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nepenthes ,
@nepenthes@lemmy.world avatar

My McDonald’s boycott is in it’s 24th year. There is nothing to miss.

FinishingDutch ,
@FinishingDutch@lemmy.world avatar

Honestly, I’m amazed people still go there to eat. The food was never really good, but at least it used to be fast and cheap. But these days, it’s neither anymore. McDonald’s is now more expensive than the gourmet burger places in my city; that feels insane.

Serinus ,

It always takes a year or two for the business to really feel it. First, it takes consumers awhile to visit and realize the prices are so high. Most people aren’t going to McDonald’s every week. And sometimes it takes a few visits before they really notice the sting.

Eventually, the place just gets a reputation for being pricey, and people slowly stop going. But it’s a frog in a boiling pot thing, and of course the executives search for any other reason besides their own pricing decisions from 18 months ago.

Have you ever noticed in those surveys they always ask “what can we do better?” And the answers usually don’t include “be cheaper”.

ef9357 ,

Notice they are too embarrassed to post their prices online. To see the price, you have to put the item in the cart then use some bs 3rd party app. WTF McDs?

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

“If you have to ask the price, then you can’t afford it” happening in a McDonald’s, while people are out here financing a pizza from Dominos. It’s like we lost the Cold War.

demizerone ,

Four McDoubles for 20 bucks. Fuck off!

CosmicTurtle0 ,

At that price, Five Guys.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@quokk.au avatar

At once?

Death_Equity ,

In your mouth and filling your belly.

werefreeatlast ,

It depends on how many holes you’ve got, but with a little creativity I’m sure you all can manage.

Raiderkev ,

5x the protein shots

thermal_shock ,

from where im at, five guys is an easy $20-25/meal, burgers starting around $10-12 before fries & drink. rather find a bbq place and get pulled pork and mashed potatoes.

AlecSadler ,

I remember them being $1 each and it was the fastest/easiest way for me to get some protein in a pinch.

Then they were like 2 for $3, which was still OK.

But $5 is insane.

zipzoopaboop ,

Scrolled through for a while and didn’t see anyone complaining about ditching coupons for their app bullshit. I’m not using an app for fast food

PlasticExistence ,

I’m currently waffling on whether or not to use my bank account info with the app for a small gas station chain. It would get me a $0.10 discount per gallon, but I’d have to use the app at the pump. I get that they’d save fees with credit card processors so that’s why they’re offering it, but using a credit card is so much less effort and doesn’t require me to keep yet another app on my phone.

jrittenh ,

Get a Costco membership then get gas at Costco with the Costco Visa. Sure, they know everything about you, but at least it’s a single company and you’re not giving them direct access to your actual bank account.

I drove all the way from Chicagoland to around Pensacola and back, only got gas at Costcos along the way. Saved probably $20 just in price difference between Costco and other nearby stations, while also earning 4% back on the Visa.

PraiseTheSoup ,

My nearest Costco is 50 miles away.

Soggy ,

Well then you’ll see those savings more often!

thermal_shock ,

there’s like 10 around me (washington DC) within 20 miles, but the amount of shoppers, it’s insane and more headache sometimes. bj’s is a good alternative if they’re around you.

padge ,

I find with a lot of apps like that they’re glorified web browsers, which means that most of the time you can just use their mobile site. One less app collecting data, draining battery etc

protist ,

But how else are they going to complete their digital transformation and leverage their industry-leading customer volume to deliver high-quality consumer data and drive growth for shareholders? Why don’t you care about the shareholders?!

Gestrid ,

Eh, I’m okay with an app as long as it’s good.

The McDonald’s app is not good. At all. In the slightest. It won’t even let me login 99% of the time.

Pacattack57 ,

I think they did something to throttle user access. I was using it once 3-4 times a week. Either just the Friday fries or a drink for $1. Now I can’t log in anymore. Seems to me like they wanted to stop people from using it.

thermal_shock ,

it’s literally one of the worst experiences of any app. it’s SLOW as fuck, barely responds when you touch stuff, took weeks to get logged back in like you said you had issues with. some of the deals are ok, you can get chicken sandwich combo sometimes for like $6, but that’s about it. their chicken sands aren’t bad.

JimmyBigSausage ,

$12 🤔 No, $15😀🤭 Me rethinks.

boreengreen ,

Shitty food for retarded prices. I’ll just go to the pizza place on the next corner and get a burger there. Better burger, better fries, same price, better surroundings.

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 , (edited )

The bigger reason I don’t go to McDonald’s is because of the self serve kiosks they’ve forced on 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.

_number8_ ,

i don’t get why people complain about this – i’d so so much rather type my order in myself, see what’s in everything, make modifications easily, etc without having to talk to someone. get those workers on the line and help ease the load on the kitchen

SaltySalamander ,

They didn't "get those workers on the line" though. They fired them. Fuck McDonalds, and FUCK ANY BUSINESS that forces these fucking things on us. I'm not there to work, I'm there to order food and eat. If you can't be bothered to take my order, I can't be bothered to drop a fucking dime on your business.

RagingRobot ,

They weren’t paying them a living wage in the first place let them replace it with screens

yamanii ,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Of course RagingRobot would support this.

morrowind ,
@morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

You dislike self checkouts too?

Mr_Dr_Oink ,

The McDonalds near me have people on tills as well as the self order machines. And you say they fired them. Can you prove that?

To be clear. I dont think you are wrong, I have no idea, and I am genuinely curious and want to know if that happened. since you claimed it with such conviction, I assume you can give a reference or point me in the direction of the search terms I could use to find a source myself?

independantiste ,
@independantiste@sh.itjust.works avatar

I can guarantee you nobody got fired for these machines, the turnover is already so fucking high there that it’s not even needed. When I worked at MCD I lasted an entire year and excluding the managers I was probably in the top 3-4 in terms of “seniority”

BakerBagel ,

Maybe i am just too old and go to McDonald’s too infrequently, but i can never figure out how to get my order done properly on the kiosks. Try ordering a McGriddle combo with a Carmel latte. There’s no visible option for that. Unless you ppan on doing a basic order, the kiosks suck

doodledup ,

Also, I feel a bit awkward when I order two BigMacs at the register.

timbuck2themoon ,

Because I go there once in a blue moon and it’s easier for the guy doing it 1000x/day to push in my order than me finding it on a big dumb Kiosk menu.

I won’t frequent places that force me to use a kiosk.

Paddzr ,

Decision paralysis.

I don’t know the menu, seeing all the things flash by and not know what’s in them is my reason, but in the 3 years I only been there 2 or 3 times for ice cream or coffee. But the logic applies for all other places.

iopq ,

Why would you want people to take orders? It’s not some amazing work that is satisfying. We should be glad these jobs are going away

5714 ,

They largely removed their vegan options. Nuff said.

Death_Equity ,

Because low demand, the demand is low because McDonald’s is a bigger joint. Also most vegans are ethical vegans and wouldn’t support giving business to a huge player in the cattle slaughter game.

carvine1 ,

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

Empricorn ,

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.

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.

DunkinCoder ,
@DunkinCoder@lemmy.world avatar

The charging for packets thing is the one thing that irks me nonstop especially the employees that stick by it. Unless they’re getting penalized, why do you have to gatekeep an extra BBQ sauce for 25 cents?

Sure, keep them behind the counter so people don’t grab 20 but asking for 1-2 extra shouldn’t require a surcharge or separate transaction.

aramis87 ,

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

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

DunkinCoder ,
@DunkinCoder@lemmy.world avatar

Dynamic pricing inbound.

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