$18 Combos and $3 Hashbrowns got McDonalds rethinking all these price hikes.

Marc123 said:
What don't they get
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They're trying to finesse us into believing that their shit-tier food is worth the money they're asking. The McChicken used to be $1, them shits is now $3.19 over by me so even if you buy one and get a second for $1, you're still paying more than twice as much as they used to be. Sausage McMuffin used to be 2 for $2, then it went to $2.50, now it's $3.87 factoring in the "get a second for $1" bullshit. So once again we're paying more under the illusion of "value".

Folks outchea want it for what it used to cost, not what they're trying to make us believe is "a good deal".

... and don't forget: Their hashbrowns used to be $1, them shits is $3-$4 for one depending on where you go.
 
konceptjones said:
They're trying to finesse us into believing that their shit-tier food is worth the money they're asking. The McChicken used to be $1, them shits is now $3.19 over by me so even if you buy one and get a second for $1, you're still paying more than twice as much as they used to be. Sausage McMuffin used to be 2 for $2, then it went to $2.50, now it's $3.87 factoring in the "get a second for $1" bullshit. So once again we're paying more under the illusion of "value".

Folks outchea want it for what it used to cost, not what they're trying to make us believe is "a good deal".

... and don't forget: Their hashbrowns used to be $1, them shits is $3-$4 for one depending on where you go.
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Respectfully just stop eating McDonald’s
 
Marc123 said:
Respectfully just stop eating McDonald’s
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We've had this part of the conversation before:

konceptjones said:
What does that have to do with anything???

But to answer your question, no. I haven't had McDonalds in a couple of years and even before that I had limited myself to two items for several years: The sausage mcmuffin and the triple cheese burger. Neither of which I bought regularly, but I still copped. Last time I ate it regularly was when I worked outside of the house, which was over a decade ago, so it was lunch 'cause there was one reasonably near the office.
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konceptjones said:
We've had this part of the conversation before:
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konceptjones said:
They're trying to finesse us into believing that their shit-tier food is worth the money they're asking. The McChicken used to be $1, them shits is now $3.19 over by me so even if you buy one and get a second for $1, you're still paying more than twice as much as they used to be. Sausage McMuffin used to be 2 for $2, then it went to $2.50, now it's $3.87 factoring in the "get a second for $1" bullshit. So once again we're paying more under the illusion of "value".

Folks outchea want it for what it used to cost, not what they're trying to make us believe is "a good deal".

... and don't forget: Their hashbrowns used to be $1, them shits is $3-$4 for one depending on where you go.
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I mean, when the farms and other supply chains raise their prices, it's gonna effect all businesses. Even small local restaurants. They will even say it on their menu that they had to raise prices due to the supply chains.
 
loud-ninja said:
I mean, when the farms and other supply chains raise their prices, it's gonna effect all businesses. Even small local restaurants. They will even say it on their menu that they had to raise prices due to the supply chains.
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If I wanted to raise my prices to increase profits in order keep the shareholders/Wall Street happy, I'd use that as an excuse as well. It goes back to what I said before:

konceptjones said:


So I've been giving thought into why shit like ^^^ this happens.

The stock markets, and the need to appease investors are largely to blame.

The way things are going, it's become apparent that the whole stock market thing is unsustainable and is the reason why we, the consumer, end up with inferior products, shrinking sizes, and higher prices. Publicly traded companies have to constantly find ways to increase profits to appeal to investors who give zero shits on how any of it affects the product or service offered by the company; they just want their dividend and to see those share prices increase and that's it. The problem is that in order to do this, the company has to cut corners on whatever it's offering. This means that things like portion sizes begin to shrink, like the above video shows. Quality is affected as companies find ways to make the product cheaper, which is why none of these fast food companies taste as good as they once did as they're now using inferior cuts of meats and finding new ways to extract and use meats that would have been considered scraps 20-30 years ago and using chemical additives to increase shelf or storage life to maximize what gets sold against what gets scrapped. Eventually there's a human cost in this: Corporate owned stores start cutting back on the number of employees at each location to maintain profit levels or even increasing profit. Now you have places like McDonalds down to zero full time cashiers for the frontline, opting to replace them with a kiosk for orders unless you're paying cash, then someone from the back will take your order at the lone register up front. This extends to companies moving their call centers from the US to barely English speaking countries because they can pay those employees $2 an hour to take calls. Car manufacturers had this whole push to make SUV's because they're cheaper to build because they don't have to include all of the mandated safety equipment for passenger cars in them.

Inferior products, inferior service, inferior everything, all to make Wall Street happy.
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