• xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    29 days ago

    how about: the price of everything has been drastically going up while income has not, so instead of spending $20 for a meal at McDon’s, they’re buying a dozen eggs?

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    29 days ago

    As I understand it, mcd had already done so many other cost cutting tactics to increase profits for their masters, the SHAREHOLDERS. The corporate business model demands increases EVERY quarter. This kind of continuous infinite profit growth just doesn’t make sense in real life. They may have exhausted all other options to increase profit for their shareholders beside price increases. They have no one to blame but themselves. They could stand up to their shareholders and not raise prices, but seems like they’re spineless, and now they are pushing up against the edge of what their customers are willing to pay. I don’t know how long they can keep this up.

  • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works
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    29 days ago

    Lol sure, I don’t mind companies blaming trump. But what about the decreasing sales before 2025?

    Does the effects of tariffs travel backwards through time? 🤔

    (Mcdonalds is so bad, you might as well just get food from your local Chinese restaurant)

  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Having to use a stupid fucking phone app to get less astronomical prices for bad food, poor service and rude/flippant employees is what tanked their sales.

    I love the idea of blaming trump anyway because fuck that asshole.

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    28 days ago

    Who the fuck is still spending money at McDonald’s in 2025?

    Can someone get it through the mcds executive heads that they fucking suck?

    I love how they had that cute little virtue signaling with that fucking shit gibbon of a fake president and now they’re like oh it’s consumer Spending. Let me tell you as a retail business it’s them.

    They felt the need to signal to maga and they’re going to get what they get because maga are fucking broke and only have money to buy Shitty Chinese made red hats And fake American flags.

    Dumb fucks.

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      28 days ago

      My boomer mother in law. Rural origins. Just… Likes the garbage she gets there because she’s used to it. She actively dislikes fine foods with strong flavors. She would prefer to eat mushy overcooked pork chops in mushroom soup every night. Maybe a side of overcooked broccoli.

      Brags about eating bowls of saltine crackers and milk.

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        28 days ago

        That milk and crackers bit is so gross!

        I used to work with a lady that would refuse vegetables like a child. She had to be in her late 50s early 60s. She’d complain to me about health problems and then vehemently refuse any healthy alternative I’d put out there.

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        28 days ago

        Interestingly enough, where I live, it’s McDonalds that has strong flavors. Not the most complex flavors or anything, but they at least put enough salt in their stuff that you can taste it. Plenty of fancier places make burgers that are better in every other aspect but sauce has little to no flavor compared to say, a Big Tasty. But of course the funny thing is, some of these places are now cheaper than McDonald’s…

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          27 days ago

          By strong flavor I mean Mediterranean or Indian food. She can’t tolerate it. Needs her KFC mashed potatoes and gravy.

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    29 days ago

    A few years ago I got drive through that wasn’t put together properly. They dumped all the stuff into the box. Could have gotten a proper restaurant dining experience for the same price.

    McDonalds has gone so far out of touch with what they are as a business.

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    29 days ago

    Never mind that they’ve been seeing a sales decline for longer than just the past 100 days, and their sales declines aren’t limited to just the US.

    Here in Australia their burgers have gotten so expensive, and so small - you’d be forgiven for confusing it with one of those gummy burger packets!

    At least Hungry Jacks (our version of Burger King) has largely still maintained the same size; the Whopper offers infinitely more value and the Angry variant (spicy fried onions and jalapeños) kicks ass!

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    29 days ago

    Lower your price gouged menu prices. I quit them a few years ago. I eat out about twice a month now.

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      We need to educate the next generation on how to feed themselves easily on a budget.

      Right now, most of them don’t bother making their own meals because they’ve been conditioned to treat food as an adventure that they can brag to their friends about every time.

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    29 days ago

    I’m in Canada.

    A&W Canada (a Canadian owned company) provides higher quality food for cheaper prices.

    Their breakfast beats McDonald’s by a lot — the hash browns are almost twice as thick. They also have not messed up my order once.

    The McDonald’s nearby ducks up 50% of the time, takes forever, and costs more.

    Why would I go there?

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      29 days ago

      Correct me if I’m wrong here - Canadian A&W is a different company than American A&W, right?

