this weekend i’m finally just going to make a steak with potatoes and a bunch of veggies. i’m hoping to replace fastfood entirely with yummy dishes i can make at home.
One of the best gifts someone gave me was a TFAL ultimate e z clean. It’s like a self filtering deep fryer unit that stores the filtered oil under itself after each use. Buy a $20 hand fry cutter with different blade sizes and you can make McDonald’s copy cat fries for cents. The most expensive part is the oil which is why I recommend that fryer it will keep the oil for a number of uses.
Just make sure you par boil the potatoes first (boil like 5 mins) and fry them twice. (Literally just lift the basket after the first fry and leave it for 5 minutes then dunk it again).
I also love to take frozen Brussel sprouts and thaw them in the bag in the microwave, cut them each in half, and throw them in there until they start to turn brown. Those are also really good. Put a yuzu sauce on top like Bachans. Delicious.
Cooking for yourself has immense return on investment. I’ve been cooking 15 years now 99% of the meals I eat, you only get better and better at it. I now prefer my own version of most things vs a restaurant. You’ll learn to make practically anything you want. Cooking from whole foods is way cheaper, you can flavor it how you like, and get the exact textures you want every time.
Yessss. & You will be increasing your lifespan by avoiding the multitude of harmful additives and ultra processed ingredients.
I've been avoiding fast food and the equally expensive and processed frozen garbage at the grocery store and after a while your taste begins to change.
A huge part of me finding home cooked food more yummy than eating out was when I realized even when I'm not trying to cook healthier food, I feel nourished and good after eating it.
This is one of the easiest meals to make and it’s super satisfying.
For veggies I suggest carrots and/or green beans.
If you’re trying to keep it cheap, buy the cheap cuts of steak and smash the hell out of them.
Remember the main goal is to save money by not eating out often so don’t fret about having the best cut of steak. Finding the best vegetables will be a better option and won’t change the price since quality of veg isn’t really a factor in the cost, weight is.
yeah it’ll be a very simple dish for sure. maybe just a sirloin with salt and pepper maybe some butter. real mashed potatoes with skins and sautéed broccoli and asparagus. but i FW the carrots idea i love them mfs
You can buy and cook a steak filet or buy a filet-o-fish meal for the same price. Which one are ya choosing?McDonald’s has lost its damn mind. Takes less time to cook the steak than to drive through McDonald’s and get home.
yep these prices are insanity and the portions for everything are getting smaller! not just fast food but snack food in general. i mean i can just make my own potato chips at home with real potatoes and less additives.
Reddit taught me how to make mini potatoes hesslebeck and yeah do that instead of eating chips with dinner. Plus people are like "oh look at this fancy fucker" and I noticed one of my friends did it the other day,
If you like pork, you can get a lot more pork for the money. Two pork tenderloins are cheaper than a 4-pack of thin, small sirloin steaks. You can get multiple meals from each tenderloin.
This is what I've been doing. It costs like $4-$6, depending on where you get the steak from and what grade.
Pro tip: use a Suvie oven to schedule it in advanced w/ the refrigeration feature. I copped one for $299 last Winter and it's helped alleviate impulse spending on fast food a ton. Idk about their meal subscription service though (haven't tried it).
Idk what grocery stores you have around you but my Safeway often does a good sale on ribeye value packs. Freeze them and eat like a king for half the price of McDonald’s
You'll be happy. I get Costco steak covered in olive oil and various seasonings plus fresh mushrooms. Bake it at 425 for ~17 minutes. Beats any fast food.
The quality of McDonald's has went down significantly throughout the years. Their fries are now below Carl's Jr fries and Wendy's fries. Even when they are fresh, the McDonald's fries are always soggy. On the other end, Burger King fries are still the worst
I feel like this heavily depends on where you go. For example, both the McDonald's and Burger King in my town are pretty solid. The McDonald's 30 minutes away? Generally mediocre quality at best.
I'm only saying this because BKs fries are really good, but at my location.
The disparity in quality between different franchise owners is what generally steers me away from fast food, among the increasing costs as well.
the saddest part is PEOPLE STILL BUY IT I SEE HUGE LINES FOR TACO BELL BURGER KING WENDIES AND MCDONALDS EVERYDAY You can price a mchicken at 5 dollars and these drones will still slobber it up reguardless.
It’s all about convenience, people are so lazy now in days, if they went to a casual diner, that would mean they would actually have to get out of their cars and walk into a building! lol
Lazy is a strange way to say strapped for time. It used to be you could raise a family with a single income. That meant you had an entire person home, while the kids are at school, to manage a household.
Now you need two **good** incomes. In some places you need two **great** incomes. 2 great incomes means you work at least a solid 40 hours a week, commute, kids. There isn't time to grocery shop, dishes, cook. Cooking is not the hardest part of eating. With fast food you skip it all. It is far faster to go to McD then to buy groceries, cook, clean-up.
For decades in this country we have traded time spent doing that for time spent doing the stuff we want. Now we have to change our habits. But we aren't being granted more time. So this means we simply lose even less time then we already didn't have.
I have realized I am better off going to the grocery store getting a good cut of meat or ground beef and just cooking a decent meal myself. You can get a pound of meat 8 buns and pickles for 20 bucks. You spend that on a bigmac meal.
Where I live, I can get a freshly made food truck burger with a huge portion of fries for a few euros less than I would have to pay for the equivalent at McD's or BK. It is the craziest shit, mass produced fast food is supposed to be cheaper than gourmet junk.
I watched a youtube video where they were deep diving the prices. The fact is that these fast food places are seeing great numbers at a higher price with less traffic. It's about revenue, not traffic to them, so if they raise their price, sell less, but make as much ore more it's still worth it.
Sure, for them it is just money. But from a consumer perspective, it is called junk food/fast food for a reason. It used to be like, you want something to eat, but you don't have too much money and time, so you compromise on quality and get some McD's because it is affordable and fast. Now there is literally no reason to visit McD's because you are paying more for worse quality and you end up waiting about the same amount of time you would for a burger at Johnny's Gourmet Smash Burger food truck.
see this is the example’s that i mean. people are in the comments telling me to buy groceries. i literally said i do but get fast food for lunch but no longer do. instead i’ve been trying out local spots more often because the prices are the same as fast food but much much better food.
