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Oh no, did the shitty mega corporation suffer consequences for its role in contributing to destabilizing a government to save 2% on its taxes? Pobrecito!

Not only is the quality still bad but its so overpriced compared to local alternatives. Its actually easy to boycott them because of this.

Mcdonald routinely supporting genocide caused millions to stop consuming that trash, and now the anti-Americans are catching up! Nice to see capital crumbling brick by boring brick.

The burger giant reported U.S. same-store sales fell 3.6%, the largest three-month drop since Q2 2020, when they plunged 8.7%.

Pump that shit up, y'all! Don't forget McDonald's hosted the domestic enemy to the United States Constitution, Donald Trump, for two separate PR stunts. They are complicit in his treason. They don't deserve another cent of your money - there are tons of other options to get your greasy salt fix.

I have boycotted them for years now, mainly because of the prices and service. And also subway, though that's for the price gouging they did during covid.

Macdonald's have forgotten the "fast, cheap, good. Pick two" rule.
And gone for the "slow, expensive, and yet still bad" tactic.
Fafo.

The recent support of tRUMP is just another nail in the McCoffin.

Supplying free meals to an army committing a genocide and gloating about it probably has more to do with it.

Plus, their cheap crap food is now not so cheap I believe.

"anti American". Nah, it's overpriced shit, that's all. Love from Australia.

If you can’t sell sugarburgers in America, what can you sell?

Maybe McDonald’s can introduce a payment plan system. It’s already how Americans afford groceries.

Oh my god ronald please shut the fuck up

Companies slowly starting to realize that you can’t charge ANY price… quality and price doesn’t match

I hope mcd disappears.

Good. Fuck ‘em for the sake of GP, and fuck ‘em for hosting TFI. Get fucked.

Might it have something to do with McDonald’s used to be cheap now it’s over $10 for a burger, fries, and drink for just me. If I get a meal for my family it’s well over $40. That’s just too much for cheap fast food.

I mean, I'm an American. I have a pro-American sentiment when it comes to food and drink.

I also happen to have an anti-overpriced-crap sentiment when it comes to the things I eat and drink.

In my area, a Quarter Pounder with Cheese is $10.50. Now, I may not compare exact apples-to-apples here, but let's go for it.

From my local supermarket, I can get 20 1/4lb. patties for $25 - that's the premade patties, not from the butcher section. That means not only can I decide how well-done I like my burger, I can season it as I choose. And I have confidence in my local supermarket that when they put on the side of the box "Ingredients:80% Lean, 20% Fat Ground Beef", they mean it. That makes each patty $1.25.

Now, if I want to buy the exact same ground beef, but not formed in patties, that's $3.25/lb (usually in 2-3 lb. packs, but I can ask the butcher and get a custom size) - so now we're down to $0.81 for the patty.

The rolls, I can get store brand. 8 for $1.50. That's $0.19 cents a roll. That means that if I buy my own ground beef, I've now spent exactly $1 on a quarter pound burger. So let's talk toppings.

The cheese first - one slice of American on theirs; I would go a different way, but stick to them. Springing for a little extra, $3.59 a pack for Borden Melts cheese, 16 slices. $0.22 per slice. Our burger is now at $1.22 COGS, and I have the makings for 7 more in buns and probably that in beef, plus I could make each burger with 2 slices of cheese, so each burger is $1.44 so far.

Onions, I can get for $1.50/lb (or less!), and each onion is less than that. But I definitely have enough to do a burger and meal plan - let's say an ounce, about $0.10. Mustard, I'm not going to factor in the cost, because it's so little as to be a joke. Buying a jar of good mustard can last you a year or more. Ketchup I'll say the same for. It can last a long time and the amount per burger is negligible. So let's be generous and say $0.10 each. Pickles can be more expensive if you get good ones, but store brand we're talking $0.16 per ounce (with brine), and you're not putting on a full ounce of pickle. So in toppings, we're adding ~$0.50 value.

Total cost of the burger is around $2.00 at retail, not at scale; about $3 if you want premade patties. Sure, there are costs to be amortized like rent and tax and cooking - and the biggest cost, labor. But each individual burger shouldn't be socked with an 80+% markup from COGS, and taste worse than the home-made version.

Why should I buy from McDonald's ever again?

Elbows Up 🦾

Fuck you McDonalds. For so many reasons. Letting the fucking monster play employee on his way to destroy this country was just icing on the cake.

Yeah started boycotting them a couple years back when I started noticing their prices were fucking insanely high for absolute shit food. The garbage they pulled during COVID and greedflation just further solidified my resolve. Haven't ever missed it. Plenty of mom and pop food places Id rather support and enjoy more. There's always other food places, fast food or not.