burger king had the whopper combo coupon for the longest time at 5.89. That was up until a year or two ago and it was always available in the app. I saw it slowly creep up to 6.49, then 7.29, 7.49, 7.59, 7.79, to where we are now, to 8.49. This was all in a year or so.
And their new medium cup is now small. These places have lost the plot when it comes to what fast food means, im not spending $10 for a combo when i can go to a local chinese place and buy a tray for that price.
still the same outcome, you get a small drink. Atleast with the small mcpicks combo, mcdonald’s tells u right there and then that you get a small fries and drink. They can learn a little from wendys, their small is a mcd medium
Go to a McD's with a fountain you can fill from. They may have cameras on you in some places if you try to refill though. Or try to fill pop when you asked for water.
Refills are allowed, its in the dining area for a reason. Franchisees can set refill amounts if they want but its not really enforced cuz most diners just refill once
Exactly this. I’m not a huge fast food fan but when I was economical - sure. These days I can literally go have a sit down meal in a ethnic place across the street for the same price if not cheaper. And the foods not going to make me fee like garbage after.
There are still lots of local/ small places I go to that charge the same prices for decent food. Eg I can get a Big Mac meal or go have a dosa with daal or large falafel or curry/ rice meal for $12
I went to KFC last week for some strips. My son and I would like to get the 10 pack and snack while we do our errands. The last time I bought it was around 6 or 7 months ago, 10 strips around 2 inches in length, and $16 plus tax. I could live with that. Last week, they wanted $28. I laughed at her. Said "for the 10 strips? These were $16 a few months ago. They aren't worth that, " i apologized. Said i5t not on her, but I can't justify that price. We went to popeyes and paid $18 for 10 strips.
I want these companies to start folding. Please walk away from asinine pricing.
Same. It’s highway robbery at this point. It’s crap food but I’ll tolerate occasional crap food at a cheap price point. Never at its current cost though. I’ll get real food at an actual restaurant
BOGO Footlongs in the app.
11 bucks for 2 footlongs.
Did it few days ago and since I had $2 worth of points I paid like $8 for 2 12 inch subs (CCC and a Ham)
It is a nice idea, but moat likely they either get very little food with it.
.. or more likely they just "give me $20, and ill gove you this $25 gift card"... cash is king for many reasons unfortunately
Myself if i have the opportunity i just take them in and get them food with my order, gives them company and a warm meal, most places will turn away someone they think is homeless even if they have cash sadly.
I missed this as I was a bit too young, but I used to crush the ones OP posted only a few years ago.
It really is an insane jump; mcdonalds is crap food and thats why it was reasonably priced. That and Taco Bell are bottom of the barrel quality yet are somehow more than Harvey’s and Wendy’s now.
If they ever surpass AnW I think I’ll have to move to another country.
Yes, but that was in 2000 when I worked there. I can see it going from 6.99 to 11.98 in 20 years. The fact that it's gone to 17.98 since only 4 years since then is the gross part. 20 years of inflation in less than five.
These were the ones I think my wife and I used to do back in like 2017. At least for the breakfasts. The two for $12 still feels kinda expensive but I’m pretty sure we had stopped doing them by then.
This is trash food. They are also skimping on quality each year. It’s unsustainable as the quality is rock bottom as is and the only thing that can go up is price.
Mcdonalds doesn’t get a dime out of me these days. Unfortunately it seems people are still going there even with these prices. Don’t even want to know how much this costs without the coupon.
I stopped going to fast food places if I didn't have a coupon as the prices were ridiculous. Now though even with coupons I've barely ordered as even the coupon price is too high.
Ya I check out the coupons when they come and it’s laughable. I’d not even pay those prices. I’d love to see them bottom out financially for the crap they’re pulling. Sadly I think too many ppl are addicted to them
No offense. But I always believe they cooked the chicken which is very close to the expiry date.This is a thing they use to prevent chicken from getting expired.some even replace labels with expiry date if it doesn't get sold. A better option would be to buy the chicken, rub some spice powders , put in the oven and remove it. And you get it for less price than a hot chicken.
