You didn't mention that portion sizes have decreased at the same time prices have gone up, so we're actually paying twice as much for probably 75% of the actual product as we were 5 years ago.
@@kylebarton778 and the meat patties aren't fully meat, but half Textured vegetable protein. I don't understand why anyone eats at these shams anymore.
I think the message is that, without the cheap prices, fast food places have no place. The Applebees guy was spot-on...For about the same price, you get much higher quality food (and definitely a better environment). I can see a scenario where McDonalds and others go through a reduction in stores.
@tjg55 quit lying bro. A burger from anywheres gonna taste better than McDonald’s, because their stuff all tastes the same. I don’t go to McDonald’s for a good burger, I go there for McDonald’s.
They were once the rage for 3 simple reasons Good food. Fast food. Cheap food. It is no longer Good. It is no longer Cheap. And It hasn't been fast for a while now. WHY do people still go ??!!
Vote with your money! Don't think the prices are reasonable then don't patronize the restaurant! The prices would come down if all of us did this. I stopped going to fast food places solely because of this. As a side benefit I eat less and lost weight.
My local In N Out, last time took me "only" fifteen minutes from joining the queue to driving off with my dinner. I was actually pleased with the speed. There is something wrong with that
I rarely eat fast food anymore. About every 6 months I will get a craving for fast food, but the craving is what I remember it tasting like. I will stop at a fast food place and always be surprised how nasty it is and how expensive it is. Fast food has become TERRIBLE.
In Seattle, a sausage egg muffin is $5.89. Large fries are $5.19 and a mcchicken is $4.19. I took the dollar menu for granted-we had it so good back then!
I remember going to McDonalds and getting 19 McChickens for under $20 tax included. I was trying to wrap my head around how much that could cost now. According to his prices it would cost a little under $100. I think his prices are a bit higher than one would typically pay for a McChicken. It would not be unreasonable to assume that it would cost around $80. When I got the 19 McChickens that was only... 12 years ago, I believe. A 4-5x price increase is asinine. This is the reason that I do not go to fast food places anymore.
@@johngalt97 That really now fits with the time and also considering this video and many others on how bad the economy is really a bad idea to go on shopping sprees now.
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 I'd be surprised if each store purchases their own inventory directly from suppliers rather than from a distribution center where products are bought in bulk at a larger discount than many sit down restaurants.
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96not even remotely true. You’re completely overlooking the massive bulk discounts fast food places get by placing their giant orders from exclusive suppliers. I promise you McDonald’s pays far less for their meat and fries than a local restaurant because they order in a single day what a restaurant won’t see in a year.
@@callworthful Wendy's is the best. They should be bigger than McDonald's imo, and you can still order at the counter, even with a smile sometimes. Not at some machine and dispensed to you 8-10 minutes later.
@@Vespyr_ wendys always seems to have a busier drive through line compared to mcdonalds and bk. I think they might be the bigger fast food place, but mcdonalds is considered bigger on paper because theyre a real estate company, not an actual fast food restaurant
@@BoereVikingMcDonald's makes enough money to pay their employees $30/hr but they are a greedy corporation who would rather cut hours and automate everything than pay their employees a living wage
I feel like it's unfair to point at rising labor costs without acknowledging that the reason why labor costs rise is due to cost of living increases which include some shared elements like cost of ingredients and transportation but also cost of housing which is ignored here. Labor cost increases don't exist in a vacuum and generally tend to come from other economic pressures. Like housing costs.
It is not unfair to talk about rising labor costs. Every time that the minimum wage increases, the cost of labor increases and the cost of fast food costs all of us more money. That is one of the reasons that fast food is so expensive now. So it is very related. Housing is a separate issue. Interestingly, the population of the United States would be slightly decreasing if it was not for immigration. If the population was slightly decreasing the cost of housing would also decrease as there would be less competition, and the older generations would fade away allowing for more affordable housing. The housing crisis is artificial. There is no reason to have more people here, especially when many jobs are being phased out by technology.
@@500ccRabbit I do not think fast food establishments engage in hiring people under the table. They are relegated to paying a high school kid that $15, or $20 an hour. A smaller independent restaurant might do that. The reason you would not pay Pablo the $6 would be because it would be illegal, likely he is also illegal and you are incentivizing people to break the law, and therefore you will have more people like that come and break our laws. Thirdly chances are Pablo's English skills are not very good. Lastly, why not support your own community and put the money back into their hands.
Well the kids did say they wanted what their grandparents had, a job that could afford a car and a house. Then the covid hit and the price of living had no cap. Now they are back to square one
@@Lawrence_Talbot How greedy is it if people are still paying? If people stop paying, which has slowly started, prices will come down. We did this to ourselves.
@@jaymoor8995 I 100% agree. The problem is modern business theory if sales drop they raise prices to make up for down profits. It’s so backwards but I have seen this applied in too many companies both small and big international corporations. Sadly the greed won’t go away until new leaders come in who truly value their customers and employees
@@jaymoor8995 Yes, you've highlighted the fact that the "greed" in question is actually a two-way street. I know that in reality not every individual who complains is guilty, but some amount of them are, and that's always the case.
@@jaymoor8995"people let it happen so its okay and not greed" Not how it works. Much like how consent doesnt lessen murder charges, acceptance doesnt lesser greed.
Corporate greed plays a large factor. They want to spend millions of dollars on new celebrity ads regularly rather than keeping their prices low. Their 5 dollar meal deal isn't even that as for a burger it's 6 dollars for the meal deal where I live. If I'm going there three days in a week or month I'm better off just going to the store, buying the beef patties frozen, getting the buns and ingredients and making my own burgers. These fast food restaurants are disconnected and are ignoring all of these videos on UA-cam that millions of people are seeing highlighting the issue. They deserve the loss in sales they're experiencing because they're paying no attention to the customer's desires and instead are focused on the desires of corporate and franchise greed.
It's much cheaper to buy the ingredients for a burger or taco. Idk about pizza though, i think it's still worth it to buy a pizza from a restaurant than a frozen pizza.
no it isnt. not even remotely close. you cant buy single units to make individual items. you have to buy "in bulk" so the over all cost is going to be 5-7 times higher than just purchasing a single burger from where ever. plus you have to make it yourself which is additional cost in time and energy. the price break down may be "cheaper" on paper, but in practise you end up paying more over all. name a one store where you can buy a single hard shell taco or tortilla wrap. outside of a butcher, where can you get 1-2 oz of ground beef? can you get the bun at the butcher shop? what about the cheese, bacon if thats your thing. or the veggies ? you cant buy a single leaf of lettuce, or a single slice of a tomato. youre provably wrong.
