jufonuk
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Just eat at home I guess.
Or actually go to?…I don’t know all the American fast food places as I don’t live there.
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McDonald's to 'rethink' prices after sales fall
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Or actually go to?…I don’t know all the American fast food places as I don’t live there.
Fbh
Member
Makes sense. I'm not in the US but even in my country I have no idea why anyone would still go to places like Mcdonalds. The whole appeal used to be that it was CHEAP junk food, but in recent years they've increased the prices so much that there's no reason to go there.
Even if you are looking to eat junk food (say, a burger and fries) pretty much every neighbourhood has local burger shops which are exponentially better and now pretty much cost the same (or at most only slightly more).
I go maybe once a year when my bank happens to have some 50% off promotion or something like that. With the discount at least the price sort of matches the quality of the food you are getting.
Even if you are looking to eat junk food (say, a burger and fries) pretty much every neighbourhood has local burger shops which are exponentially better and now pretty much cost the same (or at most only slightly more).
I go maybe once a year when my bank happens to have some 50% off promotion or something like that. With the discount at least the price sort of matches the quality of the food you are getting.
BlackTron
Member
There is a big bag of basically the same nugget at walmart. It might actually be the same company. It probably comes out to like 10% the cost per nugget lol.
AyraSutoraifu
Member
Stopped eating there years ago...
All these numerous fastfood chains need to shrink...
Fuck using an app for a lower price.
All these numerous fastfood chains need to shrink...
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
mcdonalds makes their own nuggets. you can see their making of video on youtube they posted after rumors of them adding bones and shit in their nugget mix.
no other brand comes close. trust me. ive tried them all.
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bender
What time is it?
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
Agreed, for
Agreed, for $3 or $4 more. I can get better and freshly made food plus free chips and salsa at a Taqueria. If you don't live in America get fuct sorry.
BlackTron
Member
Ok you're right, they aren't made by the same company, but a former McDonald's corporate chef said these are pretty much the same thing. https://www.allrecipes.com/copycat-mcdonalds-chicken-nuggets-at-walmart-8348142
I got them once unknowingly, and thought they were kinda like McDonald's which is why I looked into it. Then I tried them with a spare sauce from McDonald's and was like ok, this is exactly the same. Without sauce they don't taste very good (just like real ones).
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
Just change the cheeseburger back to 1 euro you heathens.
Gp1
Member
With the price of a McDonald's big mac/medium meal here (Brazil) i can buy:
1 big Hawaiian Poke meal (much healthier and more food)
or
1 the same meal from a local burger joint, way tastier and with quality meat
or
1 cheap but wood burning oven big pizza from local pizza joint
or
1 truckload of food on a tex mex joint
or
1 truckload of donners/sfihas at an arab joint.
Etc.
With 2 Big mac meals, you can buy enough meat for a small parrilha + side dishes.
So basically you only go for McDonald's when you are craving for a McDonald's or you don't know the local food "scene".
Anything else and McDonalds' value proposition doesn't holds up.
1 big Hawaiian Poke meal (much healthier and more food)
or
1 the same meal from a local burger joint, way tastier and with quality meat
or
1 cheap but wood burning oven big pizza from local pizza joint
or
1 truckload of food on a tex mex joint
or
1 truckload of donners/sfihas at an arab joint.
Etc.
With 2 Big mac meals, you can buy enough meat for a small parrilha + side dishes.
So basically you only go for McDonald's when you are craving for a McDonald's or you don't know the local food "scene".
Anything else and McDonalds' value proposition doesn't holds up.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Never using an app at a fucking restaurant. What a joke that is. Here, let me install this .exe file on your desktop and I'll give you a small fries. Nothing suspicious about that.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Bought and ate 4 McDoubles last week with a chocolate shake from shake shack to see how their shakes are. It was like a dollar less than the burgers. then had some yogurt afterwards to feel kind of healthy lol didn’t eat at McDonalds for awhile before hand. A good amount of ppl want to be more lean during summer so they may not be eating as much calories which will hit the fast food joints
jufonuk
not tag worthy
This plus shrinkflation paying through the nose for a big Mac that isn’t as big as the ones of old.
daffyduck
Member
If you were to take the bus in your avatar, you would probably just skip McDonalds in favour of Five Guys. Just about anywhere that scratch makes burgers and fries is priced the same as McDonalds, if not even cheaper.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
How bad was the increase? I havent been there in ages.