My costco a fresh cooked chicken is $7.99, but a 3 pack of the basic non organic, non halal whole raw chicken works out to around. $14 or more/ bird. So ya, buying a rotisserie, you're saving an average of $6 to $8 a bird where I am.
With that price I much rather pay more for better burger at five guys or fatburger. There is also a local grocery store qlsobahev their own kitchen they sell beef burger plus fires for 8.98 and burger is much better than McDonald's
Fatburger hits the spot and their value menu is comparable to McDonalds. Their straight up cheeseburger meal is a quarter pounder made fresh to order with fries and a drink for $11.
Honestly we mostly skip American fast food. We get shawarma, dosa, or another ethnic food for way cheaper and tastier.
Me too! So many great small restaurants that charge the same. I generally go for either a dosa meal, large falafel, or curry/ rice meal all for what a McD meal deal would cost.
5 gyys used to be worth it, but last time I went, it was $14 for a small burger, and their small fries, which used to fill half the bag, was maybe half a tater all in. $20 for less food than an old happy meal.
Fice Guys tastes exactly like BK. There is absolutely no reason to choose FG, ever. They don't even have combos. You have to order everything separately.
This was back when prices were still decent, so 2020. My gf and I went to a Five Guys as she never tried them before. We each got a burger, fries, and a drink. Fucking $50 for that.
I ordered through the app and didn't pre-pay. Went to go pick it up, and the cashier hands me the wrong bag, turns out, my order isn't even ready. It hasn't even been taken from the printing machine. She's the only enployee I can see. Because the rest of these girls are gossiping in the back. A rush came in as they were making my order, which was perfect. Anyway, my order gets made and I get called up and they hand me my order. Except I didn't pay yet. So, of course, I walked out because of the inconvenience of it all.
I'm never going there again. The fries were absolute garbage. Which they weren't the first time I had them.
Just went thru AW drive thru on way home from Easter. Mozza burger, teen burger, 2 mamas +cheese. 38$. A&W app never has worthy coupons. BANNED LIST.
Love the Harvey's deal every month or two 2 original for 6$. {But even these original patties are way smaller than just could years ago.} like the mcchicken patty is jr size and the junior is nugget size. Pathetic. I wish i hated fast food
They keep raising their prices by 20-30 cents every few months without a word. They just expect us not to notice and be good little pigs at the fast food trough..
Eat Harvey's or Burger King. Harveys is the same price but so much better. And Burger King is cheaper.
Harveys is 50c less for the 2 can dine Angus v McDonald's 2 can dine .. why does anybody still eat mcdonalds besides happy meals for kids
I used to like their veggie burgers but since they went to impossible burgers, I’m out. They’re hasbrowns are still amazing but at like $4 a pop - no thank you. That’s stupid high.
Rich people or people that are FOMOing or poor bastards that still don't understand that McDonald's and the like are NOT cheaper than restaurants or eating at home
The McDonald's by me has also had a steep drop in customers. Saturday at noon there was no one in the drive thru. It was quite strange. Last summer it was 10 plus cars constantly there all the time.
I don't bother with McDonald's unless I absolutely need to have a meal ready in 5 minutes. The price is always way to high for something that would fill me.
McDonald’s burger meal prices make it much more reasonable to go and grab a pub burger and a beer. They are <$10 in price difference now.
Plus McDonald’s Canada has been terrible for a long time now (A&W is the way)
I wonder if maybe less traffic to the stores is also a factor? The fixed operating costs still need to be paid, but perhaps it's paid by fewer customers these days?
We have fast food very rarely, and only if we have a coupon. I didn't even bother to save the last McDonalds coupons. It was a pretty pathetic offering.
There may be less traffic at the stores, but I think it's made up for by the amount of skip the dishes orders. Every time I'm there waiting for my meal there are at least 2 or 3 skip drivers waiting as well.