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 I don't have a huge family and my schedule allows me to cook most of my meals. And I mostly shop on the discount days at my local super mercado. But I'm assuming your situation is different.
Pizzas are cheap to make yourself, but I would agree that a pizza from a pizza place is more worthwhile compared to a frozen pizza but they’re both bad options
Pay attention to all the celebrity endorsed items on fast food menus. These celebrities are paid a huge chunk of change for the advertisement and if you don't think you, the customer aren't paying for it well I got some news for you!
They can’t even afford to hire Ronald McDonald back at a reasonable wage so they got that rapper who killed people at his astroworld concert and those Chinese *NSYNC boys to make promo meals so the kids want to go there.
@@dongeraci8599 The point is that once a celeb endorsement gets added onto a product, the company can, and does artificially inflate the price of said product. Of course no consumer is held at gunpoint and forced to buy these things, but greedflation is real and has occurred across every industry and is a very significant percentage of these price hikes.
'Super size me' ruined fast food. For two decades, fast food chains tried to rebrand as 'premium' and 'healthy' in the backlash. Pushing their menu cost up and making their menu too large, increasing their cost. Not to mention it gave them cover to reduce portion sizes. And what was his point? That you can't eat exclusively fast food? All the healthy items are gone from the menu now anyway. It didn't help anybody.
@@tylerjames-yf1hoWhat nonsense. Eat healthy or die young. Is living long woke? Also don't make excuses for corporate greed. Instead eat better elsewhere.
The "documentary" was fake to begin with -- Spurlock falsified his results, and did not disclose that he was an alcoholic during the event, with his results being standard for someone who regularly overdrinks every day.
Yeah it's crazy how much prices have gone up. I used to get the bean burrito at Taco Bell for .79 and now that is 2.19!!! For beans, a bit of cheese and a freaking tortilla? I refuse to pay a lot for fast food. If I can't find a deal, I just eat at home
McDonald's has effectively hit the limit on what consumers were willing to pay for fast food. Because why go to McDonald's when you could go to a fast casual place like blaze Pizza for example.
Meat is still waaaay too cheap considering its environmental impact. Fast food is bad either way and it's corporate greed fueling prices but this stuff should never have been cheap.
When I got my first job out of high school (1992), about $5 was all you needed to get lunch... Burger, fries, and a Coke...from most places. Now it's closer to $12.😮
It is closer to $18 per person in Hawaii for fast food meals. They think they can get away with their corporate greed....and it is up to us, the individual consumers, to show them it is unacceptable.
@@zacwoods Everyone who lived back then knows their money went further. Inflation stats are lowballed lies anyway. Regardless fast food prices were relatively high in the 80s and 90s. They were dirt cheap in the 50s-70s, and peaked in their modern affordability in the early-Mid 00s ( to the point of things like the dollar menu not being profitable, and failing as a loss leader)
People can’t afford it… Supply costs have gone up, which has increased prices. CEO pay has gone up, but the average worker pay has largely lagged behind. Inflation is a tool used by the owner class to redistribute wealth.
Taco Bell was my go-to cheap place until prices skyrocketed a few years ago. These days I patronize locally owned restaurants almost exclusively. The prices are the same as or better than those at national chains, the quality of the food is much better, and I've got the satisfaction of helping to support community businesses.
They didn't even discuss the SIZE change. I bought a mcgriddle the other day. First time in maybe 6 yearss. They are tiny now. The same size as an old sausage biscuit. Mcgriddles used to be big.
@anthonychihuahua think the are about 3.50 here in the Dallas area but I used an app coupn and got it for a buck. The was fine for a buck....but not regular price.
In the 15 years that I've worked at McDonald's, the McGriddles have never changed size. They've always been the same size as the biscuits and English muffins.
@Morgil27 damn. Well I won't question your experience.....it just seemed so small. Apologies to everyone if I am mistaken. I never like false narratives.
I remember when Mc Donald’s had hamburgers for 25 cent deals on Tuesdays. They would sell out before the end of the day. I think it was back in the 90’s.
I lived through the 70's when a trip to McDonalds might happen once a month and it was usually a disappointment. I swore they used Styrofoam containers so they could shake Big Macs after they made them. We made food at home. Mom made a lot of tuna casseroles. I still haven't forgiven her for that. But, it did teach me to cook....and shop.
Whenever I order food these days, I rarely get fast food. I just order from diners and pick up and they’re like slightly more expensive, but I get so much more and better quality.
Upper Management Salaries are all supersized but yeah, profits are remaining similar. Too many Mcbusiness buddies making millions a year and it's still not enough for them, but who cares about the other 90% of the employees and the customers. $19.2M paid to the CEO. Salary's should cap at 10000% of the lowest paid employee
It's refreshing to see the top comments correctly blaming corporate greed and not a political party. That being said, there has been a recent resurgence of $5-$7 combo deals that are decent if you're OK sharing your data on the app.
Noting to do with corporate greed. 90% of McDonald’s are franchisee- owned and operated by small business. It has everything to do with min wage increase and the Federal Reserve issuing debt like it’s Monopoly money.
I ordered taco bell it came to $70.00. 1 cravings box, 3 bean and rice burritos add tomatoes and lettuce., 2 dinks and two fries .. no way should that be close to 100$
I'm in Upstate NY and the TB in Norwich charges $3.89 for a regular taco. Meanwhile, in Binghamton, it's $1.89. A BK in Binghamton charges $3.89 for a regular hamburger and in Norwich, it's $1.89. What was told te me from the stores that charge more is that they're franchises and are charged more for the food. I think it's BS because the TB is the only one in over 50 miles and they take advantage of it.
Sure you did. I used the app to add up everything you listed and it was less than $30. I know prices can vary greatly around the country, but not that drastically (and I live in an area with a fairly high cost of living)
8:10 lol the cost of labor is such a tiny percent of the cost of a fast food meal. Just look at the cost of a McDonald's meal in NYC and the employees wages and benefits. Then compare that to cost of the same meal in Berlin and that employees wages and benefits. In Germany they don't just get better wages they get paid vacations but the meals aren't much more expensive than in the USA lol
I totally agree with this. Just yesterday I went to Taco Bell and got 3 Chalupas, 2 Cinnamon Twists and a large drink and it cost me $24! $24 for just me! That is utterly ridiculous. These companies just keep raking in more and more profits. It's not inflation, it's GREEDFLATION 🤬🤬🤬
the only reason to go to fast food vs other restaurants was the price...now that the prices are so close, I have zero reason to eat crap food for those prices.
At this point I can go to Five guys and get a infinitely better burger than I can at McDonald's for the same damn price. Like $12 for a quarter pounder here. They've gotten higher purely because of corporate greed. McDonald's makes more than enough with millions of customers to not need to rise prices as they have.