SpiceRacz
Member
Where do you live that Big Macs are $9? I’m in Phoenix and they’re $5.49 everywhere. Also, the family value meal is $18.99.
I’d say it’s actually improved. They changed the beef patties on the quarter pounders and they’re way better now.
It’s not terrible. I think a lot of people in here are exaggerating too.
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Oregon. And I just checked the app, they're actually $8.59 here so not quite $9. The meal is $12.89. The family meal (or equivalent of what it used to be) is $42.99.
For $12.89 per person, there are TONS of other food options around here. Not to mention that we have a Costco nearby, so it's hard to justify something like McDonald's when you can get a hot dog + drink for $1.50. Add on a slice of pizza or ice cream sundae for $2, and you've got a super filling meal for almost 1/4 of the price of McDs. Similarly, Dominos has $6.99 medium pizzas here still (if you buy at least two) so you can either get a Big Mac combo, or two medium pizzas for about the same price.
McDonald's isn't alone here with the crazy prices though. Wendy's combo meals are $15-$16 each. Taco Bell has their $5 "cravings box" for $9. (still a good comparative value to the Big Mac). Even some local sit down places are starting to realize that people are paying big bucks for burgers at McDonald's though, and prices are starting to go up almost across the board here.
The "cheap" ground beef in the grocery stores here is also up to nearly $8/lb. Making homemade burgers takes more time and energy and ingredients sure, but it's still a far better value proposition - which wasn't the case when the McDs family meal here used to be $14. These factors combined have been a huge contributing factor to me a) no longer eating fast food and b) no longer eating meat.
cash_longfellow
Member
When it’s cheaper to sit down and eat at a Coney Island or some place similar, why tf would I even consider McDonald’s? Plus the quality of their food went to shit too.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I thought the wage hike was the culprit of the price increases... Even though I knew it wasn't and said such because the prices increased BEFORE the inflation boom. Corporate greed.
daffyduck
Member
Prices vary from region to region. Even McDonalds locations in the same city can and do price their menus differently.
daffyduck
Member
Cheap *and* quick. Now it’s neither.
Grildon Tundy
Member
Not even drunk-at-3AM me can justify getting McDonald's anymore.
Dirk Benedict
Member
I;ve always tried to give Five Guys a chance.. they don't deserve anymore. I make better food at home. No lie, what-so-ever. You let me know when you're in town and I will make and build you a proper burger that shits on Five Guys WITH authority. Fuck this place.
Edit: Bring the Jason Mask, too.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
I have to agree with you. Five Guys is overrated. Their fries are not that good. The burgers barely rate (I've had better burgers at Applebee's or Longhorn Steakhouse). Homemade is usually much better.
Dirk Benedict
Member
We can take steak cut and beat them proper nto burger and come out medium well to medium rare and just ass-blast FiveGuys in the rudest-awakening-way!
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
I’m not advocating for anyone to eat junk like McDonald’s, but you want to eat it for cheap, you absolutely have to use the app.
I barely buy anything from McDonald’s, but I always use the app when I do. You can get a McDouble/mcchicken for 50% off, sometimes free fries, a lot of BOGO. And I’d say about once or twice a month, I just get a free sandwich.
I’m never spending more than $3-4 per lunch at McDonald’s when I use the app.
(Random side note, my buddy from high school that I was in band with actually developed McDonalds’ and Burger King’s apps, and he’s hella rich now.)
Unknown?
Member
I'm sure there is some of that but you really think printing trillions of dollars in the past few years isn't the main driving force?
