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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 37 points 10 months ago (28 children)

I haven't gone to a mcdonald's by choice in almost 4 years now. When my meal rose from 12-13$ to 17-18$ I stopped going. Just for the chuckle I put that same meal into the app, it's now 22$ after tax. yea no I'll just go to apple bees or dominos and get more food for less.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Im in Canada and it’s crazy that a Big Mac meal now costs close to $20. In a great competitive move, Burger King now has a whopper jr meal for $5 which honestly is enough for me. I’ve been taking advantage of it. The thing is, with prices what they are, instead of bringing back the value Menus, these fast food chains need to keep only the value menu, because that was their whole point. Over time the burgers got bigger and crazier and more costly. I just want to go back to getting a regular burger with a normal, non fat person amount of fries and a small drink and not break the bank.

Remember original McDonald’s only really had the small hamburger and cheeseburger and fries, not all these other burgers and that was enough, and kept your fast food meal cheap

[–] ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

That’s interesting to me, I always thought it was more of an American thing. I’m in Canada and a Big Mac meal is 11.49. Breakfast with chicken McMuffin, hash brown, and coffee is $5. Obviously not super cheap like it used to be but it doesn’t seem unreasonable to me.

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