You guys aren’t paying attention, Demolition Man tried to warn us. We are nearing the beginning of the Franchise Wars…Taco Bell will be victorious……or this is Idiocracy, and we’re stuck with Carls Jr’s Extra Big-Ass Fries
Corporate greed, plain and simple. It's just price-gouging, knowing that they have a niche that is exploitable. If it really was the rising costs of production, then sit down restaurants and small businesses should be exponentially more expensive due to higher quality food for the former and less means of production for the latter. Instead as the Applebee's guy put it they are instead the better deal. Big chains like McDonalds have a bigger obligation to shareholders so "line must go up" to keep them happy.
I really don't bother much with fast food anymore, unless rarely if it's a special cheap meal deal, like the current Hardee's $5.99 Original Bag Combo. You'd be better off going to a local place that'll be probably cheaper and taste better.
@@torablack Look at it as a blessing in disguise. A lot of it is not good for you and a family run place would offer something cheaper, actually tastes better, they'll care about the quality, and better for you.
Prices here in Japan haven't changed much at all. A big mac set is the equivalent of 4.50 usd... Oh and each city doesn't have different prices. I love how not united the "united" states is😂😂😂
I'm in a nursing home as of March 2023 where I was disabled when I got ran over by a vehicle going home from working at my Subway shift. Anyways, I can only order from delivery apps. I mostly use Doordash whereas I purchase the Doordash Pass $9.99 every month to get free delivery and the occasional promo's. I'm unable to walk since my accident. But I, like many many others, have seen the outrageous costs in fast food prices. I remember being about 6 or 7, my Mother and my Step-Dad would take my sister and I to McDonald's. They had a special on Wednesday I believe. $0.29 Hamburgers and $0.39 Cheeseburgers in 1992-1994. Something needs to change HARDCORE with these prices or one day, a Hamburger 🍔 will be $15-$25 if things don't regress on Food Prices ASAP!!!
Greed greed greed. But in reality this is a good thing. Fast food is terribly unhealthy, and if the high cost is off-putting, then it's a great time to start eating healthier at home.
I just got back from a business trip to the US. I live in Brazil where a medium-sized Big Mac meal (burger, fries, drink) costs $5 USD, tax included. I was paying almost twice as much for the same meal in Illinois. It’s insane.
@@Jeremyho439 Yes, but Venezuela is under a pseudo-dictatorship. The US isn't. It doesn't make sense for a McDonald's meal in the US to cost twice as much as in Brazil.
Fast food is actually having to pay its employee's more of a living wage. Even though, at $15 an hour, it's hard even living off of that wage. Remember that most employees are only part time. Yet, it's absolutely ridiculous that the Federal minimum wage is only $7.25.
@@AdvancedAIchatbot Teens are usually in school during the day. Fast food restaurants are open from 6am to 12pm. There's not enough teen to even cover all those shifts. Also, you probably don't even know that if you don't have a high school diploma, or GED, they can and will pay you $2 less per hour.
This guy really yada-yada'd the key reasons why prices got so high. We had 2 major interruptions in the supply chain: one caused by governors shutting down the economy in 2020 and the other caused by Biden when he revoked land leases for oil drilling in 2021. The interruption of the ecomony caused supply to decrease while demand rose due to panic buying causing an increase in the price of goods. The lack of crude to make fuel drove up gas prices which caused the cost of freight to go up which was passed onto the consumer. You also had the kids and young adults refusing to work entry level jobs for minimum wage in 2020. The lack of workers pushed the need to raise the starting pay to encourage people to apply and stay. The increase in labor costs was then transferred to the menu prices. You can argue corprate greed but the franchisees are the ones operating the stores. If they dont hit that profit margin the business closes due to lack of funds or corporate yanks the plug.
When I was a kid 15+ years ago back in Asian, Fast food chains were consider a luxury. A full meal at McDonalds would cost around $4 and local restaurant meals would cost you $2. I believe they know it works so they're not bothered to lower down price.
It's unfortunate that fast food prices have risen so much. However, I think it does have an unintended benefit. Due to the price increases, Americans seem to be eating less fast food in general. For most of my adult life, I've eaten fast food an average of about 2 times per week. Though, in the last year or 2, my average has dropped to just 1 time per week. From what I've read, many other people are reducing their fast food intake as well due to the cost.
The minimum wage in California in 1995 was $4.75 per hour on October 1, 1996, and $5.15 per hour on September 1, 1997. Minimum wage in CA is now $20 per hour for fast food workers. Employees pass on that cost to consumers. That's why prices went up.
Such an argument should also include statistics on the cost of "food at home." This is the primary factor impacting the cost of "food away from home." A knifes edge balance that impacts a restaurants success or failure. No... fast food was never a cheap dining experience and always a luxury...
Whenever I tell my zoomer nieces and nephews that a Whopper used to cost 99 cents, tacos from del Taco were 39 cents, or cheeseburgers from McDonald's were 39 cents on Sundays, they never believe me.
Inflation isn't helping matters. Hard to take Biden's comment seriously when hes giving billions of our tax dollars overseas, without our say. Adding further to the debt and inflation.
Back in my day you used to be able to get a helicopter to drop an entire swimming pool worth of cheeseburgers in your backyard for less than 2 cents. Crazy how much prices have gone up.
Learning to bulk meal prep my own food for freezing was a life-changer for me. It's far healthier, cheaper and faster than commercial fast food. I now only eat take-out about once or twice a month as a treat.
They have always been 1/10th of a pound. Two patties, for a double burger, is 2/10, or 1/5th of a pound. Compare to the quarter pounder, obviously 1/4, and it's really not that much different. Bottom line, a Big Mac has only just _slightly_ less meat than a Quarter Pounder.
The prices might not come down do to inflation,but they need to because of greedflation. Record profits with high inflation equals nothing but greed and a lack of care for your customers.
As fast food shrank in portions yet prices soared, I invested in teaching myself to cook better, using inexpensive ingredients and I never turned back. As fast food companies continue to gaslight saying their portions have not shrunk and they're providing 'excellent value' the only choice was to learn to make a tastier, healthier, option myself.
Inflation brought to you by the very same corporations raising the prices. They control it all, and they are definitely not raising the workers pay much, if at all, depending on the state the franchise is in and if the State sets their minimum wage above the pathetic Federal minimum wage, eg California, NY, not the South.