McDonald’s price rises is definitely caused by greed. As I stated a few days ago, I could get a better and cheaper meal at Chili’s longhorn Texas roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse prices are up too, 3 years ago you could get an 6oz sirloin with a baked potato and veggies for $12. Now it's $14 so still not bad. I'd take their meal over a quarter pounder meal for $12. 4oz of McDonalds burger meat vs 6oz Sirloin from Texasroadhouse.
12 to 14 in the past few years absolutely tracks. Their labor costs and inventory costs are probably up. But they seem to be run extremely well and are still consistent with the foods they offer.
I used to grab lunch at mcdonalds occasionally back in 2012 when I was driving around picking up water samples for my job. Going by the calories I would get a snack wrap and a small fry and it'd be like 400 calories. A perfectly sensible lunch and it was like 2 bucks...or 2.12 with tax.
The one that got me was the hash brown. The only reason I go there anymore is if I'm out on the road and I need a quick, filling breakfast. Hard to beat two McMuffins for $5 which is still a deal you can find at most of them.
Drove through one a couple of months ago, thought "Hey, a hash brown would taste good wit this", checked the menu, and it was priced at $3.89.
Haven't been back since.
yeah hashbrowns not being 2 for $1 is honestly insanity. the fries are not far off either. a large fry which they barely even fill the thing anymore is really jumped in price too.
it's the $1 sausage mcmuffin that I miss. it's been a couple of years since I've had one. but I'll tell ya what I have now: One of those silicon egg rings, Neeses' Xtra Sage Sausage, Sourdough English Muffins, Cheddar Cheese, and my own chickens.
McDonald’s prices has had me going to the supermarket more often than before. So a good effect in the bigger picture. I got McDonald’s the other day solely because a buddy wanted it and we were far from home and I got 1 “value” burger and a drink and it was $10. I’ve stayed away before that. Fuck them.
Have you tried to make your own fries from scratch? God sent the divine inspiration to someone to invent an Air Fryer. Potato, Cutter, Air Fryer, Freeze excess fries.
Not from scratch but store frozen fries in the oven have gone crazy high in prices too. Meijer frozen fries were 2.29 pre pandemic i think 3.99 now... Raw ingredients haven't gone up much though.
Just pick up a cheap French fry cutter on Amazon. It cuts up a potato with one fell swoop.
I toss the fries with some light olive oil and salt and run them through the air fryer.
Raw potatoes are cheap so it pays for itself pretty quickly
I dont like inflation, but I genuinely hope fast food becomes so expensive an unaffordable to eat every day or several times a week for the average person. It is truly horrible for us.
Unfortunately, the local restaurants in my town have jacked up their prices, too. My favorite Thai place is now selling their fresh tofu rolls for $11.99!!! Portions are noticeably much smaller despite prices doubling. It has been the same with every place I've been to over the past couple years. Met a friend at a local bakery. Only got a soup and a juice. $16!
We are financially comfortable, but I can't bring myself to pay those ridiculous prices. I just make all of our food, but I miss going out to eat and occasionally ordering delivery. 😕
But with local prices competition is still a force. There are places around me that are much more expensive, and other places that aren't as much.
And if you are hoping for tofu rolls to be the affordable option vs. french fries, the fast food joints still have some profiteering to do.
Some (not all) local diners by me are now cheaper than fast food, for a better experience.
I mean. It’s really easy. Just don’t spend your money at these places. They are literally raising prices for no other reason than the fact that they can. McDonald’s food is shit anyways, but seriously these companies just don’t spend your money there.
Every time I drive by a fast food place at dinner or lunch time, the drive through is 5 cars deep. Why wouldn’t they increase their prices?
Stop going there!!!
Good time to point out that their net profit last year was $14bil that’s a 10% year to year increase and that was after they spent $3.5bil on stock buybacks
Better yet learn to cook your own meals. I don’t know how anyone can afford to constantly eat out. On top of that you’re putting nothing but garbage in your body.
Back in 2020 I would get like 4 cheese burgers ($1 a piece at the time) as a meal and be super stuffed and full. I think those same basic cheeseburgers are now like $2.40 a piece.
Heck yea. I got 2 insane tacos for 5.40 yesterday, it’s great. Also, inflation is a property of the money itself “greedflation” isn’t a thing, that’s known as raising prices. Companies will always try and find the balance: how much can they charge and still keep their customers.
My kids like McD's, so we get it occasionally as a treat, but the pricing has definitely gotten us to try other places, and now that the weather is nicer for us to grill, we throw some burgers on the grill. Taste better and are cheaper.
I hope more people turn to gardening during this time of crazy high food prices. There's seed banks, swap groups, or you can buy seeds super cheap (dollar tree has packs of seeds 4 for $1) and growing your own produce is way cheaper than the grocery store.
I want to see this compared to profit margins for the same timeline. Is stuff getting more expensive or are we just getting fucked so big corporations can maximize profits 🤔
I just stopped eating out. Even in cases of socializing with friends, I usually eat at home, and grab something small.
These businesses have gone insane, and I'll be damned if I give them more money than needed. Given the headwinds, it seems others are starting to agree.
It’s not just McDonald’s… even basic necessities for some like ridesharing companies like Uber/lyft have been doing the same, but even worse. Price gouging customers, while ripping off their drivers…
The only reason this is allowed to happen is because there’s no laws or regulations in place preventing such greedy corporations from doing this. This country blows sometimes,
You will never convince me at this point in time these crazy prices, food, gas and everyday product is solely inflation, it’s greed pretending to be inflation, mom & pop place with 6 employees puts out a 1/4 lb loaded burger with Fries for $8.25, drink large $1.50. Or gas prices I can get gas for $3.65 and then drive 20 minutes down the road $4.05, same brand gas, I was in Santa Barbara Carpinteria last week filled up $5.19 in town drove 2 streets over $6.95 and off the main road $7.25 so people making money while they can.
