USA ONE@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMcDonald's plans to start selling bigger burgerswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down117
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minus-squareUSA ONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down6·1 year agoMcDonald’s prices are actually lower today than they were in the 1980s when adjusted for inflation.
minus-squarenaun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41arrow-down1·1 year agoHowever, incomes are lower than that, so we’re still paying more.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·edit-21 year 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-up12·1 year agoI had looked it up in the past. Now size wise it is probably smaller.
minus-squarebe_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoReally that renders the “defense” of their prices pretty meaningless.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou think there’s the same amount of beef at the same quality level?
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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