People could justify eating horribly unhealthy food with the fact that it was quick and cheap. However, paying a premium without an increase of something (portion, quality, etc.) on the other side of the equation is a deal breaker
In 2020 i was making $11/hr, my girlfriend $9/hr. We could afford breakfast daily, dollar menu still existed then. Now we BOTH make about $23-24/hr and can only eat out maybe once a week if we're running behind. Joe biden and kamala have made life way harder, we're not even republicans but it's obvious.
I was told by the politicians raising the minimum wage for entry level jobs won't increase prices. I was told I'm silly for thinking these corporations would take advantage of the customers and just add it to the price of the goods rather than take in less profit.
Something to consider- in a 10 year period, those prices doubled. The pay of the employees? Federally its the same. While some states have doubled their state minimum, places like Georgia is still $7.25.
I tried warning people about this. People love fast food chains’ low prices, but when they become the only players in town they’ll jack their prices up to whatever they want.
You didn't mention that portion sizes have decreased at the same time prices have gone up, so we're actually paying twice as much for probably 75% of the actual product as we were 5 years ago.
the pickles are thicker than the meat patties
Americans and lying by omission go hand-in-hand, like bald eagles and AR-15s
No you arent. Inflation is a thing and the apps always save you a ton.
@@kylebarton778 and the meat patties aren't fully meat, but half Textured vegetable protein. I don't understand why anyone eats at these shams anymore.
Shrinkflation!
I think the message is that, without the cheap prices, fast food places have no place. The Applebees guy was spot-on...For about the same price, you get much higher quality food (and definitely a better environment). I can see a scenario where McDonalds and others go through a reduction in stores.
Just because you sit down doesn't mean the quality goes up. I tried an Applebee's burger. It's not better than McDonalds.
@@tjg555 if you think a a processed, factory made patty, is just as good as a fresh hand made patty, then your opinion holds no value whatsoever.
@@coby4482 If you think Applebee's doesn't use processed food, your opinion holds no value either. Good day sir.
@tjg55 quit lying bro. A burger from anywheres gonna taste better than McDonald’s, because their stuff all tastes the same. I don’t go to McDonald’s for a good burger, I go there for McDonald’s.
@@tjg555 Try Red Robin. Better burger (with lots of options) plus endless fries. I mostly only get appetizers at Applebees.
They were once the rage for 3 simple reasons
Good food. Fast food. Cheap food.
It is no longer Good. It is no longer Cheap. And It hasn't been fast for a while now.
WHY do people still go ??!!
convenience
Complacency, stupidity and laziness
The fast food is designed to be as addictive as possible, and people have a hard time breaking habits..
Took me a couple of reads to get this weird comment
@@AdvancedAIchatbotwhy? Can you not read?
Vote with your money! Don't think the prices are reasonable then don't patronize the restaurant! The prices would come down if all of us did this. I stopped going to fast food places solely because of this. As a side benefit I eat less and lost weight.
Nobody else is less expensive
Vote Red or America is dead!
Not feally feasible for everyone though
The masses are stupid sheep. They'll never change.
@@JackThePeg543 Elaborate why for me
Paying $0.20 for 'extra lettuce' on my Whopper Jr and having a *total* of 3 shards of lettuce was the last straw for me.
How much did they charge you for the straw??😂😂
I'm surprised extra lettuce is an option!
It's $0.60 for onions added to my burrito at the taco bell near me. Like wtf!
Fast food is not cheap or fast anymore, they fail on both.
My local In N Out, last time took me "only" fifteen minutes from joining the queue to driving off with my dinner. I was actually pleased with the speed. There is something wrong with that
I rarely eat fast food anymore. About every 6 months I will get a craving for fast food, but the craving is what I remember it tasting like. I will stop at a fast food place and always be surprised how nasty it is and how expensive it is. Fast food has become TERRIBLE.
Fast food has become trash, people are paying super-sized prices for garbage. Nothing like it was in the 70s-80s-90s
I've been dreaming of a good tasting mcnugget for five years now, think it's time for me to accept the new reality.
It's like that with the food in the grocery stores that got more processed in the last 30 years. You can literally taste the difference.
What is you choice of fine dining restaurant?
In Seattle, a sausage egg muffin is $5.89. Large fries are $5.19 and a mcchicken is $4.19. I took the dollar menu for granted-we had it so good back then!
4.20 meal when I was in highschool. 2004 ish. McDouble, mcchicken, 4 piece nugget and small fry.
People in Seattle got what they voted for.
@@gravanon1577100%. I don’t feel bad for anyone in Seattle. They got exactly what they asked for.
Gonna to be a liberal state with liberal prices.
@@Jeremyho439it must be hell being stupid like you.
We took the 2010s for granted so hard.
It's almost like the Obama driven economy was good and prices starting soaring after a certain orange someone blew it all up.
You hit 'the age'
I had this feeling in 2005 about the 90s, my parents probably had it in 1985
I remember going to McDonalds and getting 19 McChickens for under $20 tax included. I was trying to wrap my head around how much that could cost now. According to his prices it would cost a little under $100. I think his prices are a bit higher than one would typically pay for a McChicken. It would not be unreasonable to assume that it would cost around $80.
When I got the 19 McChickens that was only... 12 years ago, I believe. A 4-5x price increase is asinine. This is the reason that I do not go to fast food places anymore.
@@leviturner3265 did the calculation for you, apparently 25 dollars
Agreed 💯
Now it's a sad meal
It may be a sad meal, it was always a crappy meal.
SAD= standard American diet.
With the way things have been also hit the mark on that now it's try not to cry and scream in agony. Since I sure know I'm going to be.
@@johngalt97 That really now fits with the time and also considering this video and many others on how bad the economy is really a bad idea to go on shopping sprees now.
Nice
You know it's bad when you can get better deals at brick and mortar places.
its not. brick and mortar have the incumbant space to hold inventory. thus can buy/store more and mark down the costs. geeee whoda thunk
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 I'd be surprised if each store purchases their own inventory directly from suppliers rather than from a distribution center where products are bought in bulk at a larger discount than many sit down restaurants.
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96not even remotely true. You’re completely overlooking the massive bulk discounts fast food places get by placing their giant orders from exclusive suppliers. I promise you McDonald’s pays far less for their meat and fries than a local restaurant because they order in a single day what a restaurant won’t see in a year.
Tf are they
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 literal lamebrain comment. think, mark, think.
Do not insult Wendys, they have had a $5 bag for a long time and McDonald's stole that idea
I came here to post exactly this! Wendy's has had the 4 for $4 deal and $5 bag options for years.
@@callworthful Wendy's is the best. They should be bigger than McDonald's imo, and you can still order at the counter, even with a smile sometimes. Not at some machine and dispensed to you 8-10 minutes later.