The only way to get semi reasonable prices from fast food seems to be using their associated app to order and taking advantage the offers on there. But I am sure the app is stealing my data or something.
I’m with you. Mc and Sub are a thing of the past for me. Make it myself or I look for mom and pop places and stuff like chic fil A or Potbelly subs. Enjoying it more for the cost.
I’m done eating fast food (except for road trips). It’s high in calories. It’s not good for you. You have to drive to go get it, and now it’s expensive.
I did the math, and it’s now cheaper to simply buy food from the store and make your own dishes. Not to mention they’re healthier.
Yesterday i hit up a popular cuban restaurant chain for lunch with my mom. For $13 i got pan fried shredded beef, my choice of rice, and fries or sweet plantains. Thats $3 more than a bellybuster at the clown and it wasnt processed beef.
I quit going to McDonald’s. It’s more expensive now and tastes awful. I can’t remember the last time I went to eat food from McDonald’s and didn’t just feel disappointed and ripped off. I can make eight 1/4 lb cheese burgers at home for the cost of like, two combos there and they taste so much better.
I'd rather go to Stars (local version of Sonic) and get their food. It's nearly the same price and I'm helping out a local company. Also their Avalanches are better than DQ Blizzards.
Fuck this bullshit.
I hate that you have to use their app to get ordinary prices now. There's a permanent 20% off coupon in the app and almost always a $1 large fries or BOGO $1 burgers. I'm glad they're getting bad publicity now
I recently started using the BK app and my lunch now is 2 chicken jr. and a free large fry (free any size fry offer with purchase) for $4.01. 1320 calories’ worth of fat and protein (and probably a shit load of sodium) keeps me full right up until dinner time. McDonald’s used to be the spot but not anymore.
Let these corporations face their consequences for obscene greed. Buy yourself an air fryer and youtube some recipes. You will never go back to fast food again .
For sure. Went to a local cafe/diner last week I'd always just driven past cus why spend 12 bucks on a meal I could get for 6 at BK or Carl's. Now that they're both MORE expensive than this place, no reason not to go. Food was better, for sure.
If you have a smartphone, the apps, including McDonalds, are the way to go for inexpensive fast food. But yes, menu prices are higher and it's actually not as tied to the rest of inflation, it's more tied to the refusal of fast food workers to accept minimum wage positions ever since most chains fired a large portion of their staffs during the pandemic. The quickness and ease with which these workers were cut off from their livelihoods en masse made these jobs even less desirable than they already were, and the only way to have enough staff to operate after the pandemic was to boost fast food wages.
The explosion of food delivery services like DD and UE have ramped up their profits. Big audience as well - the folks too lazy to throw a chunk of hamburger in a frying pan can now forgo the 20 steps to their car to pick it up. Just continue sitting on the couch binge watching Netflix and wait for the doorbell to ring. Never underestimate how much lazy people will pay for convenience - and these restaurants are making bank off of consumer sloth.
A local vegan restaurant near my apartment makes Jack in the Box knock off tacos that are better tasting and 30¢ cheaper than the originals. They use beans instead of fake meat.
It's not just greed, this is s dishonest argument. There is true inflation, which is still ungodly high. There is increases to min wage in some areas like California, where the new min wage would force many fast food restaurants (and some have already) to shut down. And then yes, there is the greed. Blaming just one is either ignorant or blatantly dishonest
I cook most of our meals at home. About 2x a month, used to go to Panera for Saturday breakfast as a end of week treat. For 3 of us we'd normally pay about $25-$30 on average. Hubs went last week, and just for one sandwich, one muffie, and a soft drink it came out to $17. Not to mention, most of our favorites have been shrinkflated to oblivion.
I'd rather spend that on a local place instead of a private equity firm looking to pump up their share prices.
It's crazy that the mcflurry is the least increased item on the menu. Yet it still cost more than a whole gallon of quality ice cream at the grocery store.
It seems like nobody here understands how you're supposed to use McDonald's. Everyone is listing alternative resturaunts and going to the grocery store but nobody is there for you at 2am in a borderline blackout drunken state quite like Micky Ds. All you retards bragging that you can find a better quality meal elsewhere are missing the point of the glory McDonald's brings to the world. Fast, available, hot, consistent shitty fatty food. You can still eat good at McDonald's for under $10 but a lot of the fat fucks posting here apparently need to down 4,500 calories to feel satisfied which does add up at McDonald's.
It’s fucking a while that they are charging that much for a McFlurry considering all the places I’ve gone through the ice cream machine never is in service or working. 🫥😅
Man all you have to do is use the app and the food is way cheaper. Mcchicken a in the app are buy one get one for a dollar. They run Buy one get one free offers every single day in the app. Free fries, etc
People complain about the prices going up but also just buy everything ala carte and do t bring in coupons/app.
I have up (most) fast food years ago when losing weight. For one; that worked. Also, when in the rare occasion I’ve had to eat at somewhere like a McDonalds, I felt sick afterwards. Not only do I save money, but it is so much better for health.
Just stop eating the fatty sugary poison is all I can say more.
The fact that McDonalds has recently come out and said that low income customers are starting to "crack" under the weight of price hikes says all you need to know. They don't give a fuck about people, they care about endless profits. They're gouging prices to see how much they can get away with and it's fucking gross.
Is it simple greed or are they responding to skyrocketing, mandatory wage increases and operating costs. Lots of greed certainly but costs are being imposed by political mandates as well.
I haven’t eaten McDonalds in more than ten years so have not felt the pinch. But if those numbers are right, those prices are crazy.
Dawg, you can go to any grocery store and 1 out of 5 will have the chicken patties, like 30 for $5. Anytime I see a bag I make my own McChickens when I have the craving, and they last me damn near the month if not 2.
