USA ONE@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoMcDonald's plans to start selling bigger burgerswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down117
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minus-squareLifeOfChance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up82arrow-down2·10 months agoSo they’ll reintroduce the old size with a larger price tag now that they shrank the others while keeping them priced the same. More of a reason to stay away
minus-squareUSA ONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down6·10 months agoMcDonald’s prices are actually lower today than they were in the 1980s when adjusted for inflation.
minus-squarenaun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·10 months agoHowever, incomes are lower than that, so we’re still paying more.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoI was totally ready to call your BS, but you’re right. Cost of big Mac combo in 1980: 2.59, 10.24 after adjusted for 2023 Cost of big Mac combo in the app today: 9.20 (For my area anyway)
minus-squareUSA ONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months agoI had looked it up in the past. Now size wise it is probably smaller.
minus-squarebe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·10 months agoReally that renders the “defense” of their prices pretty meaningless.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoYou think there’s the same amount of beef at the same quality level?
So they’ll reintroduce the old size with a larger price tag now that they shrank the others while keeping them priced the same. More of a reason to stay away
McDonald’s prices are actually lower today than they were in the 1980s when adjusted for inflation.
However, incomes are lower than that, so we’re still paying more.
I was totally ready to call your BS, but you’re right.
Cost of big Mac combo in 1980: 2.59, 10.24 after adjusted for 2023
Cost of big Mac combo in the app today: 9.20 (For my area anyway)
I had looked it up in the past. Now size wise it is probably smaller.
Really that renders the “defense” of their prices pretty meaningless.
You think there’s the same amount of beef at the same quality level?
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