FartsWithAnAccent ,

Just uh... don't eat there?

DadVolante ,
@DadVolante@sh.itjust.works avatar

Not many places open when 2nd shift closes.

And yes, there's food at home or in the lunchbox, but sometimes home is 40 minutes away and you already ate lunch 5 hours prior.

oxjox ,
@oxjox@lemmy.ml avatar

This is how supply and demand and inflation are supposed to work. Prices get inflated because the supply is low and the demand is high. We’re now at the tipping point where the market is saying it’s too much. We should have been saying it was too much, via our wallets, years ago.

Cry all you want about corporate greed but it’s largely unregulated so the supply for their wallet still counts as supply. If you’re still paying for it, they’re going to keep raising the prices. What’s something worth? What someone will pay for it.

Why is beef still expensive? Because people keep buying it. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/01/10/if-inflation-slowed-down-in-2023-why-is-my-grocery-bill-so-high/

BigMacHole ,

It's a good thing we haven't raised the Minimum Wage! Otherwise they may have Raised their prices!

Froyn ,

Sunday morning, fire up the air fryer and park just outside of McD's. Selling hashbrowns at $1 a pop.

GluWu ,

And get fined by the city for not having a food vending license. And the audited by the IRS.

cm0002 ,

The first point makes sense, that's why he needs to sell 10¢ trinkets for a dollar with a "bonus gift" of a hash brown lmfao

I don't see why he'd get audited by the IRS, first he'd need to make more than 600 off it and even if he did, as long as he reports it the IRS DGAF as long as they get their cut lmao

KevonLooney ,

Just get a license and do the food safety course. It's not that hard.

ArugulaZ ,
@ArugulaZ@kbin.social avatar

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.

protist ,

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

derf82 ,

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/

gregorum ,
@gregorum@lemm.ee avatar

I stopped eating fast food, oh… shit, almost 20 years ago.

these things, though. CRACK. these and sausage egg McMuffins. once a year on my birthday. I’ll pay whatever for them.

edit: before you even… I’ve tried finding the ingredients elsewhere and replicating them— it’s impossible!

RGB3x3 ,

"Some customers are fed up and pushing back"

But continuing to buy things from them, yeah? Companies are not going to change until people stop buying from them.

Nobody needs McDonald's. I'm not even sure most people actually want McDonald's. Just stop going, seriously.

foggy ,

I heard about this and lmao no deal mcdicks.

Hash brown is 99 cents. Figure it out. We can see your market value.

I vow to not buy a McDonald's hash brown until it is below $1

IchNichtenLichten ,
@IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world avatar

There's a burger place near me which makes a great burger - good quality ingredients, interesting toppings, great fries and they're cheaper than McDonalds. Given McDonald's prices on ingredients will be substantially cheaper, and their volume higher, this is just pure greed.

nul9o9 ,

My local burger places are just like that. Absolutely bonkers what people with a routine will tolerate if the change is slow.

BakerBagel ,

Yeah there is a little drive through burger stand 2 blocks away from me. Amazing burger and fries combo for $11. The only downside is their service is super slow, but that's a crapshoot at nearly every fast food chain at this point

lqdrchrd ,

McDonald’s used to be viable because it was shit, but at least it was cheap. Now it’s just shit. I haven’t gone of my own will in years, only with other people who wanted it. $3 for a hash brown is absurd.

ghostdoggtv ,

The level is lower than that. McDonald's used to serve the customer, the customer now serves the corporation.

Dwayne_Elizondo_Mountain_Dew_Camacho ,

It used to be cheap, fast, filling and clean. It's none of those things anymore.

What's their value proposition nowadays? Nostalgia?

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