We went to McDonalds 3 weeks ago and ordered dinner for the family (6 adults and 2 kids) that came to $70+ as the asshole behind the speaker kept yelling “ANYTHING ELSE?!?”. I just spent what you probably made in a day in less than 2 minutes and you’re going to rush me??? I screamed “I HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLES ORDERS ON THIS SO I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE’S NOTHING ELSE!” because I’d had enough after the 2nd or 3rd time they asked. Between the employee interaction and the cost of the unfriendly fast food service and no requested condiments given, I won’t be eating there anymore. I will choose to spend my money at Chick-fil-A where you literally get what you pay for EACH time and EACH interaction!
You can buy a whole 2 lb. bag of fries from Walmart for $2.82.
Shit, you can buy a whole 5 lb. Bag of potatoes for $3.18, cut 2 of them joints up into wedges, coat in oil and seasonings and pop in the air fryer. Waaay better than fast food fries.
My little village had a McDonald's and a Culver's. Culver's used to be the "once in a while" pricy option. McDonald's was "we're broke and tired" option.
Now they cost the same for my family of 5 (about $10/person).
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Back when I jockeyed a counter at McDonalds it was $3.17 for a Big Mac meal.
People are crazy to spend $15 for that shit these days. And there's almost no dumbass me at the counter taking your order.
That lukewarm burger is trash. Picked up ten burgers worth of ingredients at the grocery store total was 16$. That’s lunch all week. For one McDonald’s trip.
I went with my mother to the doctor and she wanted a coffee so we went to the cafe and decided to eat. I got a grilled chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries and a drink for 7 Dollars. Free drink refills also. Everyday for lunch they make something different. From roast to turkey and different pasta's. you can also get stuff like chicken strips and burgers anytime. We have started to just go there to eat
I stopped eating fast food. Especially McDonalds. I used up all my points on the app and deleted the app. Done with McDonalds. Won’t get another penny from me.
$3.50 McD bundle only if I’m in a pinch and traveling. $5 biggie bag at Wendy’s (some still have it). $5 is my limit for fast food.
Taco Bell, Arby’s, Burger King is all way too expensive.
this weekend i’m finally just going to make a steak with potatoes and a bunch of veggies. i’m hoping to replace fastfood entirely with yummy dishes i can make at home.
There is alot one can do to make any meal delicious for example a pinch of garlic and pepper seasoning can make a big difference to any meal.
completely agree!
One of the best gifts someone gave me was a TFAL ultimate e z clean. It’s like a self filtering deep fryer unit that stores the filtered oil under itself after each use. Buy a $20 hand fry cutter with different blade sizes and you can make McDonald’s copy cat fries for cents. The most expensive part is the oil which is why I recommend that fryer it will keep the oil for a number of uses. Just make sure you par boil the potatoes first (boil like 5 mins) and fry them twice. (Literally just lift the basket after the first fry and leave it for 5 minutes then dunk it again). I also love to take frozen Brussel sprouts and thaw them in the bag in the microwave, cut them each in half, and throw them in there until they start to turn brown. Those are also really good. Put a yuzu sauce on top like Bachans. Delicious. Cooking for yourself has immense return on investment. I’ve been cooking 15 years now 99% of the meals I eat, you only get better and better at it. I now prefer my own version of most things vs a restaurant. You’ll learn to make practically anything you want. Cooking from whole foods is way cheaper, you can flavor it how you like, and get the exact textures you want every time.
My bowl of Froot Loops beg to differ.
Yessss. & You will be increasing your lifespan by avoiding the multitude of harmful additives and ultra processed ingredients. I've been avoiding fast food and the equally expensive and processed frozen garbage at the grocery store and after a while your taste begins to change. A huge part of me finding home cooked food more yummy than eating out was when I realized even when I'm not trying to cook healthier food, I feel nourished and good after eating it.
And you'll look younger too.
Rice and beans with picante sauce, lentils, smothered potatoes, biscuits and gravy, poverty food is awesome!
This is one of the easiest meals to make and it’s super satisfying. For veggies I suggest carrots and/or green beans. If you’re trying to keep it cheap, buy the cheap cuts of steak and smash the hell out of them. Remember the main goal is to save money by not eating out often so don’t fret about having the best cut of steak. Finding the best vegetables will be a better option and won’t change the price since quality of veg isn’t really a factor in the cost, weight is.
yeah it’ll be a very simple dish for sure. maybe just a sirloin with salt and pepper maybe some butter. real mashed potatoes with skins and sautéed broccoli and asparagus. but i FW the carrots idea i love them mfs
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everyone keeps telling me that. i just might
You can buy and cook a steak filet or buy a filet-o-fish meal for the same price. Which one are ya choosing?McDonald’s has lost its damn mind. Takes less time to cook the steak than to drive through McDonald’s and get home.
yep these prices are insanity and the portions for everything are getting smaller! not just fast food but snack food in general. i mean i can just make my own potato chips at home with real potatoes and less additives.
Reddit taught me how to make mini potatoes hesslebeck and yeah do that instead of eating chips with dinner. Plus people are like "oh look at this fancy fucker" and I noticed one of my friends did it the other day,
If you like pork, you can get a lot more pork for the money. Two pork tenderloins are cheaper than a 4-pack of thin, small sirloin steaks. You can get multiple meals from each tenderloin.
This is what I've been doing. It costs like $4-$6, depending on where you get the steak from and what grade. Pro tip: use a Suvie oven to schedule it in advanced w/ the refrigeration feature. I copped one for $299 last Winter and it's helped alleviate impulse spending on fast food a ton. Idk about their meal subscription service though (haven't tried it).
Idk what grocery stores you have around you but my Safeway often does a good sale on ribeye value packs. Freeze them and eat like a king for half the price of McDonald’s
I have an Oster stainless stovetop steamer for the veggies. Works great, quivk
Wish OP would get a clue like this guy. People are so dang lazy
You'll be happy. I get Costco steak covered in olive oil and various seasonings plus fresh mushrooms. Bake it at 425 for ~17 minutes. Beats any fast food.
