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[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 222 points 1 year ago

As an American, if i could buy not American right now, I would. Fuck this government.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 101 points 1 year ago

You should check out !goodsuniteus@lemmy.ca to buy from companies that do not make political contributions.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 18 points 1 year ago

OMG, this is fantastic! Thank you

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 106 points 1 year ago

McDonald's forgot their place as a cheap fast food burger. It's almost as expensive as places like Five Guys now, and nowhere near the same level of either flavor or sheer quantity.

It used to be that their app promos made up the difference but now it's the same like 4 so coupons for specific items and a generic 15% off that really only covers taxes, not the 50%+ increase in prices in the last 2 years. It's just not worth it anymore.

Even ignoring the international portion, I wouldn't be surprised if Americans started to notice as well.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

"If you're not making a 33% profit, what are you doing it for?" - a quote from the Netherland's McDonald's chain owner. He also owns a bright red farari when visiting the drive through. He is a massive leech. Glad to not be working there anymore. The food quality is crap and overpriced.

You're way better off eating Taco Mundo. Much better ingredients for the same prices. Even a frozen pizza from ristorante is way better than what Mac has to offer. Or Burger Me who actually rewards loyal customers with free burger coupons rather than McD's sales app. I genuinely do not understand why people still go there. You can make your own burger with better quality and price at home...

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Yeah, for reference, here are all of the deals currently available for me in the McD's app...

  1. $2 Breakfast sandwich (and they no longer have 24 hours breakfast).
  2. Free medium fries with a $3 purchase.
  3. Buy One Happy Meal get one for $2
  4. 20% off a $15+ purchase

And that's it. Meanwhile...

A Quarter Pounder with Cheese or Big Mac is $7.29, for the sandwich alone. The meals are $13.39 and $13.19 respectively. Why is there a difference? The sandwiches cost the same independently and the fries and drink are the same for the meal.

Or let's get into the grift now... they're ripping you off with some of the meals. A regular basic Cheeseburger is $2.69, and the meal is $10.39. so they're saying the "discounted" meal bundle price to add a regular drink and fries is $7.70. So they're saying the fries and a soda are worth nearly 3x as much as the cheeseburger, which is already ridiculous. But let's ignore that and look at the cost closer... a regular medium fries is $4.99 and a regular medium soda is $1.39 which comes to $6.38... so they're actually ripping you off for an additional $1.32 if you get the meal versus the items separately. So you're paying an additional 10% by getting the meal... Isn't that what the discount should be?

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 84 points 1 year ago

Nothing says "I'm a greedy whiny bitch" like complaining about a 3.6% dip in profits.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I expect it's actually a political piece attempting to further the rhetoric that America is up in flames. And likely so they should.

But also, McDonald's prices are outrageous now. I can feed my family at a sit in restaurant for a similar price.

[-] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fast food and major chains have gotten absurd. I used a gift card at Red Robin. It was $19 before tip for a dry burger and bland fries. Two bucks more could’ve gotten me a gourmet meal at a five-star place just down the street. The value just isn’t there anymore. Eating local almost always tastes better, feels better, and costs the same or less. Why settle for mediocrity when better is right around the corner?

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[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 75 points 1 year ago

I wish there was more domestic anti-McDonald’s sentiment.

That shit is nasty.

There was a time when McDonald's had a reasonable combination of cheap, fast, predictable, and safe. You weren't going to spend $4.50 on a meal that was ready in seconds and it wasn't going to make you sick.

Basically none of that is the case anymore. You're going to wait like you're at a steakhouse, you're going to pay like you're at a steakhouse, and you're going to get freshly analed gristle on a bun.

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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 66 points 1 year ago

Oh no, did the shitty mega corporation suffer consequences for its role in contributing to destabilizing a government to save 2% on its taxes? Pobrecito!

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[-] intheformbelow@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

Macdonalds is utter shite. There's just no other way to say this.

[-] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

After McDonald’s dumbass trump stunt during the election, the only reason that I’ll ever go there again is to take a dump in their bathroom on a road trip.

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[-] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 38 points 1 year ago

"anti American". Nah, it's overpriced shit, that's all. Love from Australia.

[-] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I can get an actual pub burger for 3-5 more than a quarter pounder... and I don't hate myself after it? Why should I go to McDonald's?

[-] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago

I've been asking myself the same question lately. If Maccas is nearly the same price as an actually good burger, why not just get the good burger?

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[-] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 year ago

It's funny how McDonald's was the crown jewel of Western capitalism/imperialism. I remember media saying that having McDonald's in your country means you are modernized and pro "democracy" and that your country is an ally of the west.

