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nobleshift ,
@nobleshift@lemmy.world avatar

When fast food is as much or more than grocery store sushi, fuck it, I’ll park the car and go grab some fish.

CaptSneeze ,

The bigger reason I don’t go to McDonald’s is because of the self serve kiosks they’ve forced us instead of paying people to run the registers.

Price is still a reason though, so I’m glad they are at least considering that as well.

5714 ,

They largely removed their vegan options. Nuff said.

carvine1 ,

Oh wow… Increased prices resulted in people going else where… Who would have seen that coming 🤔

andyburke ,
@andyburke@fedia.io avatar

Their food sucks. 🤷‍♂️

RedditWanderer ,

They were making way too much money to begin with, nevermind growth.

Also McDonald’s is just a real estate company, I’m guessing the franchisees are complaining they aren’t going to stick around.

Drusas ,

I don't get fast food often, but I did go to McDonald's a week or two ago. I learned that they replaced their fountains so that they no longer dispense water, so you can't get a free cup of water anymore. You have to buy a bottle of water or a soda.

I don't intend on ever returning to a McDonald's.

aramis87 ,

the firm would lean on discounts to try to stop the sales decline

So not even price cuts, just temporary discounts. Eff off!

andrewta ,

First sales call since 2020.

Three years? So what? That’s nothing. Now if they said first sales fall since 2002, now that would be something.

Gork ,

Last month, the head of its US operations formally responded to the complaints with an open letter to customers, saying social media was painting an inaccurate picture. He said the average price of a Big Mac in the US, which is now $5.29 (£4.11), was up 21% since 2019 - roughly in line with the pace of inflation - and many items had risen by less.

Sure, place the blame on anyone but themselves.

$5.29 is ridiculous for a Big Mac, which is super tiny.

megopie ,

Especially because that’s just the sandwich, not a side and a drink. A combo meal is like 10.15$

I’m sorry but the quality of the food does not justify 10 dollars.

For comparison, I remember in Berlin not even 5 years ago I got a currywurst with fries and a drink for 3.60 € (about 3.90$), and in London I got an absolute mound of fish and chips with peas for like 6.50 £ (about 8$). Both of these I got as much or way more food than a Big Mac combo and they were much better quality.

NaibofTabr ,

roughly in line with the pace of inflation

Roughly in line with the terrible inflation of the past 5 years which has been primarily driven by corporate price gouging.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B7N52B/who-stole-the-peoples-money-twas-him-cartoon-about-tammany-hall-scandal-B7N52B.jpg

xc2215x ,

Finally. Better late than never I guess.

solsangraal ,

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.

Atrichum ,

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.

DrSteveBrule ,

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.

solsangraal ,

made right

haven’t been sitting around all day

LOL

minibyte ,

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.

mozz ,
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

How about you guys rethink the food

If you can reconstitute some kind of edible food that maintains some semblance of the low price, I think that'll be enough. People started going to Five Guys and paying $16 because your burgers are clearly made of mouse shit.

DaddleDew ,

The “food” they have now is the product of decades of incremental changes made to cut cost and tinkering with fat, salt and sugar contents to fool your brain into giving you a dopamine hit for eating it. What they have now doesn’t even taste like hamburgers anymore.

can ,

Good. I used to grab a burger after work sometimes but it barely feels worth it anymore.

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