fork out a few more bucks for table service and better food at that price point.
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They should just quadruple the prices and make it an elite experience,
Finally. Better late than never I guess.
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Their food sucks. 🤷♂️
Oh wow… Increased prices resulted in people going else where… Who would have seen that coming 🤔
I mean, you’re half right. Yeah, it’s gotten expensive, but it’s now expensive for McDonald’s-quality food. It’s not the worst of the worst, but you can easily find better quality food cheaper.
My boss at work went to pick up some McDonald’s food a few months ago, not particularly because he wanted to eat that, but because he wanted one of those free glasses that came with the meal - honestly, what a strange reason, right?.
He was sick for a solid two weeks due to salmonella. If I have had any desire to go eat there again, it evaporated when he told me that.
they jacked prices as much as they could, had record profits, now they will have to pull back because people don’t have money.
I really hope McDonalds and like-minded companies become a case study on why you shouldn’t inflate prices for short term profit. It’d be great to see them hemorrhage customers and sales.
Nobody who needs to will learn anything from this.
It’s almost like they were warned several times that “No wage, only spend” would result in consumers who can’t afford to consume.
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