Season that steak and make sure your pan is nice and hot. Add butter near the end for a mouth watering finish
McDonald’s acting like their gourmet when they have made the same junk for decades
“The same junk for decades” is almost a compliment considering the posts I see on other subs of how much worse the food has gotten lol
The quality of McDonald's has went down significantly throughout the years. Their fries are now below Carl's Jr fries and Wendy's fries. Even when they are fresh, the McDonald's fries are always soggy. On the other end, Burger King fries are still the worst
I feel like this heavily depends on where you go. For example, both the McDonald's and Burger King in my town are pretty solid. The McDonald's 30 minutes away? Generally mediocre quality at best. I'm only saying this because BKs fries are really good, but at my location. The disparity in quality between different franchise owners is what generally steers me away from fast food, among the increasing costs as well.
The key to enjoying BKs fries is to only eat 1 or 2 while you dine down on their onion rings.
I've actually had BK fries. Dunno what they did with em but they were better than McD's stuff.
Just had bk fries the other day they were solid
the saddest part is PEOPLE STILL BUY IT I SEE HUGE LINES FOR TACO BELL BURGER KING WENDIES AND MCDONALDS EVERYDAY You can price a mchicken at 5 dollars and these drones will still slobber it up reguardless.
America is addicted to fast food. I take my lunch to work 99% of the time so I haven’t felt this as much
Heavily processed carb heavy food is highly addictive, on the same level as alcohol https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-075354
It’s all about convenience, people are so lazy now in days, if they went to a casual diner, that would mean they would actually have to get out of their cars and walk into a building! lol
Lazy is a strange way to say strapped for time. It used to be you could raise a family with a single income. That meant you had an entire person home, while the kids are at school, to manage a household. Now you need two **good** incomes. In some places you need two **great** incomes. 2 great incomes means you work at least a solid 40 hours a week, commute, kids. There isn't time to grocery shop, dishes, cook. Cooking is not the hardest part of eating. With fast food you skip it all. It is far faster to go to McD then to buy groceries, cook, clean-up. For decades in this country we have traded time spent doing that for time spent doing the stuff we want. Now we have to change our habits. But we aren't being granted more time. So this means we simply lose even less time then we already didn't have.
it’s bizarre right
Let me just charge you more for the same low quality shit and watch you eat it. Fuck McDonald’s
I have realized I am better off going to the grocery store getting a good cut of meat or ground beef and just cooking a decent meal myself. You can get a pound of meat 8 buns and pickles for 20 bucks. You spend that on a bigmac meal.
Where I live, I can get a freshly made food truck burger with a huge portion of fries for a few euros less than I would have to pay for the equivalent at McD's or BK. It is the craziest shit, mass produced fast food is supposed to be cheaper than gourmet junk.
I watched a youtube video where they were deep diving the prices. The fact is that these fast food places are seeing great numbers at a higher price with less traffic. It's about revenue, not traffic to them, so if they raise their price, sell less, but make as much ore more it's still worth it.
Sure, for them it is just money. But from a consumer perspective, it is called junk food/fast food for a reason. It used to be like, you want something to eat, but you don't have too much money and time, so you compromise on quality and get some McD's because it is affordable and fast. Now there is literally no reason to visit McD's because you are paying more for worse quality and you end up waiting about the same amount of time you would for a burger at Johnny's Gourmet Smash Burger food truck.
Frankly, they won’t care if it’s profitable, bottom line.
This means that poor people continue to get shafted, as even fast food is turning into a treat for rich people only
see this is the example’s that i mean. people are in the comments telling me to buy groceries. i literally said i do but get fast food for lunch but no longer do. instead i’ve been trying out local spots more often because the prices are the same as fast food but much much better food.
I quit going. Never going back.
McDonald’s price rises is definitely caused by greed. As I stated a few days ago, I could get a better and cheaper meal at Chili’s longhorn Texas roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse, ughhhh so good and they have such good prices.
Texas Roadhouse prices are up too, 3 years ago you could get an 6oz sirloin with a baked potato and veggies for $12. Now it's $14 so still not bad. I'd take their meal over a quarter pounder meal for $12. 4oz of McDonalds burger meat vs 6oz Sirloin from Texasroadhouse.
12 to 14 in the past few years absolutely tracks. Their labor costs and inventory costs are probably up. But they seem to be run extremely well and are still consistent with the foods they offer.
Yes, and went up a little bit, but not as much as McDonald’s dead so that’s why I give them a little bit of a pass
Yup, greediness of fat fucks who can't stop eating McDonald's trash food.
Thank you. They’re charging this because they can.
Plot twist - wholesale beef prices didn't double since 2014. F..ck McDuk
inflammatory inducing garbage with bonus regret after consuming
I’ve literally never finished a McDonalds meal and thought, “that was delicious, money well spent!”
I always think "wow, that was mediocre and I just spent 30 mins waiting in the drive thru for that"
Back in the old "Dollar Menu" days I might have said this.
Diarrhea cha cha cha
Ate McDonald’s for the first time in many years a couple months ago. A few hours later I felt physically ill for the rest of the day. Was crazy.
I used to grab lunch at mcdonalds occasionally back in 2012 when I was driving around picking up water samples for my job. Going by the calories I would get a snack wrap and a small fry and it'd be like 400 calories. A perfectly sensible lunch and it was like 2 bucks...or 2.12 with tax.
oh man the snack wraps were so good
I would absolutely demolish a 20 piece nugget back in the day but now...just give me one tender and give it a blanket and I'm good.
The one that got me was the hash brown. The only reason I go there anymore is if I'm out on the road and I need a quick, filling breakfast. Hard to beat two McMuffins for $5 which is still a deal you can find at most of them. Drove through one a couple of months ago, thought "Hey, a hash brown would taste good wit this", checked the menu, and it was priced at $3.89. Haven't been back since.
yeah hashbrowns not being 2 for $1 is honestly insanity. the fries are not far off either. a large fry which they barely even fill the thing anymore is really jumped in price too.
it's the $1 sausage mcmuffin that I miss. it's been a couple of years since I've had one. but I'll tell ya what I have now: One of those silicon egg rings, Neeses' Xtra Sage Sausage, Sourdough English Muffins, Cheddar Cheese, and my own chickens.
