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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I posted this elsewhere, but..

Their food started being so insanely priced that they made a post that was the equivalent of corporate propaganda back in 2024. This was disproven again and again and again.

Their greed has been hurting them because no one wants to pay the insane prices for shit food. They stopped competing with budget fast food, coming closer to fast casual. Like, if I'm gonna spend that cash, I might as well go to Five Guys or Red Robin.

I noticed similar drastic price increases at Little Caesars. $30 for two pizzas and a breadstick combo is insane especially since they use the worst ingredients and let their pizzas sit around all day. Dominos is actually cheaper in my area, why the hell would I ever go to Little Caesars?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The McDonald's near me is across a small parking lot from a local BBQ joint that's priced equivalently. I don't know why anyone goes to McDonald's when you can see and smell the BBQ place's smokers from the drive-thru.

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[–] bender223@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

McD's has been expensive as fuck for years now. I can feed my entire family of 7 for under $20 at the Costco food court. That's something for McD's to aspire to.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Costcos food court isn't their primary business, it's a loss leader.

But it did result in the best CEO quote ever:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547020/costco-150-hot-dog-soda-combo-enigma

"When longtime Costco president W. Craig Jelinek once complained to Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal that their monolithic warehouse business was losing money on their famously cheap $1.50 hot dog and soda package, Sinegal listened, nodded, and then did his best to make his take on the situation perfectly clear.

“If you raise [the price of] the effing hot dog, I will kill you,” Sinegal said. “Figure it out.”"

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Their hot dog is a loss leader. But yes, you're not wrong. Still. Feeding my whole family for under $20 is a feat.

“If you raise [the price of] the effing hot dog, I will kill you,” Sinegal said. “Figure it out.”"

Loved that about him. I hope Costco continues that. The fact that they didn't "bend the knee" the Trump and kept their diversity and inclusion policies says a lot.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Side note, someone on here said they got banned from reddit recently for using that quote. AI mods in action.

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Their garbage food and sky high prices, and severe lack of quality operations probably did more damage.

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's ok we shouldn't be eating that garbage anyway

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You get what you fucking deserve.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day 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.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe they should introduce the new Executive Faceburger to their menu.

Get allthe leopards to start eating there.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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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[–] Lucien@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Quit supporting genocide and fascism, then we'll talk

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