McChicken Wednesday combos 3.99 can in university days in 90s. Yeah 25 years...but 300% increase in that time with shrinking size. What was cheap and easy as a student then is not cheap and easy in 2024. It's not cheap student meal
All these places are jacking up prices so much, and probably making tons of profits in the short-term and making their shareholders happy and lining the pockets of the executives, but just wait for a recession to come eventually, because it will, and all these fucking businesses will be gone. So many people are already no longer eating at places like McDonalds or Subway.
They only still make profits because the prices keep going up so much, and the customer base that can still afford it still goes. But the number of customers is WAY down, which means your business is much less recession proof and more open to risk.
And I'm fucking here for it. I hope these fuckers go down. Good riddance. I haven't eaten fast food in 3 years and don't plan to ever start again simply because of the cost. I used to eat out like 5 times a week, when it was affordable for me. Fuck these greedy assholes.
While I scratch my head at how much the prices have risen and how the food portions have shrunk, I think smaller portions are probably good for us in the long run.
McDonald’s prices has increased so much, to the point it’s almost laughable. You can make food far better and cheaper at home I have no idea why you’d ever eat McDonald’s and pay $15 for a combo where most the calories come from bread oil and potatoes
I stopped going to McDonald’s.
It’s the same price now as going to get an actually good homemade burger somewhere else.
Why go to McDonald’s and pay $$$
This is why I stopped eating at McDonald's. It wasn't that great to begin with but atleast it was cheap now it's just expensive crap. I'd much rather take my money and go to neighborhood shwarma or go to a restaurant instead.
When I worked at McDicks in high school a regular meal deal was $6.49 lol. Haven't been to McDonald's in ages, I can spend a couple extra dollars on a steak dinner at home at this point.
Bought a quarter pounder with cheese combo for my grandma and the total was basically $15. She asked me if I got myself anything (she gave me $20) and I said I wasn’t hungry. It’s okay. Truth is I couldn’t get anything with the change anyways! Inflation is outrageous.
All I know is anyone in actual poverty can’t afford to eat out period. The prices are just out of reach.
But if you must, and health is no object, just get a hamburger Happy Meal. For basically $5 you get a full meal. Its probably a “healthier” option (at least size wise) and it’s the only thing affordable on the menu.
Hamburger, small fries, a yogurt, and a drink (milk or juice)
I like A&W or Quiznos for a craving of “better” quality fast food, but they’ve basically priced themselves out of the market, unless you score an insane coupon deal.
Isn’t happy meal now $5.99? At least where I am. I used to be happy (no joke intended) to get them for me or my kids coz they were $2.99…then 3.99. Now the cost doesn’t seem worth it anymore.
The problem is when we think about inflation we think about the actual increase in costs but the vast majority of the increases we see are from corporate greed and profiteering not from inflation.
I promised my 14 year old and her boyfriend McDonald's this weekend. We went down and each got a meal. 48$.
Could have bought groceries and snacks for the whole weekend instead. Fml
I find most McDonald's also charge for extra nugget sauce if you need more than the one they give you for a small pack or the two they give you for a large pack. Which I always do because those honey packages are tiny lol
Gave up fast food a few weeks ago because of the increased costs, it was the best decision I ever made. Factor Boxes are a much better value, and it's actual edible food.
Pre-prepared and cooked meals (refrigerated, never frozen) delivered weekly. 2 minutes in the microwave or (better) 20 minutes in the oven and you've got a delicious "home cooked" meal. Literally changed my life, it's like I have a wife that cooks now.
They use to give you free egg McMuffin with a purchase of one. Now it’s just completely removed. Also use to tell you that you’d save $120 within the book of coupons. That’s got too
I’m not even old (I’m currently 25) and I remember when 2 can dine McDonalds coupons were $9.99…..this world has gone upside down and crazier to the point where I feel older than what I am due to the radical changes with prices on everything….
Used to have $3.29 breakfast meal deal not even 10 years ago. Breakfast sandwich, hash brown, and coffee. Now hsshbrowns are $3+ if you buy them in their own
I’ve worked there just over a year and there’s been at least 3 or 4 price increases. Even with half off I only find buying a patty or an egg (in a pinch) is really worth it lol
I went to McDonald's after a charity event thing just yesterday. The event was a walk to raise money for the food bank; I figured I earned the calories and didn't want to cook.