Now McDonald's is a sign of corporate greed and western dominance over your country. I guess that's what you get for letting a real estate company make and sell burgers.

Hopefully, this death dealing business model goes the way of the dodo.

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[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 year ago

If you can’t sell sugarburgers in America, what can you sell?

Maybe McDonald’s can introduce a payment plan system. It’s already how Americans afford groceries.

[-] hebert@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago
[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago

As a Canadian in Japan, McDonald's is one brand I had a difficult time saying goodbye to after your Shit president threatened our sovereignty, because I genuinely used to have a good experience everytime I went. Clean store, polite staff, decently cheap food, and cool collabs with Japanese IP like Pokemon and Mario.

I'm sad my kids don't get to enjoy a treat there every now and then, but fuck the USA right now and anybody who supports the shitty administration.

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[-] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 year ago

Fuck McDonald's

TheStreet reported that Medium French Fries went from $1.79 in 2019 to $4.19 in 2024, a 134.1 percent increase. A McChicken went from $1.29 to $3.89, a 201.6 percent hike.

The price of the beloved Big Mac increased 87.7 percent, from $3.99 to $7.49. An order of 10 McNuggets rose by 68.8 percent, from $4.49 to $7.58. Of the five popular products examined, cheeseburgers saw the largest price increase—going from $1 to $3.15, a 215 percent spike.

These increases exceed the general average for inflation calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which shows that prices went up by about 21.5 percent between the end of 2019 and March 2024.

For at least since the pandemic I can get a better burger and fries from an actual restaurant, with probably three or four different places to choose from, for less. McDonald's is good in a particular way, but the two main things they had going for them were convenience and cost. With cost blown away the convenience isn't really enough to carry the day a lot of the time, even when I'm in a rush.

And they did it them fucking selves.

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[-] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Good. Everything American outside of America should fail and collapse.

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[-] garretble@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That, maybe. But hear me out:

A Double Quarter Pounder meal is now roughly $11-12 dollars. They don't put the prices on the menu half the time, and the people in the drive-through never give you the price. They just say "pull around."

Maybe don't run a shitty business that's overpriced.

A couple of weeks ago I was moving to a new house. I woke up early to move a load of things, and on the way was a McDonald's. I stopped in because it was convenient and got an Egg McMuffin with a hash brown and an OJ. It was $9. $9!

You can't charge outrageous prices and then go, "Man, why aren't people showing up?"

[-] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

I can get a burger and fries from several local shops for less than McDonalds. The quality is better and there is more food in the bag.

[-] LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

I stopped going there ever since they cause the capture of Luigi.

I realized how far they go for anything.

[-] suite403@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I stopped when it became obvious they were price gouging their customers. None of their food is worth the price and it hasn't been for probably close to a decade.

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[-] Ilixtze@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

Keep up the good work, boycott all fascist american brands.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

My local restaurant's hamburgers >>> that local hot-dog stand's hamburgers >>> McDonalds

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[-] andybytes@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago

Good fuck McDonalds

[-] merdaverse@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

"We have seen ... an increase in people in various markets saying they’re going to be cutting back on purchases of American brands," they said.

i'm lovin' it

[-] Siresly@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

It's nice to hear some good news.

"Consumers today are grappling with uncertainty," McDonald's Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said.

"Grappling with uncertainty." Predictably a writhing scumbag running this gross American company. What we're forced to deal with, is the extremely blatant certainty of the fascist rapist Chris here probably voted for, being a repugnant disaster. Fuck you, Chris.

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[-] nuko147@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Anti-American does good to your health!

Incoming White House briefing calling McDonald’s commie traitors

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 21 points 1 year ago

Costs the same as a sit down meal, low standards often tepid, virtue signalling vegan menu, deforestation contributions, we have Greggs for trash Panda food

[-] kcweller@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago

Mcdonald routinely supporting genocide caused millions to stop consuming that trash, and now the anti-Americans are catching up! Nice to see capital crumbling brick by boring brick.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

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

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Tariffs make baby Ronald cry.

[-] don@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

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

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Have they tried SUING People who ARENT eating there?

[-] MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

It doesn’t help that the prices have increased 142% since 2019

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 17 points 1 year ago

McDonald's is a real estate business, that just happens to specialize in generic burgers as a brand. It isn't a surprise that the company doesn't care about a quality dining experience, when repairing icecream machines was a money maker for them.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 16 points 1 year ago

Why won't people pay $15 for our meatboard burgers, cold fries, and a half hour in our pristine drive through?

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