@@Vespyr_ wendys always seems to have a busier drive through line compared to mcdonalds and bk. I think they might be the bigger fast food place, but mcdonalds is considered bigger on paper because theyre a real estate company, not an actual fast food restaurant
Exactly 👍🏻
You know it's bad when people are praising Applebee's in any way.
Yup.
Yesterday I ordered two orders of fries and it cost me $9.49 and they came out cold. Yeah McDonald’s sucks.
The quality of the food at all of them is absolute trash. Nothing like it was in the 70s-80s-90s
This is so true. Even if the prices were not laughably inappropriate, the food is not even worth eating at all.
You couldve used the app that gives you free fries every week. Thats on you for being lazy.
@@zacwoods the app doesn't magically make them warm
@@benjamindover4337 Or make them taste like actual fries
It got smaller and pricey
WHERE'S THE BEEF?!?
@@TriviaFreak Wendy's really needs to bring that campaign back, now that we're approaching 2025.
To pay the CEO & the Execs. The everyday worker sees little of it.
So the $20 an hour minimum wage for minimum work is not enough...
I miss the dollar menu!😢
@@torablack The Dollar Menu was nice.
@@BoereVikingMcDonald's makes enough money to pay their employees $30/hr but they are a greedy corporation who would rather cut hours and automate everything than pay their employees a living wage
@@BoereViking yeah in 1 state.
I feel like it's unfair to point at rising labor costs without acknowledging that the reason why labor costs rise is due to cost of living increases which include some shared elements like cost of ingredients and transportation but also cost of housing which is ignored here. Labor cost increases don't exist in a vacuum and generally tend to come from other economic pressures. Like housing costs.
Also more competition. Why pay a high school kid $15/hr when Pablo will work under the table for $6
It is not unfair to talk about rising labor costs. Every time that the minimum wage increases, the cost of labor increases and the cost of fast food costs all of us more money. That is one of the reasons that fast food is so expensive now. So it is very related.
Housing is a separate issue. Interestingly, the population of the United States would be slightly decreasing if it was not for immigration. If the population was slightly decreasing the cost of housing would also decrease as there would be less competition, and the older generations would fade away allowing for more affordable housing. The housing crisis is artificial. There is no reason to have more people here, especially when many jobs are being phased out by technology.
@@500ccRabbit I do not think fast food establishments engage in hiring people under the table. They are relegated to paying a high school kid that $15, or $20 an hour. A smaller independent restaurant might do that.
The reason you would not pay Pablo the $6 would be because it would be illegal, likely he is also illegal and you are incentivizing people to break the law, and therefore you will have more people like that come and break our laws. Thirdly chances are Pablo's English skills are not very good. Lastly, why not support your own community and put the money back into their hands.
Illegal immigration is not helping either.
Well the kids did say they wanted what their grandparents had, a job that could afford a car and a house. Then the covid hit and the price of living had no cap. Now they are back to square one
Greed. Plain and simple. Prices always go up when an economy is bad but you never see them go back down once the economy improves.
@@Lawrence_Talbot How greedy is it if people are still paying? If people stop paying, which has slowly started, prices will come down. We did this to ourselves.
@@jaymoor8995 I 100% agree. The problem is modern business theory if sales drop they raise prices to make up for down profits. It’s so backwards but I have seen this applied in too many companies both small and big international corporations. Sadly the greed won’t go away until new leaders come in who truly value their customers and employees
@@jaymoor8995 Yes, you've highlighted the fact that the "greed" in question is actually a two-way street. I know that in reality not every individual who complains is guilty, but some amount of them are, and that's always the case.
Hahaha the food industry makes the LEAST PROFIT of any industry. The answer is FUEL PRICES.
@@jaymoor8995"people let it happen so its okay and not greed"
Not how it works. Much like how consent doesnt lessen murder charges, acceptance doesnt lesser greed.
Corporate greed plays a large factor. They want to spend millions of dollars on new celebrity ads regularly rather than keeping their prices low. Their 5 dollar meal deal isn't even that as for a burger it's 6 dollars for the meal deal where I live. If I'm going there three days in a week or month I'm better off just going to the store, buying the beef patties frozen, getting the buns and ingredients and making my own burgers.
These fast food restaurants are disconnected and are ignoring all of these videos on UA-cam that millions of people are seeing highlighting the issue. They deserve the loss in sales they're experiencing because they're paying no attention to the customer's desires and instead are focused on the desires of corporate and franchise greed.
The NBA players too. Nobody worth a million dollars a year .
It's much cheaper to buy the ingredients for a burger or taco. Idk about pizza though, i think it's still worth it to buy a pizza from a restaurant than a frozen pizza.
no it isnt. not even remotely close. you cant buy single units to make individual items. you have to buy "in bulk" so the over all cost is going to be 5-7 times higher than just purchasing a single burger from where ever. plus you have to make it yourself which is additional cost in time and energy. the price break down may be "cheaper" on paper, but in practise you end up paying more over all. name a one store where you can buy a single hard shell taco or tortilla wrap. outside of a butcher, where can you get 1-2 oz of ground beef? can you get the bun at the butcher shop? what about the cheese, bacon if thats your thing. or the veggies ? you cant buy a single leaf of lettuce, or a single slice of a tomato. youre provably wrong.
@@SadBoysCollectiveCirca96 I don't have a huge family and my schedule allows me to cook most of my meals. And I mostly shop on the discount days at my local super mercado. But I'm assuming your situation is different.
Say it with me.... DIGIORNO'S STUFFED CRUST
Pizzas are cheap to make yourself, but I would agree that a pizza from a pizza place is more worthwhile compared to a frozen pizza but they’re both bad options
A large pizza is like $30 now
Pay attention to all the celebrity endorsed items on fast food menus. These celebrities are paid a huge chunk of change for the advertisement and if you don't think you, the customer aren't paying for it well I got some news for you!
They can’t even afford to hire Ronald McDonald back at a reasonable wage so they got that rapper who killed people at his astroworld concert and those Chinese *NSYNC boys to make promo meals so the kids want to go there.
Yes, because paying a celeb $10 million in a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry ads .0000003% of a penny to a Big mac.
@@dongeraci8599 The point is that once a celeb endorsement gets added onto a product, the company can, and does artificially inflate the price of said product. Of course no consumer is held at gunpoint and forced to buy these things, but greedflation is real and has occurred across every industry and is a very significant percentage of these price hikes.
@@dongeraci8599 it's a heck of a lot more than just ten million.
Here in the UK the price has gone through the roof and the quality has gone through the floor
'Super size me' ruined fast food. For two decades, fast food chains tried to rebrand as 'premium' and 'healthy' in the backlash. Pushing their menu cost up and making their menu too large, increasing their cost. Not to mention it gave them cover to reduce portion sizes. And what was his point? That you can't eat exclusively fast food? All the healthy items are gone from the menu now anyway. It didn't help anybody.