Prices aren't going up, your dollar is going DOWN!
SpiceRacz
Member
FeralEcho
Member
I'm genuinely convinced there's an actual school where they turn CEOs and Executives retarded before they take their position for there to be so many stupid decisions in every industry.>cheap fast food is not cheap anymore
>sales fall
Like the greed is so wild their brains literally turn off.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Doczu
Member
You guys have regional pricing in McD? In Poland it's all one price, wherever you eat.
That said, McD (and fast food in general) got so pricy i'd rather pay a bit more and get a better meal. I have a burger joint at walking distsnce from my house where you can buy a big baddie for the price of a Big Mac menu. And you get stuffed by that burger, Big Mac patties are paper thin now.
Same for KFC, prices went ~40-50% up and the size of strips or wings went down.
Burger King went crazy with their pricing, but the size is at least the same.
McD was never "value food for the poor" here, but now it's gotten too expensive to even think about it.
And don't get me started about those apps, coupons or McPoints or ehatever they are called. Fuckers
That said, McD (and fast food in general) got so pricy i'd rather pay a bit more and get a better meal. I have a burger joint at walking distsnce from my house where you can buy a big baddie for the price of a Big Mac menu. And you get stuffed by that burger, Big Mac patties are paper thin now.
Same for KFC, prices went ~40-50% up and the size of strips or wings went down.
Burger King went crazy with their pricing, but the size is at least the same.
McD was never "value food for the poor" here, but now it's gotten too expensive to even think about it.
And don't get me started about those apps, coupons or McPoints or ehatever they are called. Fuckers
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
About 10 years ago, the KFC near me had a special. 10 dark pcs for $9.99 CDN. They scrapped it.
The closest coupon deal since then became 12 pcs + fries for $19.99.... then $21.99.... $24.99..... now $31.99. Big woop. Now they add in a cup of gravy too.
I dont know what the prices are in the US, but 12 pcs + fries + gravy has a special deal price of $31.99 CDN now.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
I went to Chipotle a month ago and was shocked at how small and lousy my burrito was. They've gone downhill bigly yet. Qdoba is wayyyyyy better.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I keep hearing justification for this like "the cost of labor is going up" or "the cost of ingredients are going up", but this doesn't make sense to me.
I went to Japan for a while a few months ago, and went to the McDonalds there several times and was blown away. The store was incredibly clean, there were 12-14 staff members working at any given time, they had kiosks, but nobody used them because there were 2–3 lines open at the counter. Food was brought to your table, and I don't recall waiting more than five minutes any time. Once I got take out there, and it was all meticulously packaged - the drinks were placed into the foam things they usually use for the drive-in, and placed in a bag separate from the food - which was then placed next to the bag of food, and all of THAT was placed in a larger plastic carrying bag. Everyone working there seemed to enjoy working there and were always helpful and courteous.
The kicker for all this was that the food was incredibly cheap. The Big Mac meal with fries and a drink was ¥750, approximately $5 USD. Granted, their "large" is about the size of a US small or medium, but the burger was the same size. The beef patties were not paper thin. The ingredients were all mostly sourced domestically in Japan. Most of the chemicals used in the food in the US are banned there. After 5PM they start their menu where you can get "double meat" on any sandwich for only a little extra. The 倍ビッグマック セット (double big mac meal) was ¥950, or about $6.50 USD and looks like this
That's the stock photo. Here's a photo I took of this beast:
It wasn't the best burger I had in Japan, but it was definitely the best McDonalds experience I've had in years and years, maybe since the 90s. The place was always doing a steady business and I doubt they're in jeopardy of going under any time soon because they aren't charging enough. If McDonalds Japan can make that a reality using better ingredients for lower prices, why not here in the States?
