“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call.
normal way to talk about ‘fellow’ human beings
Three bucks for a hash brown? You know Simplot sells packs of ten for four dollars, right? And you can cook them on a stovetop with a tablespoon of vegetable oil, right? Hell, if you’re desperate, you could even throw a pair into the toaster, although they won’t taste nearly as good that way.
My local burger chain has cheeseburgers for $3.50 and fries for $2.00. They are bigger and taste way better than McDonald’s, and it’s real food that doesn’t destroy my stomach. They also have breakfast burgers and a big serving of breakfast potatoes for $2 each. Why would I ever go to McDonalds
What is a breakfast burger? Is that just like a burger with an egg on it?
Egg, sausage, and cheese on a bun!
That sounds amazing!
P. Terry’s, check it out if you’re ever in Austin or San Antonio!
Not everyone has a good local place like that. There’s a ton of bad local places. If you’re in an unfamiliar place, sometimes it’s easier to just go with a mediocre place.
You are 100% correct. I’m fortunate to live in Central Texas, where we have a ton of regional chains that do a great job of outcompeting national chains.
And it’s not like McDonald’s gets a different hash brown. Simplot has supplied McDonald’s for decades: http://visitsoutheastidaho.com/2017/01/j-r-simplots-french-fry-pact-with-mcdonalds-was-key-for-company-idaho/
the customer is tolerating it well
Sure am! It’s been over four years since I’ve had McDonalds (or any other fast food restaurant). Prices are absurd and the food is meh at best.
I do get a craving for McDonalds fries that I give into probably once or twice per year. Usually I’ll get a Big Mac combo, or a couple McMenu sandwiches. The other surprising factor aside from the absurd price is how mediocre the flavour has gotten. While it was never culinary art, it somehow tastes even less like food than I remember just years ago.
I’m disappointed every time.
Maybe it’s not that McDonalds tastes less like food but you just go used to eating proper food instead and your palate changed?
It probably hasn’t changed a whole lot over the years, it’s just that the cravings make it sound so much better until you have it again. I’m the same with KFC, I get massive cravings and remember how good it was last time, then when I get it I end up regretting it and being disappointed, then the cycle happens again
Tho that’s my personal experience yours could differ
We lose taste buds over time, so probably nothing tastes as good as it used to. 😉
LOL McDonald’s hasn’t seen my shadow in 10 years at least
I’m more surprised that they thought they could double prices, but yet somehow still very noticeably drop in quality. McDonald’s quality drop isn’t quite as bad as say, Taco Bell and others but wow, seems like hubris is in the air lately with these corporations’ executive boards.
What I hate most is that they removed the mcchicken biscuit… makes no sense for me to go there for breakfast now
It’s one hash brown Michael, what could it cost?
Here’s some money. Go see a Star War.
Simple solution seems to be just eat the rich.
What does the working class, the largest of the classes, not simply eat the ownership class?
They look nasty. We can still cook them tho.
I’m so mad about it I haven’t been there in a decade.
Good for the customers.
It is so sickening how capitalism normalizes stripping people of their humanity
People are just wallets that cry sometimes
Poke poke C’mon… Quit crying! I want some money!
I think it’s even more disturbing how people can continue funneling support into capitalism then turn around and think they’ve got a leg to stand on by complaining about it.
Breathing doesn’t strip me of the right to complain about the bad air.
So I assume you mean you don’t complain about capitalism at all? Think its an amazing system?
I heard about this and lmao no deal mcdicks.
Has brown is 99 cents. Figure it out. We can see your market value.
I vow to not buy a McDonald’s has brown until it is below $1
Honestly where I live I can get a ni e pub meal for about the same price as one of their burger meals.
Don’t mind the prices as long as the quality is there. All of the fast food chains in my area have tanked in quality. Except for Five Guys.
The first 5 guys in our area was great quality and cheap! Then a couple years later the quality has been way down and prices about 4x. Just insane and disappointing.
the taco bell near me is always on point. but the CEO is a fucking moron. constantly removing great items for no good reason, like the quesarito and beefy melt burrito. i can even still order those, for cheaper, with item adding
What?!??? How do you stil let quesaritos?!? That was the only thing I ever got from tbell
beefy 5 layer, remove beans, add rice, add chipotle sauce, and make it grilled. boom. quesarito for like a 1.50 cheaper
Someone needs to organize a boycott.
I’d organize one but I don’t ever eat there
Oddly enough you can do things with other people even if you’re not necessarily the same as those people.
Organizing a boycott of one is just not eating there.
I can’t believe that the US Government believes that a little more than 2 McDonald’s hash browns are worth one hour’s work.
Fuck that. That isn’t dignity.
I’m just trying to pay for housing with my meager allotment of 80 hash browns per week
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Maybe those lazy millennials would be able to buy a house if they stopped eating McDonald’s hash browns
If you have an alternative to McDonalds and you still eat McDonalds anyway, get some self-respect.
I’ve had Mcdick’s once in the last 2 decades, and that was easily 5 years ago. It wasn’t as good as I remembered.
Imagine being able to say you haven’t eaten in a place for two decades, but still sound like a 14 year old with stupid shit like “mcdicks.”
Hey, it’s the tone police. Imagine thinking you have a point about a comment and still sound like a Victorian era dandy.