Yep. Hated that documentary. Everyone in my school became a spazzy health nut. Even food habits can be woke
@@tylerjames-yf1hoWhat nonsense. Eat healthy or die young. Is living long woke? Also don't make excuses for corporate greed. Instead eat better elsewhere.
@@tylerjames-yf1hoLiving healthy long lifes is woke now? 😂
@@KarlTheExpert woke
The "documentary" was fake to begin with -- Spurlock falsified his results, and did not disclose that he was an alcoholic during the event, with his results being standard for someone who regularly overdrinks every day.
Macdonald's never should have stopped frying their french fries in lard
McDonald's*
Also, wouldn't the lard thing scare away the vegans?
@@wturner777fuck them?
@@wturner777
Vegans don't eat at McDonald's.
@@wturner777 that's the point, we all took the hit for vegans? who are known for eating at McDonalds
Yeah it's crazy how much prices have gone up. I used to get the bean burrito at Taco Bell for .79 and now that is 2.19!!! For beans, a bit of cheese and a freaking tortilla? I refuse to pay a lot for fast food. If I can't find a deal, I just eat at home
$2.19 really isn't that big of a deal like this isn't breaking the bank in 2024. When you have McDonald's charging $10 for a freaking hamburger
@@MarkfromNewYork some people live on different incomes, Mark. She's still paying over double.
You could make 10 very cheesy burritos for the cost of two Taco Hell burritos and freeze the extras.
Making your own food is better for you anyway.
@@MarkfromNewYork It's a 277% increase! yeah that IS a lot
McDonald's has effectively hit the limit on what consumers were willing to pay for fast food. Because why go to McDonald's when you could go to a fast casual place like blaze Pizza for example.
You mean Mod Pizza. Blaze isn't good.
The founders of these companies with the exception of McDonald's would be rolling in their graves.
Rolling up in your mom's vagina
at the insatiable amount of greed the current owners can get away with, now in their graves, regretting not having charged insane amounts before?
If you want extra cheese on your fast food burger expect to pay an extra dollar FOR A SLICE OF CHEESE.
and if you don't want cheese expect to pay for the price of everyone's cheese. (and still probably be given cheese)
Wish we had those fast food prices from back then and food quality
Wish we had a lot of things from five years ago! No wars, low prices for food, cheap gas ... hrm, wonder what changed?
@@giraffesinc.2193 lizard people..definitely the lizard people
20 years ago hamburgers at mcdonalds was 29 cents
didn't even answer the question in the video title.
And this is why my family rarely eats fast food. Our cholesterol thanks them for their greed
Why was there no mention of agriculture or subsidies that kept prices/real costs deceptively low for so long.
Meat is still waaaay too cheap considering its environmental impact. Fast food is bad either way and it's corporate greed fueling prices but this stuff should never have been cheap.
When I got my first job out of high school (1992), about $5 was all you needed to get lunch... Burger, fries, and a Coke...from most places. Now it's closer to $12.😮
Based on the inflation calc $5 in '92 is generally worth $11.42 today.
It is closer to $18 per person in Hawaii for fast food meals. They think they can get away with their corporate greed....and it is up to us, the individual consumers, to show them it is unacceptable.
@@arejaybeeshhhh thats too much logic for these crybabies
@@zacwoods Everyone who lived back then knows their money went further. Inflation stats are lowballed lies anyway.
Regardless fast food prices were relatively high in the 80s and 90s. They were dirt cheap in the 50s-70s, and peaked in their modern affordability in the early-Mid 00s ( to the point of things like the dollar menu not being profitable, and failing as a loss leader)
People can’t afford it… Supply costs have gone up, which has increased prices. CEO pay has gone up, but the average worker pay has largely lagged behind.
Inflation is a tool used by the owner class to redistribute wealth.
Taco Bell was my go-to cheap place until prices skyrocketed a few years ago. These days I patronize locally owned restaurants almost exclusively. The prices are the same as or better than those at national chains, the quality of the food is much better, and I've got the satisfaction of helping to support community businesses.
You remember Donald Trump?
@@Jeremyho439 Unfortunately.
They didn't even discuss the SIZE change. I bought a mcgriddle the other day. First time in maybe 6 yearss. They are tiny now. The same size as an old sausage biscuit. Mcgriddles used to be big.
One sausage egg and cheese Mcgriddle in Denver is $5.39 before tax. 🤯
@anthonychihuahua think the are about 3.50 here in the Dallas area but I used an app coupn and got it for a buck. The was fine for a buck....but not regular price.
In the 15 years that I've worked at McDonald's, the McGriddles have never changed size. They've always been the same size as the biscuits and English muffins.
@Morgil27 damn. Well I won't question your experience.....it just seemed so small. Apologies to everyone if I am mistaken. I never like false narratives.
Are you Mc'serious?
I remember when Mc Donald’s had hamburgers for 25 cent deals on Tuesdays. They would sell out before the end of the day. I think it was back in the 90’s.
It was when the president was a republican.
I lived through the 70's when a trip to McDonalds might happen once a month and it was usually a disappointment. I swore they used Styrofoam containers so they could shake Big Macs after they made them. We made food at home. Mom made a lot of tuna casseroles. I still haven't forgiven her for that. But, it did teach me to cook....and shop.
I remember and old McDonald's commercial where a burger, fries and a drink were purchased with a dollar and the customer got change back.
And minimum wage was &2.15
Whenever I order food these days, I rarely get fast food. I just order from diners and pick up and they’re like slightly more expensive, but I get so much more and better quality.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and seed oils are why I don't go to eat fast food anymore. I didn't know the prices had gone up that much. Holy cow!
I personally wouldn't say "cow".
@@wturner777 lol!
Upper Management Salaries are all supersized but yeah, profits are remaining similar. Too many Mcbusiness buddies making millions a year and it's still not enough for them, but who cares about the other 90% of the employees and the customers. $19.2M paid to the CEO. Salary's should cap at 10000% of the lowest paid employee
Been to Chili’s and Applebee’s more in the last six months than I have in the last six years
It's refreshing to see the top comments correctly blaming corporate greed and not a political party. That being said, there has been a recent resurgence of $5-$7 combo deals that are decent if you're OK sharing your data on the app.
Noting to do with corporate greed. 90% of McDonald’s are franchisee- owned and operated by small business. It has everything to do with min wage increase and the Federal Reserve issuing debt like it’s Monopoly money.
