• Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    A fucking McDouble should have never gone over a buck fifty. Fuck McDonald’s. They’re not paying their employees enough to charge that much.

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    9 hours ago

    “We have seen … an increase in people in various markets saying they’re going to be cutting back on purchases of American brands,” they said.

    i’m lovin’ it

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      There was a Stunt? Only thing I Heard is They sold their food to him (something I wouldnt deem as controversial)

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        7 hours ago

        They let Trump do a photo op manning a fryer to mock his opponent that had worked at a McDonald’s in her teens. The clown makes burgers. If he wants to play politics, he doesn’t get my business.

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    17 hours 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 increase—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.

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      15 hours ago

      Yeah, not that I used to eat fast food a lot but with prices as high as they’ve gotten I just can’t justify it. It’s garbage food that’s more expensive than sit-down options. Everyone has a phone, so with 10 minutes of pre planning you can order from anywhere and not have to sit there and wait which makes McDonald’s lose ground in convenience too.

      Pricing is about the only place McDonald’s could win, but they’re too greedy and we all know it.

    • GenXLiberal@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Yup, they totally kept jacking prices up to get as much as they can from the consumer.

      McDonald’s execs are not featured in this video but you can bet they were not sitting idly by when others were getting “as much as the consumer can absorb” read: keep increasing prices until sales increases stall.

      Nope, just no, screw them.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=psYyiu9j1VI

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    20 hours ago

    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.

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    23 hours ago

    fuck the shitty us empire.

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

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    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.

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      Yeah if you’re cool with torturing and murdering animals, supporting genocide, destroying the planet… McD’s is pretty sweet! Especially for the kids!

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        Our very existence tortures the planet. Every bit of convenience and joy we feel is based on someone else’s hardship and sadness to some degree. So do you just live every day of your life feeling guilty?

        What device did you use to make your stupid comment? I hope it was posted using a device powered by renewables; used no rare earths; built by fairly paid, of-age, and vegan workers. Oh no? If you’re cool with that, your comment is pretty sweet!

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        Do you ever worry that by calling everything genocide you’re going to undermine the seriousness of the term?

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      Why would you subject yourself to living in Japan as a Canadian with kids though?

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        Because I have Japanese heritage and it’s awesome here. Wtf kind of question is that?

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          Every Japanese I have met in Canada (mostly in Toronto and Montreal), that had young children, say that it’s very unwelcoming in Japan. And if you or your children are mixed, you face racism too. Again anecdotal, the number of these people I have talked to was only three, but they all had the same opinion. This included a couple that went back to try again a second time but then ended up in Montreal again.

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            Wow three whole anecdotes? I must be wrong and having a shitty time here too without realising, then.

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

    I realized how far they go for anything.

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      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.

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    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?”

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      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.