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          29 days ago

          Yeah, American A&W kinda sucks. Shame, too. I’d love to hit up a Canadian A&W, but i doubt I’ll be going to Canada any time soon…

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            The (American) one here closed years ago but I remember the food being decent… the root beer on tap was always the main attraction, though

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              the root beer on tap was always the main attraction, though

              I think they’ve been riding that train for much too long. There are far better root beers out there nowadays. Not to say A&W root beer is bad (it’s quite good), but if I want a good root beer, I’m getting Bundaberg.

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            There was one I used to stop at on road trips as a kid. It was always super good. Right around when they all started getting shitty, this franchisee said fuck that and just kept running it the way he was. He ditched the brand and put his own name on the place. It’s still great, and I make a point to stop there whenever I can. Shout-out to Webster’s in Clement’s, CA. It’s in the middle of nowhere, but if anyone is ever around there for some reason, do yourself a favor, and give em a try.

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    29 days ago

    Then maybe the place that sells plastic food shouldn’t have let this felon rapist use one of their restaurants for a photo op.

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    29 days ago

    Most national/international fast food places seem to have looked at the “good, fast, cheap” principle and decided the answer is D) None of the above.

    Have they been getting by on inertia and nostalgia in recent history? I could be an incredibly unlucky person, but all my experiences with these places have just been bad, bad in the past 5 or so years. I excused it a bit during the height of covid, but there’s been time to work things out and they just haven’t even bothered.

    I’m not exactly their target audience, since I rarely get food at fast food places, but as it stands, if I were going to get fast food, the whole Trump McDonald’s circus show has turned me off to that brand entirely. Burger King is a no-go after getting incredibly sick from their food. Taco Bell just completely gave up on themselves. Wendy’s is so expensive now that I can’t justify it anymore even as a guilty treat while traveling. I’d rather pack some ham sandwiches in a mini-cooler and make do with that.

    • ibelieveinthehousehippo@lemmy.ca
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      29 days ago

      Not only is the food bad, expensive, and slow, but it’s also unhealthy. They fuck up orders constantly and the dining area in unpleasant to be in due to the incessant beeping. That business has literally no redeeming qualities.

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      29 days ago

      These exact reasons are why places like Buc-ees, Sheets, and Chick-fil-A are doing so damn well. People actually feel like they are getting something they want (good, fast, and/or cheap), when compared to McDs which somehow provides none of them.

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        Well not familiar with sheets but you certainly aren’t getting cheap on the other two. Fast though yeah.

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                Great, now how much is a McChicken and what can you buy from Chick-fil-a for a similar price?

                What kind of deals does each restaurant offer?

                Right now you’re just telling me Mcdonald’s is the same price as Chick-fil-a because you don’t know how to order cheap food.

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                  Nah, you can go do that work and try to prove your point, I’m not doing it for you. You said Chick Fil A is NOT cheap, but I just proved that their chicken sandwich is cheaper than McDonald’s.

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        29 days ago

        Sheets is no longer all that cheap. Chicken tenders and a drink (no fries) are now close to $11. Still fast and tasty though.

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      29 days ago

      With Wendy’s, if you’re looking for cheap, gotta skip their premium meals and go to their Meal Deals, Sandwich, nuggets, fries, drink for $5, more if you want extra meat/bacon.

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        29 days ago

        Not that I plan on going back to Wendy’s, certainly not any time soon, but is that $5 deal a relatively new thing and/or a national thing?

        When I was a poor college student working multiple jobs and having to do a lot of driving to get from one place to another, Wendy’s was one of my go-to places. For about $4 I could get 2 burgers that had real, fresh lettuce, tomato, onion, plus a drink. I went to Wendy’s a year or two ago and the same exact thing was a bit over $11. For what it’s worth, if they had some kind of $5 special, I didn’t see it on the menu.

        Taco Bell was the same way. Back in my college days, I could get a couple 5-layer burritos and a drink for $3 and some change. Last time I went and got that order, it was $9 or $10 and the burritos were missing a few layers, not to mention just absolutely gross.

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          It’s an evolution of their 4 for $4 deal they started about 10 years ago, pretty sure it’s national. It’s just not well advertised compared to the more premium stuff.

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      29 days ago

      Fuck, you’re so right.

      I didn’t even realize how slow fast food as become over the years. Literally waiting on average 20 minutes in a drive-thru is not fast.

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    Buying fast food is humiliating for customers and employees.

    It should be seen as a last resort for emergencies only, not people’s main way to sustain themselves.