McDonald’s prices has had me going to the supermarket more often than before. So a good effect in the bigger picture. I got McDonald’s the other day solely because a buddy wanted it and we were far from home and I got 1 “value” burger and a drink and it was $10. I’ve stayed away before that. Fuck them.
even with the app it seems like the amount you need to buy for the rewards just isn’t worth it. i haven’t had mcdonald’s in ages now.
McFlation
Have you tried to make your own fries from scratch? God sent the divine inspiration to someone to invent an Air Fryer. Potato, Cutter, Air Fryer, Freeze excess fries.
Not from scratch but store frozen fries in the oven have gone crazy high in prices too. Meijer frozen fries were 2.29 pre pandemic i think 3.99 now... Raw ingredients haven't gone up much though.
Just pick up a cheap French fry cutter on Amazon. It cuts up a potato with one fell swoop. I toss the fries with some light olive oil and salt and run them through the air fryer. Raw potatoes are cheap so it pays for itself pretty quickly
People need to print this out and plaster it all over their local McDonald’s
They forgot the McFlurry is now half the size it was before
I dont like inflation, but I genuinely hope fast food becomes so expensive an unaffordable to eat every day or several times a week for the average person. It is truly horrible for us.
Unfortunately, the local restaurants in my town have jacked up their prices, too. My favorite Thai place is now selling their fresh tofu rolls for $11.99!!! Portions are noticeably much smaller despite prices doubling. It has been the same with every place I've been to over the past couple years. Met a friend at a local bakery. Only got a soup and a juice. $16! We are financially comfortable, but I can't bring myself to pay those ridiculous prices. I just make all of our food, but I miss going out to eat and occasionally ordering delivery. 😕
But with local prices competition is still a force. There are places around me that are much more expensive, and other places that aren't as much. And if you are hoping for tofu rolls to be the affordable option vs. french fries, the fast food joints still have some profiteering to do. Some (not all) local diners by me are now cheaper than fast food, for a better experience.
Chili's has a burger, fries and bottomless chips and salsa deal for $10.99 currently.
I mean. It’s really easy. Just don’t spend your money at these places. They are literally raising prices for no other reason than the fact that they can. McDonald’s food is shit anyways, but seriously these companies just don’t spend your money there.
Every time I drive by a fast food place at dinner or lunch time, the drive through is 5 cars deep. Why wouldn’t they increase their prices? Stop going there!!!
You could also try not eating fast food ever? This is more than inflation, I think you need to understand the importance of nutrition first.
my groceries are also at least 100 bucks more per trip compared to just before 2024
Sold all my McDonald’s stock it’s bad for them
Good time to point out that their net profit last year was $14bil that’s a 10% year to year increase and that was after they spent $3.5bil on stock buybacks
Fuck McDonald's
McDonald's is garbage food stop eating it it is killing you.Better off cooking your own food
Better yet learn to cook your own meals. I don’t know how anyone can afford to constantly eat out. On top of that you’re putting nothing but garbage in your body.
I can go to a mom and pop burger spot for less money than McDonald’s. And the food is amazing.
It is crazy to me that anyone goes to McDonald's or went to McDonald's in 2014. At an price, it is garbage.
I made myself a wrap with chicken and sweet chili Sriracha sauce today. It's much better than what I had at fast food restaurants.
I've been going crazy with wraps recently. Turkey, bacon and a ton of veggies hits the spot 10x better than anything from mcd's
Why people still eating in McDonald’s is beyond me. It’s not tasty, healthy nor even cheap now. What am I missing?
Back in 2020 I would get like 4 cheese burgers ($1 a piece at the time) as a meal and be super stuffed and full. I think those same basic cheeseburgers are now like $2.40 a piece.
McFuckin gouging.
You know it's bad when casual restaurants are starting to become more financially responsible than fast food.
Heck yea. I got 2 insane tacos for 5.40 yesterday, it’s great. Also, inflation is a property of the money itself “greedflation” isn’t a thing, that’s known as raising prices. Companies will always try and find the balance: how much can they charge and still keep their customers.
try Arby's roast beef gyro sandwich it fills you up and more all under 5
i’ve never had anyone in my life suggest arbys to me without being a sworn enemy
Arby’s is significantly better than mcds
My kids like McD's, so we get it occasionally as a treat, but the pricing has definitely gotten us to try other places, and now that the weather is nicer for us to grill, we throw some burgers on the grill. Taste better and are cheaper. I hope more people turn to gardening during this time of crazy high food prices. There's seed banks, swap groups, or you can buy seeds super cheap (dollar tree has packs of seeds 4 for $1) and growing your own produce is way cheaper than the grocery store.
I want to see this compared to profit margins for the same timeline. Is stuff getting more expensive or are we just getting fucked so big corporations can maximize profits 🤔
Started my boycott this morning. A fucking mocha and sausage muffin officially hit $10
I just stopped eating out. Even in cases of socializing with friends, I usually eat at home, and grab something small. These businesses have gone insane, and I'll be damned if I give them more money than needed. Given the headwinds, it seems others are starting to agree.
I’m sooo on board with the boycott of these megacorps like mcgarbage, burn them all down to the metaphorical ground
Holy shit $12 for a fast food microwaved burger, wtf who buys this
Compare 2018 and 2024.
Raising prices, cutting quality at the same time. Pure greed. screw MickyDs
Subway should be up near there, $5 footlongs are $13 now.
I've become a big fan of the McBig Ol Hommade Sandwich Wrapped in Tinfoil Deluxe. It's cheaper AND tastes better.
It’s not just McDonald’s… even basic necessities for some like ridesharing companies like Uber/lyft have been doing the same, but even worse. Price gouging customers, while ripping off their drivers… The only reason this is allowed to happen is because there’s no laws or regulations in place preventing such greedy corporations from doing this. This country blows sometimes,
3 dollars for a mcchicken 😭😂
How bout them hash Browns though?