I went to Japan for a while a few months ago, and went to the McDonalds there several times and was blown away. The store was incredibly clean, there were 12-14 staff members working at any given time, they had kiosks, but nobody used them because there were 2–3 lines open at the counter. Food was brought to your table, and I don't recall waiting more than five minutes any time. Once I got take out there, and it was all meticulously packaged - the drinks were placed into the foam things they usually use for the drive-in, and placed in a bag separate from the food - which was then placed next to the bag of food, and all of THAT was placed in a larger plastic carrying bag. Everyone working there seemed to enjoy working there and were always helpful and courteous.
The kicker for all this was that the food was incredibly cheap. The Big Mac meal with fries and a drink was ¥750, approximately $5 USD. Granted, their "large" is about the size of a US small or medium, but the burger was the same size. The beef patties were not paper thin. The ingredients were all mostly sourced domestically in Japan. Most of the chemicals used in the food in the US are banned there. After 5PM they start their menu where you can get "double meat" on any sandwich for only a little extra. The 倍ビッグマック セット (double big mac meal) was ¥950, or about $6.50 USD and looks like this
That's the stock photo. Here's a photo I took of this beast:
It wasn't the best burger I had in Japan, but it was definitely the best McDonalds experience I've had in years and years, maybe since the 90s. The place was always doing a steady business and I doubt they're in jeopardy of going under any time soon because they aren't charging enough. If McDonalds Japan can make that a reality using better ingredients for lower prices, why not here in the States?
This thing was amazing and also cheap:
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Unknown?
Member
How much do employees make there? Where I live it's $20 an hourI keep hearing justification for this like "the cost of labor is going up" or "the cost of ingredients are going up", but this doesn't make sense to me.
I went to Japan for a while a few months ago, and went to the McDonalds there several times and was blown away. The store was incredibly clean, there were 12-14 staff members working at any given time, they had kiosks, but nobody used them because there were 2–3 lines open at the counter. Food was brought to your table, and I don't recall waiting more than five minutes any time. Once I got take out there, and it was all meticulously packaged - the drinks were placed into the foam things they usually use for the drive-in, and placed in a bag separate from the food - which was then placed next to the bag of food, and all of THAT was placed in a larger plastic carrying bag. Everyone working there seemed to enjoy working there and were always helpful and courteous.
The kicker for all this was that the food was incredibly cheap. The Big Mac meal with fries and a drink was ¥750, approximately $5 USD. Granted, their "large" is about the size of a US small or medium, but the burger was the same size. The beef patties were not paper thin. The ingredients were all mostly sourced domestically in Japan. Most of the chemicals used in the food in the US are banned there. After 5PM they start their menu where you can get "double meat" on any sandwich for only a little extra. The 倍ビッグマック セット (double big mac meal) was ¥950, or about $6.50 USD and looks like this
That's the stock photo. Here's a photo I took of this beast:
It wasn't the best burger I had in Japan, but it was definitely the best McDonalds experience I've had in years and years, maybe since the 90s. The place was always doing a steady business and I doubt they're in jeopardy of going under any time soon because they aren't charging enough. If McDonalds Japan can make that a reality using better ingredients for lower prices, why not here in the States?
This thing was amazing and also cheap:
Paasei
Member
it became expensive here, but that is not the main reason I don’t go there anymore.
It’s primarily the fuckery with their drink cup system, the paper shit straws and the goddamn squeeze bags for their sauces.
All for the lame excuse that it’s better for the environment. While at the same time giving you around 20 napkins on an order.
It’s primarily the fuckery with their drink cup system, the paper shit straws and the goddamn squeeze bags for their sauces.
All for the lame excuse that it’s better for the environment. While at the same time giving you around 20 napkins on an order.
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Pegasus Actual
Member
Confused why you're confused.
Presumably you knew the dollar is pretty strong again the yen when you went there.
And the cultural stuff... well, Japanese society is a little different to America's in terms of politeness and cleanliness. Like, the police there would probably deal with say... a neighbor that was acting out of pocket. Just random example of no relevance.
ForAcademicPurposes
Member
Honestly, I don't care about prices. The real kicker is that their veggie shit makes you fat. What the fuck McDonnies? What is the motherucking point then? Fuck you.