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[โ€“] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 2 points 23 minutes ago

Fuck McDonald's

TheStreet reported that Medium French Fries went from $1.79 in 2019 to $4.19 in 2024, a 134.1 percent increase. A McChicken went from $1.29 to $3.89, a 201.6 percent hike.

The price of the beloved Big Mac increased 87.7 percent, from $3.99 to $7.49. An order of 10 McNuggets rose by 68.8 percent, from $4.49 to $7.58. Of the five popular products examined, cheeseburgers saw the largest price increaseโ€”going from $1 to $3.15, a 215 percent spike.

These increases exceed the general average for inflation calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which shows that prices went up by about 21.5 percent between the end of 2019 and March 2024.

For at least since the pandemic I can get a better burger and fries from an actual restaurant, with probably three or four different places to choose from, for less. McDonald's is good in a particular way, but the two main things they had going for them were convenience and cost. With cost blown away the convenience isn't really enough to carry the day a lot of the time, even when I'm in a rush.

And they did it them fucking selves.

[โ€“] orcrist@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It all depends where you live, but I can go to a proper sit-down restaurant, one of the cheaper ones, but still a sit-down restaurant that actually cooks real food, and spend as much or less than I would at McDonald's.

[โ€“] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 40 minutes ago

I can even get a pint of beer with a sit down meal for not far off the cost of McDonalds.

[โ€“] umbrella@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 hours ago

fuck the shitty us empire.

we are right in not wanting to be bullied by that shitty country anymore.

[โ€“] LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml 17 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I stopped going there ever since they cause the capture of Luigi.

I realized how far they go for anything.

[โ€“] suite403@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I stopped when it became obvious they were price gouging their customers. None of their food is worth the price and it hasn't been for probably close to a decade.

[โ€“] Rawdogg@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

I stopped when they were proudly supporting zionazi scum

[โ€“] k0e3@lemmy.ca 24 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

As a Canadian in Japan, McDonald's is one brand I had a difficult time saying goodbye to after your Shit president threatened our sovereignty, because I genuinely used to have a good experience everytime I went. Clean store, polite staff, decently cheap food, and cool collabs with Japanese IP like Pokemon and Mario.

I'm sad my kids don't get to enjoy a treat there every now and then, but fuck the USA right now and anybody who supports the shitty administration.

[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 9 points 8 hours ago

As an American, yeah I agree with you, fuck the USA

[โ€“] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 8 hours ago

Use the Spell Card "Monster Reborn" to ressurect the fucking Dollar Menu

[โ€“] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 10 points 9 hours ago

I haven't been to McGenocide in a long while

[โ€“] ellypony@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Oh my god please shut the fuck up

[โ€“] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 18 points 13 hours ago

Have they tried SUING People who ARENT eating there?

[โ€“] garretble@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

That, maybe. But hear me out:

A Double Quarter Pounder meal is now roughly $11-12 dollars. They don't put the prices on the menu half the time, and the people in the drive-through never give you the price. They just say "pull around."

Maybe don't run a shitty business that's overpriced.

A couple of weeks ago I was moving to a new house. I woke up early to move a load of things, and on the way was a McDonald's. I stopped in because it was convenient and got an Egg McMuffin with a hash brown and an OJ. It was $9. $9!

You can't charge outrageous prices and then go, "Man, why aren't people showing up?"

[โ€“] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 17 points 16 hours ago

I can get a burger and fries from several local shops for less than McDonalds. The quality is better and there is more food in the bag.

[โ€“] hebert@lemmy.world 37 points 20 hours ago
[โ€“] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago

Tariffs make baby Ronald cry.

[โ€“] Siresly@lemm.ee 21 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

It's nice to hear some good news.

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty," McDonald's Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said.

"Grappling with uncertainty." Predictably a writhing scumbag running this gross American company. What we're forced to deal with, is the extremely blatant certainty of the fascist rapist Chris here probably voted for, being a repugnant disaster. Fuck you, Chris.

[โ€“] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

I want to ask him if that's how he talks at home.

[โ€“] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty,"

such a eerily polite way to say that the country is going to shit.

[โ€“] Rawdogg@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

Uncertainty they endorsed by having the rapist chomo do a photo op in their restaurants

Incoming White House briefing calling McDonaldโ€™s commie traitors

[โ€“] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 34 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

After McDonaldโ€™s dumbass trump stunt during the election, the only reason that Iโ€™ll ever go there again is to take a dump in their bathroom on a road trip.

[โ€“] kerntucky@infosec.pub 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I missed it, what'd they do during the election?

[โ€“] drhodl@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

There was talk about how Camilla was a McDonalds worker when she was young, compared to nepo asshole Drumph who never worked a day in his life. So he organized a photo shoot at a local McD's with him wearing an apron and looking confused. The closed the McD's for the occasion and only invited magats to use the drive through.

Trump was doing a McDonalds drive thru gig or something, idk was weird and dumb

[โ€“] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

My local restaurant's hamburgers >>> that local hot-dog stand's hamburgers >>> McDonalds

[โ€“] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

don't think I've ever had a burger that was worse than the McDonald's ones.

I'm baffled by why it's it popular at all. their quality is the worse (or at the same level of other junk food franchises).

[โ€“] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 hours ago

Drive thrus and brand recgonition

[โ€“] TheLiveFive@lemm.ee 11 points 19 hours ago

I can get a burger and fries from most places in my area for just a few bucks more. Totally worth it.

[โ€“] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 23 points 21 hours ago

Keep up the good work, boycott all fascist american brands.

[โ€“] Etterra@discuss.online 74 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Nothing says "I'm a greedy whiny bitch" like complaining about a 3.6% dip in profits.

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[โ€“] nuko147@lemm.ee 20 points 22 hours ago

Anti-American does good to your health!

[โ€“] shekau@lemmy.today 14 points 22 hours ago

Finally some good news!

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