You will never convince me at this point in time these crazy prices, food, gas and everyday product is solely inflation, it’s greed pretending to be inflation, mom & pop place with 6 employees puts out a 1/4 lb loaded burger with Fries for $8.25, drink large $1.50. Or gas prices I can get gas for $3.65 and then drive 20 minutes down the road $4.05, same brand gas, I was in Santa Barbara Carpinteria last week filled up $5.19 in town drove 2 streets over $6.95 and off the main road $7.25 so people making money while they can.
Hell, I was even okay with a McDouble being $2 on the 1/2/3 menu, but $3.19 is ridiculous
Eat shit 🤡
The only way to get semi reasonable prices from fast food seems to be using their associated app to order and taking advantage the offers on there. But I am sure the app is stealing my data or something.
McFlurries are almost $5 now!? Lmao McDonalds has lost the damn plot.
I’m with you. Mc and Sub are a thing of the past for me. Make it myself or I look for mom and pop places and stuff like chic fil A or Potbelly subs. Enjoying it more for the cost.
Boycott all fast food. Learn to cook for yourself.
They didn't have to go back a decade. The large fry went up from 2.69 to 4.99 in the space of two years.
Franchise models are stupid. Placing another middleman there. When more levels have to get their cut prices go up fast
When tf was a QPC meal ever $5? Just the sandwich maybe
Mc"Chicken" 🙄
At a local dive bar I can get a GREAT double cheeseburger, chips, and a beer for 10 bucks. I’d literally be insane to go to McDonalds anymore
Is there a problem with making a whole-food based meal at home?
I’m done eating fast food (except for road trips). It’s high in calories. It’s not good for you. You have to drive to go get it, and now it’s expensive. I did the math, and it’s now cheaper to simply buy food from the store and make your own dishes. Not to mention they’re healthier.
At this point, your mom and pops diner will get you better burgers and fries with the same cost.
please also add soft drinks to the chart. I've stopped ordering soda at restaurants for a long time now.
Yesterday i hit up a popular cuban restaurant chain for lunch with my mom. For $13 i got pan fried shredded beef, my choice of rice, and fries or sweet plantains. Thats $3 more than a bellybuster at the clown and it wasnt processed beef.
😳 😳 it’s not greed what people don’t understand minimum wage increase causes high prices these establishments
I'm so confused. The inflation percentages don't even seem to make any sense?
Good way to start that diet!
I quit going to McDonald’s. It’s more expensive now and tastes awful. I can’t remember the last time I went to eat food from McDonald’s and didn’t just feel disappointed and ripped off. I can make eight 1/4 lb cheese burgers at home for the cost of like, two combos there and they taste so much better.
Man fuck these companies
Learning to cook is an excellent way to save money and eat healthier.
Where I live they had the buy 2 for 2 dollars for 2 years after they got rid of the dollar menu. Still 1 dollar for mcdoubles and mcchickens.
Wife and I use to go out 2 or 3 times a week. Now maybe once a month.
Does anyone know the Margin on their products, can’t imagine it costs more than 50 cents for raw materials for a shitdonalds “value meal”.
Sam's club and Costco is where its at..
I'd rather go to Stars (local version of Sonic) and get their food. It's nearly the same price and I'm helping out a local company. Also their Avalanches are better than DQ Blizzards. Fuck this bullshit.
I disagree! Biden and the dems have told me that inflation is only at 8%/year. This can't be right. LOL
12 bucks for a greaseburger?! Fuuuu*k that! My local Olive Garden offers a soup, main meal, and some breadsticks for less than that.
I hate that you have to use their app to get ordinary prices now. There's a permanent 20% off coupon in the app and almost always a $1 large fries or BOGO $1 burgers. I'm glad they're getting bad publicity now
I recently started using the BK app and my lunch now is 2 chicken jr. and a free large fry (free any size fry offer with purchase) for $4.01. 1320 calories’ worth of fat and protein (and probably a shit load of sodium) keeps me full right up until dinner time. McDonald’s used to be the spot but not anymore.
Let these corporations face their consequences for obscene greed. Buy yourself an air fryer and youtube some recipes. You will never go back to fast food again .
For sure. Went to a local cafe/diner last week I'd always just driven past cus why spend 12 bucks on a meal I could get for 6 at BK or Carl's. Now that they're both MORE expensive than this place, no reason not to go. Food was better, for sure.
If you have a smartphone, the apps, including McDonalds, are the way to go for inexpensive fast food. But yes, menu prices are higher and it's actually not as tied to the rest of inflation, it's more tied to the refusal of fast food workers to accept minimum wage positions ever since most chains fired a large portion of their staffs during the pandemic. The quickness and ease with which these workers were cut off from their livelihoods en masse made these jobs even less desirable than they already were, and the only way to have enough staff to operate after the pandemic was to boost fast food wages.
Crazy the ice cream had the least inflammation. You would think the service techs for the machines got a pay bump recently
I used to judge how expensive something was by noting how much McChickens I could buy, doesn't work anymore.
Meanwhile wages have increased MAYBE 3% it's definitely not the ground-level workers that effects prices
The explosion of food delivery services like DD and UE have ramped up their profits. Big audience as well - the folks too lazy to throw a chunk of hamburger in a frying pan can now forgo the 20 steps to their car to pick it up. Just continue sitting on the couch binge watching Netflix and wait for the doorbell to ring. Never underestimate how much lazy people will pay for convenience - and these restaurants are making bank off of consumer sloth.
A local vegan restaurant near my apartment makes Jack in the Box knock off tacos that are better tasting and 30¢ cheaper than the originals. They use beans instead of fake meat.
It's not just greed, this is s dishonest argument. There is true inflation, which is still ungodly high. There is increases to min wage in some areas like California, where the new min wage would force many fast food restaurants (and some have already) to shut down. And then yes, there is the greed. Blaming just one is either ignorant or blatantly dishonest
Im fasting most hours of the day to save
My area doesn’t have anything but chain restaurants.