I ordered taco bell it came to $70.00. 1 cravings box, 3 bean and rice burritos add tomatoes and lettuce., 2 dinks and two fries .. no way should that be close to 100$
I'm in Upstate NY and the TB in Norwich charges $3.89 for a regular taco. Meanwhile, in Binghamton, it's $1.89. A BK in Binghamton charges $3.89 for a regular hamburger and in Norwich, it's $1.89. What was told te me from the stores that charge more is that they're franchises and are charged more for the food. I think it's BS because the TB is the only one in over 50 miles and they take advantage of it.
How many damn mouths you feeding
Sure you did. I used the app to add up everything you listed and it was less than $30. I know prices can vary greatly around the country, but not that drastically (and I live in an area with a fairly high cost of living)
@@eli-bt4he
3 bean and rice burritos $13.83
2 large nacho fries$10.22
1 taco and burrito craving box$25.30
1 strawberry lemonade freeze $4.50
1 root beer $3.64
Total $57.49
Plus tax $68.85
* Chicago Illinois
8:10 lol the cost of labor is such a tiny percent of the cost of a fast food meal. Just look at the cost of a McDonald's meal in NYC and the employees wages and benefits. Then compare that to cost of the same meal in Berlin and that employees wages and benefits. In Germany they don't just get better wages they get paid vacations but the meals aren't much more expensive than in the USA lol
A Big Mac cost 63 cents when I first came to the states in 1972. Also, Whopper used to go on sale for 99 cents in the 90s.
Everything is increasing in price. Fast food could be cheaper if the focus wasn’t on giving high profits to shareholders.
You clearly don't understand inflation caused by Slow Joe Briben' and Camela Harris
@@roamintheslums4851 Inflation only accounts for 1/4 to 1/3. Doubling wages is the main reason.
@@roamintheslums4851 Why do people try to give cute nicknames to their political opponents? It just makes you look silly.
@@roamintheslums4851 and you clearly have full, inexhaustible and undisputable knowledge on the topic.
@@Freak80MC so what you're saying is that Trump looks stupid? can't disagree with that!
I totally agree with this. Just yesterday I went to Taco Bell and got 3 Chalupas, 2 Cinnamon Twists and a large drink and it cost me $24! $24 for just me! That is utterly ridiculous. These companies just keep raking in more and more profits. It's not inflation, it's GREEDFLATION 🤬🤬🤬
Ronald McDonald gots debts... gotta make that scratch, or they'll take his thumbs!
the only reason to go to fast food vs other restaurants was the price...now that the prices are so close, I have zero reason to eat crap food for those prices.
The greed of the CEO's lining their pockets while poorly paying the employees and charging everyone more
It's the economy, stupid.
CEO'S lined their pockets when it was cheap. That's not what changed things.
@@thebes118 Tell me you know nothing about economics without telling me you know nothing about economics.
At this point I can go to Five guys and get a infinitely better burger than I can at McDonald's for the same damn price. Like $12 for a quarter pounder here. They've gotten higher purely because of corporate greed. McDonald's makes more than enough with millions of customers to not need to rise prices as they have.
You guys aren’t paying attention, Demolition Man tried to warn us. We are nearing the beginning of the Franchise Wars…Taco Bell will be victorious……or this is Idiocracy, and we’re stuck with Carls Jr’s Extra Big-Ass Fries
You don't know how to use the 3 seashells?
And don't forget the wheight went down on all products too
Corporate greed, plain and simple. It's just price-gouging, knowing that they have a niche that is exploitable. If it really was the rising costs of production, then sit down restaurants and small businesses should be exponentially more expensive due to higher quality food for the former and less means of production for the latter. Instead as the Applebee's guy put it they are instead the better deal. Big chains like McDonalds have a bigger obligation to shareholders so "line must go up" to keep them happy.
More like Democrats screwing up the economy.
I haven’t been to a fast food restaurant since February. I paid $15 on what I used to pay $7 for. I realized that it’s just not worth it anymore
I really don't bother much with fast food anymore, unless rarely if it's a special cheap meal deal, like the current Hardee's $5.99 Original Bag Combo. You'd be better off going to a local place that'll be probably cheaper and taste better.
I use to eat fast food whenever I had $-$3 dollars to spare but now I only eat out once maybe twice a month. It's just to expensive to eat regularly!
@@torablack Look at it as a blessing in disguise. A lot of it is not good for you and a family run place would offer something cheaper, actually tastes better, they'll care about the quality, and better for you.
@@guyk768 you might be right. I have been getting better at cooking meals at home since it's too expensive to eat fast food regularly.
Prices here in Japan haven't changed much at all.
A big mac set is the equivalent of 4.50 usd... Oh and each city doesn't have different prices.
I love how not united the "united" states is😂😂😂
I hope the prices keep rising so people stop eating that junk.
How do you like chateaubriand with sausage gravy, fries, and cilantro?
I'm in a nursing home as of March 2023 where I was disabled when I got ran over by a vehicle going home from working at my Subway shift. Anyways, I can only order from delivery apps. I mostly use Doordash whereas I purchase the Doordash Pass $9.99 every month to get free delivery and the occasional promo's.
I'm unable to walk since my accident. But I, like many many others, have seen the outrageous costs in fast food prices. I remember being about 6 or 7, my Mother and my Step-Dad would take my sister and I to McDonald's. They had a special on Wednesday I believe. $0.29 Hamburgers and $0.39 Cheeseburgers in 1992-1994. Something needs to change HARDCORE with these prices or one day, a Hamburger 🍔 will be $15-$25 if things don't regress on Food Prices ASAP!!!
Greed greed greed. But in reality this is a good thing. Fast food is terribly unhealthy, and if the high cost is off-putting, then it's a great time to start eating healthier at home.
I just got back from a business trip to the US. I live in Brazil where a medium-sized Big Mac meal (burger, fries, drink) costs $5 USD, tax included. I was paying almost twice as much for the same meal in Illinois. It’s insane.
I heard it is even worse in Venezuela.
@@Jeremyho439 Yes, but Venezuela is under a pseudo-dictatorship. The US isn't. It doesn't make sense for a McDonald's meal in the US to cost twice as much as in Brazil.
@@arlofs
USA will be under Hitler after Jan 20.
Fast food is actually having to pay its employee's more of a living wage. Even though, at $15 an hour, it's hard even living off of that wage. Remember that most employees are only part time. Yet, it's absolutely ridiculous that the Federal minimum wage is only $7.25.
It's not ridiculous. There shouldn't be a mandated minimum. Once again, the economy is screwed by political dummies interfering.
No, teens are expected to work there and still be living at home. If you're a grownup working fastfood it's time to reevaluate your life.
@@AdvancedAIchatbot I don't think you've been to a McDonald's lately. During the day, it's mostly adults.
