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[โ€“] briever@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Supplying free meals to an army committing a genocide and gloating about it probably has more to do with it.

Plus, their cheap crap food is now not so cheap I believe.

[โ€“] don@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago

Good. Fuck โ€˜em for the sake of GP, and fuck โ€˜em for hosting TFI. Get fucked.

[โ€“] halfapage@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

I hope mcd disappears.

[โ€“] SeboBear@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Companies slowly starting to realize that you canโ€™t charge ANY priceโ€ฆ quality and price doesnโ€™t match

[โ€“] billwashere@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Might it have something to do with McDonaldโ€™s used to be cheap now itโ€™s over $10 for a burger, fries, and drink for just me. If I get a meal for my family itโ€™s well over $40. Thatโ€™s just too much for cheap fast food.

[โ€“] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 3 days ago (11 children)

I mean, I'm an American. I have a pro-American sentiment when it comes to food and drink.

I also happen to have an anti-overpriced-crap sentiment when it comes to the things I eat and drink.

In my area, a Quarter Pounder with Cheese is $10.50. Now, I may not compare exact apples-to-apples here, but let's go for it.

From my local supermarket, I can get 20 1/4lb. patties for $25 - that's the premade patties, not from the butcher section. That means not only can I decide how well-done I like my burger, I can season it as I choose. And I have confidence in my local supermarket that when they put on the side of the box "Ingredients:80% Lean, 20% Fat Ground Beef", they mean it. That makes each patty $1.25.

Now, if I want to buy the exact same ground beef, but not formed in patties, that's $3.25/lb (usually in 2-3 lb. packs, but I can ask the butcher and get a custom size) - so now we're down to $0.81 for the patty.

The rolls, I can get store brand. 8 for $1.50. That's $0.19 cents a roll. That means that if I buy my own ground beef, I've now spent exactly $1 on a quarter pound burger. So let's talk toppings.

The cheese first - one slice of American on theirs; I would go a different way, but stick to them. Springing for a little extra, $3.59 a pack for Borden Melts cheese, 16 slices. $0.22 per slice. Our burger is now at $1.22 COGS, and I have the makings for 7 more in buns and probably that in beef, plus I could make each burger with 2 slices of cheese, so each burger is $1.44 so far.

Onions, I can get for $1.50/lb (or less!), and each onion is less than that. But I definitely have enough to do a burger and meal plan - let's say an ounce, about $0.10. Mustard, I'm not going to factor in the cost, because it's so little as to be a joke. Buying a jar of good mustard can last you a year or more. Ketchup I'll say the same for. It can last a long time and the amount per burger is negligible. So let's be generous and say $0.10 each. Pickles can be more expensive if you get good ones, but store brand we're talking $0.16 per ounce (with brine), and you're not putting on a full ounce of pickle. So in toppings, we're adding ~$0.50 value.

Total cost of the burger is around $2.00 at retail, not at scale; about $3 if you want premade patties. Sure, there are costs to be amortized like rent and tax and cooking - and the biggest cost, labor. But each individual burger shouldn't be socked with an 80+% markup from COGS, and taste worse than the home-made version.

Why should I buy from McDonald's ever again?

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[โ€“] rauls4@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

Fuck you McDonalds. For so many reasons. Letting the fucking monster play employee on his way to destroy this country was just icing on the cake.

[โ€“] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 13 points 3 days ago
[โ€“] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Their food is so bad except the fries

Fuck this genocidal disinfo.

Imperial news is a mouthpiece for imperial capitalism.

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