Current Events > Haven't been to McDonalds in a while and holy shit is it expensive

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Visiting my mom and nephews. Said Id swing by to get some Happy Meals. Two of those and then a quarter pounder meal and filet o fish meal $37? Jesus.

they want you to use the app which has deals to make it significantly cheaper

I get 20% off every time

Sounds like you went to McDonald's in Canada.

You pretty much have to use the app in order for McDonalds to be reasonably priced. And even then it's still way too much money for the garbage they give you.

Yeah they're basically price gouging anyone that doesn't use the app these days.

The only deal I care for on their app currently is the BOGO for breakfast sandwiches.

i just got 20 nuggets and a basket of fries for less than $9. and no, i didn't use the app.

edit: oh, i misread. you got 4 meals. $9 each isn't all that expensive. more than it was? sure. but it's not that extreme.

Wendy's 4 for 4 still exists, just sayin'

Taco bell is the worst offender of this I feel like.

ffmasterjose posted...

Taco bell is the worst offender of this I feel like.

Taco Bell is still cheap. McDonald's isn't.

Anytime someone says McDonalds is too expensive I just give a lil chuckle and think to myself You gotta use the app my dude.

Pepys_Monster posted...

Taco Bell is still cheap. McDonald's isn't.

Bull shit. Taco Bell is expensive as fuck for the shit they give you.

Ludwig_Von_2 posted...

Anytime someone says McDonalds is too expensive I just give a lil chuckle and think to myself You gotta use the app my dude.

2010 > 2023

Been ordering using the app getting 2 QPCs for $5~ feels pretty good to me

Ludwig_Von_2 posted...

Anytime someone says McDonalds is too expensive I just give a lil chuckle and think to myself You gotta use the app my dude.

20% off of insanely expensive dog food is still ridiculously expensive dog food. The quality of food makes it expensive if you are paying more than $10 to feed a family of four, the fact that after discounts it still isn't that low is just gross.

There are better deals than the 20% off one, you just gotta learn how to make the most of the app.

Arent happy meals like 5 bucks? And most regular meals are 8-9. While it sounds expensive, it was never going to be lower than 30 bucks.

Ludwig_Von_2 posted...

Anytime someone says McDonalds is too expensive I just give a lil chuckle and think to myself You gotta use the app my dude.

There is a ton of people that just arent tech savvy.

The bacon mccrispy or w.e. Is actually good

I bought a quarter pounder meal medium for my roommate and it was like $8 or something

Let's go protest right outside Ronald McDonalds house

Corporate America at its finest

Kombucha posted...

Yeah they're basically price gouging anyone that doesn't use the app these days.

The only deal I care for on their app currently is the BOGO for breakfast sandwiches.

Wana get those data bucks, I guess.

10-11 bucks for big mac meal.

11 bucks if you go for the crispy chicken burger sandwich meals.

if you want real cheap, you can get a McChicken Bundle thats only 3 bucks. I swear those are still the old cajun chicken sandwiches from 15 years ago

The_Popo posted...

Visiting my mom and nephews. Said Id swing by to get some Happy Meals. Two of those and then a quarter pounder meal and filet o fish meal $37? Jesus.

Burger King has better burgers at cheaper prices anyway. Plus with a 4.99 coupon you can get a Double bacon/cheeseburger meal

I paid 15 or around that figure the last time I went to McDonald's

2 x Plain Cheeseburgers
1 x Large fries
1 x Brownie
2 x Plain Cheeseburger Happy Meals

The Happy Meals were for 2 of my nephews, the Brownie was mine.

Ludwig_Von_2 posted...

Bull shit. Taco Bell is expensive as fuck for the shit they give you.

This. I'm in Canada, and Taco Bell became absolutely, ridiculously expense over the last 6 or 7 years. $2.39 for those tiny soft tacos. It wasn't that long ago that they were $1.19, and still not much further back that they were 89 cents.

smh I have to buy vegetables from the grocery store now literally 1984

FL81 posted...

smh I have to buy vegetables from the grocery store now literally 1984

DISGUSTING

Last time I went all my mcdoubles had a single patty each, was annoying af

Ever since shutting down the economy and Biden taking over our economy has sucked.

The last time I went, I tried to order a few things off what I assumed was still the dollar menu. It was like $15 for a snack (for two people). Never again. I honestly dont even know how or why people even give these people their business now.

Just ordered two medium double quarter with cheese meals and 3 cookies

$20.47 with the app

I remember this same order being like $13 back in 2010 lol

remember when republicans kept harping on raising min wage would make fast food 30 dollars same shitty wages higher food prices lol

ToadallyAwesome posted...

There is a ton of people that just arent tech savvy.

Some people are tech savvy but are just wary of installing an app for everything and just giving companies too much info about themselves.

These apps sell your data

CADE_FOSTER posted...

remember when republicans kept harping on raising min wage would make fast food 30 dollars same shitty wages higher food prices lol

to be fair all the McDonalds in my area have a $15 starting pay

thats why I go to Burger King where Burger King has value meals cheaper at 8 or 9 bucks.

McDonalds vale meals have always been frikkin expensive since 10 years or so.

Ever since McDonalds had that greasy bacon steakhouse burger or whatever it was, thats when prices were going up for value meals i think

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I stopped going when the buy one get one free sausage McMuffin went up in price. It's even more now too.

"download the app to..." = "fuck off, I don't want your goddamn app!"

always.

Questionmarktarius posted...

"downolad the app to..." = "fuck off, I don't want your goddamn app!"

always.

I think it's their way of dealing with the staffing shortages

They love pushing that app.

Must be harvesting a mountain of data from all the users.

i had no idea there was a mcdonalds app lol

Imagine downloading a fast food app

Monolith1676 posted...

Ever since shutting down the economy and Biden taking over our economy has sucked.

Yeah this can definitely be traced to Biden. I mean maybe our economy would be even worse under Trump's incompetence, but at least he knows how to throw down when it comes to McDonald's.

Flauros posted...

They love pushing that app.

Must be harvesting a mountain of data from all the users.

This.
They aren't "punishing" you for going inside and wanting a cashier. The plan is vendor lock-in.
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/the-mcdonalds-app-has-a-fatal-flaw-theres-no-way-around-it-its-1-thing-no-company-should-ever-do.html

The "sweet deals" in fastfood apps are just step one of the Enshittification cycle.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/
How this will end up when fast food is involved is a mystery, but they're trying anyway.

Questionmarktarius posted...

This.
They aren't "punishing" you for going inside and wanting a cashier. The plan is vendor lock-in.
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/the-mcdonalds-app-has-a-fatal-flaw-theres-no-way-around-it-its-1-thing-no-company-should-ever-do.html

The "sweet deals" in fastfood apps are just step one of the Enshittification cycle.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/
How this will end up when fast food is involved is a mystery, but they're trying anyway.

That first article was a whole lot of nothing. "I don't want any rewards."

i used to go for the $1.00 drinks. Last time I went they were charging $1.60.

Ill probably never go back again

Euripides posted...

Wendy's 4 for 4 still exists, just sayin'

around my area. it's 6$ but they only offer the bacon double stack. used to be 5$ but it isn't so bad compared to other fast food places for what they offer.

Remember when McDonald's had the 29 cent hamburgers and 39 cent cheeseburger days?