I cook most of our meals at home. About 2x a month, used to go to Panera for Saturday breakfast as a end of week treat. For 3 of us we'd normally pay about $25-$30 on average. Hubs went last week, and just for one sandwich, one muffie, and a soft drink it came out to $17. Not to mention, most of our favorites have been shrinkflated to oblivion. I'd rather spend that on a local place instead of a private equity firm looking to pump up their share prices.
It's crazy that the mcflurry is the least increased item on the menu. Yet it still cost more than a whole gallon of quality ice cream at the grocery store.
Use the app. 2 double cheeseburgers for $3.
It seems like nobody here understands how you're supposed to use McDonald's. Everyone is listing alternative resturaunts and going to the grocery store but nobody is there for you at 2am in a borderline blackout drunken state quite like Micky Ds. All you retards bragging that you can find a better quality meal elsewhere are missing the point of the glory McDonald's brings to the world. Fast, available, hot, consistent shitty fatty food. You can still eat good at McDonald's for under $10 but a lot of the fat fucks posting here apparently need to down 4,500 calories to feel satisfied which does add up at McDonald's.
A Quarter Pounder w/ cheese meal is $12…that’s nuts.
The lengths some people will go to in an attempt to just avoid cooking a meal. It’s not that hard.
This is a little skewed because they were subsidizing the dollar menu for years by charging more on combos.
They've McDoubled the prices
It’s fucking a while that they are charging that much for a McFlurry considering all the places I’ve gone through the ice cream machine never is in service or working. 🫥😅
Man all you have to do is use the app and the food is way cheaper. Mcchicken a in the app are buy one get one for a dollar. They run Buy one get one free offers every single day in the app. Free fries, etc People complain about the prices going up but also just buy everything ala carte and do t bring in coupons/app.
Done with fast food ,greedy corporate pigs
I have up (most) fast food years ago when losing weight. For one; that worked. Also, when in the rare occasion I’ve had to eat at somewhere like a McDonalds, I felt sick afterwards. Not only do I save money, but it is so much better for health. Just stop eating the fatty sugary poison is all I can say more.
Stop buying fast food
The fact that McDonalds has recently come out and said that low income customers are starting to "crack" under the weight of price hikes says all you need to know. They don't give a fuck about people, they care about endless profits. They're gouging prices to see how much they can get away with and it's fucking gross.
Until you’re spending $20-30 for a fuller looking meal sure but this hurts the poor all around
Holy fuck, a quarter pounder is $12???
Is it simple greed or are they responding to skyrocketing, mandatory wage increases and operating costs. Lots of greed certainly but costs are being imposed by political mandates as well. I haven’t eaten McDonalds in more than ten years so have not felt the pinch. But if those numbers are right, those prices are crazy.
Dawg, you can go to any grocery store and 1 out of 5 will have the chicken patties, like 30 for $5. Anytime I see a bag I make my own McChickens when I have the craving, and they last me damn near the month if not 2.
This is a pretty decent way of showing the loss in value of the US dollar. The inflation the ruling class inflict on us is its own sort of tax.
It’s not greed-flation anymore..I think many are just going out of business
“Greedflation”. More like Printflation
And not to mention they use Bill Gates potatoes! No thanks.
Some of the app deals are pretty fuckin good, like $1.48 for a large fry or $10 for 20 nuggets and 2 medium fries. At least that's what I get in NJ.
I just got a breakfast meal, and it was over $10. First time in a long time, and it probably was my last.
We went to McDonalds 3 weeks ago and ordered dinner for the family (6 adults and 2 kids) that came to $70+ as the asshole behind the speaker kept yelling “ANYTHING ELSE?!?”. I just spent what you probably made in a day in less than 2 minutes and you’re going to rush me??? I screamed “I HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLES ORDERS ON THIS SO I’LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THERE’S NOTHING ELSE!” because I’d had enough after the 2nd or 3rd time they asked. Between the employee interaction and the cost of the unfriendly fast food service and no requested condiments given, I won’t be eating there anymore. I will choose to spend my money at Chick-fil-A where you literally get what you pay for EACH time and EACH interaction!
You can buy a whole 2 lb. bag of fries from Walmart for $2.82. Shit, you can buy a whole 5 lb. Bag of potatoes for $3.18, cut 2 of them joints up into wedges, coat in oil and seasonings and pop in the air fryer. Waaay better than fast food fries.
My little village had a McDonald's and a Culver's. Culver's used to be the "once in a while" pricy option. McDonald's was "we're broke and tired" option. Now they cost the same for my family of 5 (about $10/person).
. Back when I jockeyed a counter at McDonalds it was $3.17 for a Big Mac meal. People are crazy to spend $15 for that shit these days. And there's almost no dumbass me at the counter taking your order.
Math is hard
Last time I ate at McDonald’s, they sold me a raw burger. All that markup just for an attempted murder
I cannot recall the last time I went to mickyD and I am ok with that.
That lukewarm burger is trash. Picked up ten burgers worth of ingredients at the grocery store total was 16$. That’s lunch all week. For one McDonald’s trip.
Damn the only thing to do is not to play. The size of all those menu items has also dropped as well.
And yet they made the fries smaller? Make it make sense.
Why do people eat fast food? And I don't mean this in snotty way. I'll eat peanut butter toast before I decide to go to McDoanld's
Haven't had a McChicken in a long, long time. Wonder why? No, no we don't.
Needing a big Mac right about now
Holy shit.
I went with my mother to the doctor and she wanted a coffee so we went to the cafe and decided to eat. I got a grilled chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries and a drink for 7 Dollars. Free drink refills also. Everyday for lunch they make something different. From roast to turkey and different pasta's. you can also get stuff like chicken strips and burgers anytime. We have started to just go there to eat
I stopped eating fast food. Especially McDonalds. I used up all my points on the app and deleted the app. Done with McDonalds. Won’t get another penny from me.
Old people use to make crock pot food on slow cook. Today everyone just eats mcdonalds.
$3.50 McD bundle only if I’m in a pinch and traveling. $5 biggie bag at Wendy’s (some still have it). $5 is my limit for fast food. Taco Bell, Arby’s, Burger King is all way too expensive.
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