@@jer103 of course I haven't I value my health and well-being
@@AdvancedAIchatbot Teens are usually in school during the day. Fast food restaurants are open from 6am to 12pm. There's not enough teen to even cover all those shifts.
Also, you probably don't even know that if you don't have a high school diploma, or GED, they can and will pay you $2 less per hour.
People have to learn, if they want lower prices they have to stop eating there.
Wasn't that bad 4-8 years ago.
This guy really yada-yada'd the key reasons why prices got so high. We had 2 major interruptions in the supply chain: one caused by governors shutting down the economy in 2020 and the other caused by Biden when he revoked land leases for oil drilling in 2021. The interruption of the ecomony caused supply to decrease while demand rose due to panic buying causing an increase in the price of goods. The lack of crude to make fuel drove up gas prices which caused the cost of freight to go up which was passed onto the consumer.
You also had the kids and young adults refusing to work entry level jobs for minimum wage in 2020. The lack of workers pushed the need to raise the starting pay to encourage people to apply and stay. The increase in labor costs was then transferred to the menu prices. You can argue corprate greed but the franchisees are the ones operating the stores. If they dont hit that profit margin the business closes due to lack of funds or corporate yanks the plug.
Basic economics. The market will charge what the consumers will bear. People are slowing and chains are responding, but we did this to ourselves.
When I was a kid 15+ years ago back in Asian, Fast food chains were consider a luxury. A full meal at McDonalds would cost around $4 and local restaurant meals would cost you $2. I believe they know it works so they're not bothered to lower down price.
COVID fried everyone’s brains, and in the age of subscriptions, if they can’t make you subscribe, they just charge you more.
It's unfortunate that fast food prices have risen so much. However, I think it does have an unintended benefit. Due to the price increases, Americans seem to be eating less fast food in general. For most of my adult life, I've eaten fast food an average of about 2 times per week. Though, in the last year or 2, my average has dropped to just 1 time per week. From what I've read, many other people are reducing their fast food intake as well due to the cost.
The minimum wage in California in 1995 was $4.75 per hour on October 1, 1996, and $5.15 per hour on September 1, 1997.
Minimum wage in CA is now $20 per hour for fast food workers. Employees pass on that cost to consumers. That's why prices went up.
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Such an argument should also include statistics on the cost of "food at home." This is the primary factor impacting the cost of "food away from home." A knifes edge balance that impacts a restaurants success or failure. No... fast food was never a cheap dining experience and always a luxury...
Whenever I tell my zoomer nieces and nephews that a Whopper used to cost 99 cents, tacos from del Taco were 39 cents, or cheeseburgers from McDonald's were 39 cents on Sundays, they never believe me.
Inflation isn't helping matters. Hard to take Biden's comment seriously when hes giving billions of our tax dollars overseas, without our say. Adding further to the debt and inflation.
Back in my day you used to be able to get a helicopter to drop an entire swimming pool worth of cheeseburgers in your backyard for less than 2 cents. Crazy how much prices have gone up.
Wendy's has had their 4 for $4.00 for many years. The rest are only just now catching on.
You mean 4 for $6. 4 for $4 went away with covid
Learning to bulk meal prep my own food for freezing was a life-changer for me. It's far healthier, cheaper and faster than commercial fast food. I now only eat take-out about once or twice a month as a treat.
Any one noticed that the Big Mac beef Patty's are paper thin now.
Honestly I think their about the same as they were about 20 years ago.
Same cook weight means same size. That is just what you want to believe.
Patties*, plural of patty.
They have always been 1/10th of a pound. Two patties, for a double burger, is 2/10, or 1/5th of a pound. Compare to the quarter pounder, obviously 1/4, and it's really not that much different. Bottom line, a Big Mac has only just _slightly_ less meat than a Quarter Pounder.
@@Morgil27 you aren't getting it. Just go to McDonald's and order a Big Mac and see that they are thinner and smaller
The prices might not come down do to inflation,but they need to because of greedflation. Record profits with high inflation equals nothing but greed and a lack of care for your customers.
Short answer is Bideneconomics.
As fast food shrank in portions yet prices soared, I invested in teaching myself to cook better, using inexpensive ingredients and I never turned back. As fast food companies continue to gaslight saying their portions have not shrunk and they're providing 'excellent value' the only choice was to learn to make a tastier, healthier, option myself.
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Ah how I miss the good ole days of when it was cheaper to eat out than cook. Every wknd I would take my wife out to her fav diner.
1. Inflation
2. Increased Employee Pay
3. Increased Material Costs
4. Increased Operating Costs
Inflation brought to you by the very same corporations raising the prices. They control it all, and they are definitely not raising the workers pay much, if at all, depending on the state the franchise is in and if the State sets their minimum wage above the pathetic Federal minimum wage, eg California, NY, not the South.
Aka ......BIDENOMICS
People could justify eating horribly unhealthy food with the fact that it was quick and cheap. However, paying a premium without an increase of something (portion, quality, etc.) on the other side of the equation is a deal breaker
Because corporate greed?
My grandma and I went to Wendy's yesterday and bought a Krabby Patty meal, chili baked potato and large chili on the side. It was $28 and change. WTF
In 2020 i was making $11/hr, my girlfriend $9/hr. We could afford breakfast daily, dollar menu still existed then. Now we BOTH make about $23-24/hr and can only eat out maybe once a week if we're running behind.
Joe biden and kamala have made life way harder, we're not even republicans but it's obvious.
corporate greed
This is what happens when you vote incorrectly. Do it right this time. 🗳
You’re an example of when a brother and sister mate.
I was told by the politicians raising the minimum wage for entry level jobs won't increase prices. I was told I'm silly for thinking these corporations would take advantage of the customers and just add it to the price of the goods rather than take in less profit.
They haven't and economists say there is no connection here. It's just an excuse to keep fast food workers underpaid. Get educated.
Awnser: The Biden Administration.
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Plankton voice: “CORRECT!”
ALL DEMOCRATS, not only Jim Crow Joe and Scamala
That's Bidenomics working for you...
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I laughed when McDonald's saw a drop in profits. It warms my heart to see corporate greed backfire for once.
9:30 Wendy's started the $5 biggie bag like 5 years before McDonald's.
Something to consider- in a 10 year period, those prices doubled. The pay of the employees? Federally its the same. While some states have doubled their state minimum, places like Georgia is still $7.25.
Thank you for posting the video.
I tried warning people about this. People love fast food chains’ low prices, but when they become the only players in town they’ll jack their prices up to whatever they want.
It’s a good thing. Higher prices shed light on corporate greed and cause our overweight population to think twice and possibly make better choices.