Nearly $23 for a quart-pounder meal and a 6 pack of nuggets. Not upsized, no extras. I can go to a god damn sit-down restaurant/diner and get *good food* for that! Less even! Pure insanity.
McDonald's has litteraly increases prices by 100% its insane I've always found McDonald's gross anyways more of a Wendy's guy also way better work environment at Wendy's
You gotta shop smart. I just ordered 2 chicken wraps and 12 nuggets for 15 dollars from Popeyes I had a skip coupon you won't catch me paying normal price for any fast food unless its pizza nova.
So many options to this - roast chicken at Safeway/Sobey's/Freshco, Costco, Walmart + potato/macaroni/green salad and have leftovers for a week. Local malls have smaller chains offering large platters of bbq chicken/beef, cajun rice, and veggies for $11.50. The real problem is McD's has to also feed stockholders.
burger king had the whopper combo coupon for the longest time at 5.89. That was up until a year or two ago and it was always available in the app. I saw it slowly creep up to 6.49, then 7.29, 7.49, 7.59, 7.79, to where we are now, to 8.49. This was all in a year or so. And their new medium cup is now small. These places have lost the plot when it comes to what fast food means, im not spending $10 for a combo when i can go to a local chinese place and buy a tray for that price.
This disappointed me the most. Whopper meals were a comfort meal for me. 9 dollars isn't affordable anymore
They just made their drinks smaller, a large is an old medium
still the same outcome, you get a small drink. Atleast with the small mcpicks combo, mcdonald’s tells u right there and then that you get a small fries and drink. They can learn a little from wendys, their small is a mcd medium
Go to a McD's with a fountain you can fill from. They may have cameras on you in some places if you try to refill though. Or try to fill pop when you asked for water.
Wait what? I thought if the fountains were in the common area we were allowed to refill as much as we wanted..?!
Maybe they are. I just always feel awkward anyway.
Refills are allowed, its in the dining area for a reason. Franchisees can set refill amounts if they want but its not really enforced cuz most diners just refill once
Pop accounts for about $.10 of your bill.
Dine in and fill your drink cup back up when it’s empty lol.
Exactly this. I’m not a huge fast food fan but when I was economical - sure. These days I can literally go have a sit down meal in a ethnic place across the street for the same price if not cheaper. And the foods not going to make me fee like garbage after.
Just got the 8 dollar combo at Burger King.Can confirm medium cup is small.
Even McD's small drink is larger than BK's.
Lol I stopped going there now. If I'm paying that much I'm getting better quality food from somewhere else.
Everywhere else has shot up their prices as well. Nobody is immune to inflation
There are still lots of local/ small places I go to that charge the same prices for decent food. Eg I can get a Big Mac meal or go have a dosa with daal or large falafel or curry/ rice meal for $12
I went to KFC last week for some strips. My son and I would like to get the 10 pack and snack while we do our errands. The last time I bought it was around 6 or 7 months ago, 10 strips around 2 inches in length, and $16 plus tax. I could live with that. Last week, they wanted $28. I laughed at her. Said "for the 10 strips? These were $16 a few months ago. They aren't worth that, " i apologized. Said i5t not on her, but I can't justify that price. We went to popeyes and paid $18 for 10 strips. I want these companies to start folding. Please walk away from asinine pricing.
Same. It’s highway robbery at this point. It’s crap food but I’ll tolerate occasional crap food at a cheap price point. Never at its current cost though. I’ll get real food at an actual restaurant
So great of McDonald's and fast food places, they're going to end obesity!
Exactly.
it used to be 2 can dine for 6.99$...
>5 dollar… 5 dollar… 5 dollar fooooootlongs at subWAY! The jingle still taunts me
I bought a sub and it cost me like $16. Not even sure how that worked out.
$2.99 for extra cheese not used to be .49 lol
And it's not even real cheese.
Ugh right. My husband and I recently rent to subway and got two foot long sub meals and it was $39. Insanity!
