Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s not.)
Now, almost a year after the post, a top McDonald’s executive wants to set the record straight. In a recent letter, Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, said $18 for a Big Mac combo was the “exception” and not the norm across all 13,700 restaurants in the country.
The average price of a Big Mac in the US was $4.39 in 2019,” Erlinger said in his recent letter. “Despite a global pandemic and historic rises in supply chain costs, wages and other inflationary pressures in the years that followed, the average cost is now $5.29. That’s an increase of 21% (not 100%),” he added.
Question on history paper in 2324 :
“which events sparked the war that began the revolution of 2025 ?”
Was it :
A. Genocide in the Middle East ❌ B. The incarnation of Trump ❌ C. An argument about the price of a junk McBurger ✅
Ya can get away with a lot of shit but mess with peoples food and you will end up lashed to a cross. Ya dont fuck with the hierarchy of needs.
My point is people get pissed when you mess with available food options, its the principle of the matter. Since food is so important any amount of fucking with food will anger folks due to instinctual reinforcement.
I wouldn’t wanna call that food. I don’t feel bad for people who eat there.
Some people have it as their only choice due to living in a food desert. Imagine how fucked up is that.
Imagine working for two hours to be able to afford a single fucking Big Mac meal!
But a $15 minimum wage will cause prices to skyrocket! …. Prices have skyrocketed, wages remain stagnant.
It’s not that we can’t afford to pay you $15 an hour, or even $30 an hour, but if we did that then we couldn’t give that money to the shareholders. You see, they’ve purchased a certificate which entitles them to the wealth created by your labor. We assure you we can imagine it must be somewhat uncomfortable to live in constant grinding poverty, but you can understand how our hands are tied here. They have a certificate. What are we supposed to do, ask a rich person to be a teeny tiny bit less rich? That’s just crazy talk.
No they aren’t.
A Mac is worth $3.00. The ingredients cost them $1.60.
Love how they compared the $18 combo to the average price of just the sandwich, it’s just insane to me.
I would admit I used to get McDonald’s quite a bit for lunch because it was pretty cheap. But, where I live a Big Mac meal is on average about $16 right now and I can get a burrito bowl from Chipotle with a drink for $13.
I’m not saying Chipotle is high quality food but I don’t think anyone’s going to argue it’s not better quality than McDonald’s, so why on earth would I pay more for McDonald’s?
They overreached on their price gouging and now they’re just trying to backpedal because they’re losing money.
Pretty sure Chipotle is owned by McDonalds.
Invest in real food. It is the foundation of your body.
I dunno… sugar is sugar, carbs are carbs, protein is protein, your body is not prejudiced as to where those components comes from
Started eating at Culver’s recently. Same price as McDonald’s but tastes like actual good quality hamburgers.