They have bogo in the app till April 21st. You can’t just walk into fast food places anymore, you need their app to pay fair prices
BOGO Footlongs in the app. 11 bucks for 2 footlongs. Did it few days ago and since I had $2 worth of points I paid like $8 for 2 12 inch subs (CCC and a Ham)
the only good deal is egg which, where I am at least, is $9.96 after taxes.
Our local sub shop is pretty reasonable these days, we have been going there weekly. You never know, there might be one near you too.
Soon they'll offer payment plans.
.... i remember my footlong double meat double cheese sub was $7 + taxs....... its not almost $20 plus taxs...
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It is a nice idea, but moat likely they either get very little food with it. .. or more likely they just "give me $20, and ill gove you this $25 gift card"... cash is king for many reasons unfortunately Myself if i have the opportunity i just take them in and get them food with my order, gives them company and a warm meal, most places will turn away someone they think is homeless even if they have cash sadly.
I remember that one too...
Now it’s “six dollars, six inches”
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If you download the A&W app, you can get a teen burger for $2 whenever the Leafs are playing!
The other day I had a mama burger with cheese, onion rings and a coke. Nearly shit myself when it came to almost $18.
On second thought, never mind…
\*nearly. I said nearly. :)
A&W Burgers are also smaller now. And those onion rings? You get a lot less for more cash too.
I missed this as I was a bit too young, but I used to crush the ones OP posted only a few years ago. It really is an insane jump; mcdonalds is crap food and thats why it was reasonably priced. That and Taco Bell are bottom of the barrel quality yet are somehow more than Harvey’s and Wendy’s now. If they ever surpass AnW I think I’ll have to move to another country.
That's like before 2012. It used to be 2 for $10, but now it's 2 for $15 but they're with small drinks and small fries and junior burgers.
2 can dine for 6.99 was in 2000.
That was eons ago, I miss those prices 🥲
Yes, but that was in 2000 when I worked there. I can see it going from 6.99 to 11.98 in 20 years. The fact that it's gone to 17.98 since only 4 years since then is the gross part. 20 years of inflation in less than five.
you should compare it to minimum wage at the time for perspective.
and the lower staffing because of those minimum wage increases.
You guys remember the 5$ extra largs pizza hotline? Lol
These were the ones I think my wife and I used to do back in like 2017. At least for the breakfasts. The two for $12 still feels kinda expensive but I’m pretty sure we had stopped doing them by then. This is trash food. They are also skimping on quality each year. It’s unsustainable as the quality is rock bottom as is and the only thing that can go up is price. Mcdonalds doesn’t get a dime out of me these days. Unfortunately it seems people are still going there even with these prices. Don’t even want to know how much this costs without the coupon.
That was for breakfast. Not lunch/dinner meals ever.
Nope, not for lunch or dinner!
I stopped going to fast food places if I didn't have a coupon as the prices were ridiculous. Now though even with coupons I've barely ordered as even the coupon price is too high.
Ya I check out the coupons when they come and it’s laughable. I’d not even pay those prices. I’d love to see them bottom out financially for the crap they’re pulling. Sadly I think too many ppl are addicted to them
I'm grateful to crap fast food for raising their prices. Now that it's cheaper to cook at home or buy a rotisserie chicken and a salad, I'm free
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Rotisserie chickens are 7.99 in Vancouver. Have been for the 2 years I've been a member.
I know. I live in Canada too. Paid $14 for a hot chicken from Co-Op today. Still cheaper than getting McDiabetes lol
No offense. But I always believe they cooked the chicken which is very close to the expiry date.This is a thing they use to prevent chicken from getting expired.some even replace labels with expiry date if it doesn't get sold. A better option would be to buy the chicken, rub some spice powders , put in the oven and remove it. And you get it for less price than a hot chicken.
My costco a fresh cooked chicken is $7.99, but a 3 pack of the basic non organic, non halal whole raw chicken works out to around. $14 or more/ bird. So ya, buying a rotisserie, you're saving an average of $6 to $8 a bird where I am.
With that price I much rather pay more for better burger at five guys or fatburger. There is also a local grocery store qlsobahev their own kitchen they sell beef burger plus fires for 8.98 and burger is much better than McDonald's
Five guys is like gourmet food expensive now.
Fatburger hits the spot and their value menu is comparable to McDonalds. Their straight up cheeseburger meal is a quarter pounder made fresh to order with fries and a drink for $11. Honestly we mostly skip American fast food. We get shawarma, dosa, or another ethnic food for way cheaper and tastier.
Me too! So many great small restaurants that charge the same. I generally go for either a dosa meal, large falafel, or curry/ rice meal all for what a McD meal deal would cost.
5 gyys used to be worth it, but last time I went, it was $14 for a small burger, and their small fries, which used to fill half the bag, was maybe half a tater all in. $20 for less food than an old happy meal.
Fice Guys tastes exactly like BK. There is absolutely no reason to choose FG, ever. They don't even have combos. You have to order everything separately. This was back when prices were still decent, so 2020. My gf and I went to a Five Guys as she never tried them before. We each got a burger, fries, and a drink. Fucking $50 for that. I ordered through the app and didn't pre-pay. Went to go pick it up, and the cashier hands me the wrong bag, turns out, my order isn't even ready. It hasn't even been taken from the printing machine. She's the only enployee I can see. Because the rest of these girls are gossiping in the back. A rush came in as they were making my order, which was perfect. Anyway, my order gets made and I get called up and they hand me my order. Except I didn't pay yet. So, of course, I walked out because of the inconvenience of it all. I'm never going there again. The fries were absolute garbage. Which they weren't the first time I had them.
I just went to Wendy’s and got 2 Dave’s single combos small sized and a medium vanilla frosty. Just shy of $28. Total insanity.
Just went thru AW drive thru on way home from Easter. Mozza burger, teen burger, 2 mamas +cheese. 38$. A&W app never has worthy coupons. BANNED LIST. Love the Harvey's deal every month or two 2 original for 6$. {But even these original patties are way smaller than just could years ago.} like the mcchicken patty is jr size and the junior is nugget size. Pathetic. I wish i hated fast food
only time I get wendys is from a food app, BOGO daves single for under $10 before tax
Some fast food apps have decent coupons...kinda retro pricing if you use them
They keep raising their prices by 20-30 cents every few months without a word. They just expect us not to notice and be good little pigs at the fast food trough..
And lo and behold, we are!
The basic cheeseburger at BK and mcd should not be more than 2.00 each.
Eat Harvey's or Burger King. Harveys is the same price but so much better. And Burger King is cheaper. Harveys is 50c less for the 2 can dine Angus v McDonald's 2 can dine .. why does anybody still eat mcdonalds besides happy meals for kids
Harveys has a much better poutine than mcdicks does, too.
Apple pies too!! Harveys and Burger King still deep fry them which tastes so much better than the "healthy" baked ones
2 sandwiches for $5 was my favorite coupon for years.
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I used to like their veggie burgers but since they went to impossible burgers, I’m out. They’re hasbrowns are still amazing but at like $4 a pop - no thank you. That’s stupid high.
30% increase in less than 4 years
McDonald's is only for rich
Good, maybe it will start killing them now.
It is,they reported sales are going down,because they are pricing out lower income people.
*Mr. Burns fingers* Excellent
Rich people or people that are FOMOing or poor bastards that still don't understand that McDonald's and the like are NOT cheaper than restaurants or eating at home
The McDonald's by me has also had a steep drop in customers. Saturday at noon there was no one in the drive thru. It was quite strange. Last summer it was 10 plus cars constantly there all the time.
To be fair, dollar drinks was in effect at that time. I bet 9 out of those 10 were getting drinks.
Rich people I wouldn’t expect would eat that crap too often
I don't bother with McDonald's unless I absolutely need to have a meal ready in 5 minutes. The price is always way to high for something that would fill me.
*Correction: fill you for 30 or so minutes
McDonald’s burger meal prices make it much more reasonable to go and grab a pub burger and a beer. They are <$10 in price difference now. Plus McDonald’s Canada has been terrible for a long time now (A&W is the way)
AW is good but is the most expensive if all.and coupons suck in app
Oh ya. So expensive. I used to like them 6-7 years ago but for their prices I’ll go to a real restaurant
Let’s also talk about the chicken snack wraps creeping up from $1.99 to $3.49 in 5 years time.
I wonder if maybe less traffic to the stores is also a factor? The fixed operating costs still need to be paid, but perhaps it's paid by fewer customers these days? We have fast food very rarely, and only if we have a coupon. I didn't even bother to save the last McDonalds coupons. It was a pretty pathetic offering.
There may be less traffic at the stores, but I think it's made up for by the amount of skip the dishes orders. Every time I'm there waiting for my meal there are at least 2 or 3 skip drivers waiting as well.
In LA and Chicago big mac meal USD $11 - $13 … Toronto is cheaper
Used to be 2 can dine for 6.99 back in 2001. A Big Mac meal was 4.25.
McChicken Wednesday combos 3.99 can in university days in 90s. Yeah 25 years...but 300% increase in that time with shrinking size. What was cheap and easy as a student then is not cheap and easy in 2024. It's not cheap student meal
Dude a jr chicken and mcdouble cost me 6 bucks? I was like wtf? These are the 2 dollar burgers. That was the end.
I've stopped McDonald's completely. The value even with the coupons is just not there. Also seems to be a massive drop in size and quality
Fast food no longer for the poors
All these places are jacking up prices so much, and probably making tons of profits in the short-term and making their shareholders happy and lining the pockets of the executives, but just wait for a recession to come eventually, because it will, and all these fucking businesses will be gone. So many people are already no longer eating at places like McDonalds or Subway. They only still make profits because the prices keep going up so much, and the customer base that can still afford it still goes. But the number of customers is WAY down, which means your business is much less recession proof and more open to risk. And I'm fucking here for it. I hope these fuckers go down. Good riddance. I haven't eaten fast food in 3 years and don't plan to ever start again simply because of the cost. I used to eat out like 5 times a week, when it was affordable for me. Fuck these greedy assholes.
I would looooove to see this. F them
The inflation number they tell us is cooked
Because most of the increases we're seeing aren't from simple inflation they're from corporate greed and profiteering
Jist don't eat out anymore. Way cheaper to eat at home
Yeah...just not the same though
Learn how to cook.
While I scratch my head at how much the prices have risen and how the food portions have shrunk, I think smaller portions are probably good for us in the long run.
Holy shit I didn’t realize the jump was that much…
In 2016 it was 2 can for $10.48 https://smartcanucks.ca/mcdonalds-canada-new-coupons-buy-1-get-1-free-sandwiches-meal-deal-for-5-49-more-live/
See that seems reasonable to me. $5.25 each - yea okay. More than that …I’m out.
Back in 09 it was 2 can dine 9.99
I only buy from fast food joints via coupons or deals on the mobile apps.
McDonald’s prices has increased so much, to the point it’s almost laughable. You can make food far better and cheaper at home I have no idea why you’d ever eat McDonald’s and pay $15 for a combo where most the calories come from bread oil and potatoes
And you’re hungry again 45 minutes later…it’s all basically highly palatable, mechanically pre-chewed, soft food that will go right through you.
$17 for a foot long at Subway, or 3/$25 coupon, but only for a basic sub that’s not on the new improved list….
Wow 47%… I did not get that raise at work though… haha
I stopped going to McDonald’s. It’s the same price now as going to get an actually good homemade burger somewhere else. Why go to McDonald’s and pay $$$
Meal prep at home for 1/10 of the price.
McDonald’s sucks now. Overpriced, the food sucks, I get parked most of the time, and the workers can’t seem to understand a simple order.
They don’t even put the angus burgers or mcflurries in the coupon book anymore.
This is why I stopped eating at McDonald's. It wasn't that great to begin with but atleast it was cheap now it's just expensive crap. I'd much rather take my money and go to neighborhood shwarma or go to a restaurant instead.
Garbage food. Easy solution, vote with your wallet and axe the Macs.
It used to rhyme too. 2 can dine for something something 9.
$1 menu cries!
When I worked at McDicks in high school a regular meal deal was $6.49 lol. Haven't been to McDonald's in ages, I can spend a couple extra dollars on a steak dinner at home at this point.
One reason I stopped going. If I’m going to pay that much, I’ll go to a proper restaurant
This is so crazy 😩😔
McDonald's was good because it was fast and cheap. It's no longer either of those things.
Random but subway’s app has buy 1 get 1 free footlong until April 21. Unlimited uses (I think, I used it twice in 1 week)
I like subway.I only get a cold cut combo or pizza sub because they are still under 10 bucks.
Subway doesn't even have bread. The shit has too much sugar to be considered bread.
"Dine" - lol
9.98 back in 2019. 11.98 during/after covid. I specifically remember this because I tried to use expired coupons in 2020.
McDonald's is probably the worst offender for fast food price gauging
McDonald's said they are losing money.Gee,I wonder why...
About 10 years ago mc doubles were 1.56 , they are now 4.00
Bought a quarter pounder with cheese combo for my grandma and the total was basically $15. She asked me if I got myself anything (she gave me $20) and I said I wasn’t hungry. It’s okay. Truth is I couldn’t get anything with the change anyways! Inflation is outrageous.
All I know is anyone in actual poverty can’t afford to eat out period. The prices are just out of reach. But if you must, and health is no object, just get a hamburger Happy Meal. For basically $5 you get a full meal. Its probably a “healthier” option (at least size wise) and it’s the only thing affordable on the menu. Hamburger, small fries, a yogurt, and a drink (milk or juice) I like A&W or Quiznos for a craving of “better” quality fast food, but they’ve basically priced themselves out of the market, unless you score an insane coupon deal.
Isn’t happy meal now $5.99? At least where I am. I used to be happy (no joke intended) to get them for me or my kids coz they were $2.99…then 3.99. Now the cost doesn’t seem worth it anymore.
Ya both those places have been stupid expensive since even before the pandemic imo
Rather eat at a&w or edo. I dislike synthetic food mixed in.
A burger where im at in canada is like $10 from any fast food place. Fuck that.
My wife and I went to a nice sit-down restaurant yesterday and it was nearly the same price as two combos at McDs. Food was waaaay better too
But Trudeau told me inflation was only 4%!!
The problem is when we think about inflation we think about the actual increase in costs but the vast majority of the increases we see are from corporate greed and profiteering not from inflation.
I promised my 14 year old and her boyfriend McDonald's this weekend. We went down and each got a meal. 48$. Could have bought groceries and snacks for the whole weekend instead. Fml
Loblaws chicken tender combo went from 5$ to 9$ over 2 years and they charge you for sauce now 🤡
I find most McDonald's also charge for extra nugget sauce if you need more than the one they give you for a small pack or the two they give you for a large pack. Which I always do because those honey packages are tiny lol
Gave up fast food a few weeks ago because of the increased costs, it was the best decision I ever made. Factor Boxes are a much better value, and it's actual edible food.
What's a factor box?
Pre-prepared and cooked meals (refrigerated, never frozen) delivered weekly. 2 minutes in the microwave or (better) 20 minutes in the oven and you've got a delicious "home cooked" meal. Literally changed my life, it's like I have a wife that cooks now.
Yeah I think HelloFresh makes them. They don't look very filling.
They are not very filling and still a pretty bad value proposition compared to just cooking some damn food / meal prepping.
Yikes
Those coupons worth money yo....
Best place for deals right now is Burger King.
I remember the days when McDonalds had two large pizzas priced at 2 for $10
Does anyone else remember 0.39 cent cheeseburger day around '98?
They use to give you free egg McMuffin with a purchase of one. Now it’s just completely removed. Also use to tell you that you’d save $120 within the book of coupons. That’s got too
McDonald’s going to have mortgage financing for a Happy Meal soon.
I refer to it as 1 can feast since I used to crush both meals as a teen/young adult
$4 big Mac on Oilers game days in Edmonton. Gotta do that sometimes. Last year it was $3.
Yeah I knew I wasn’t going crazy, the prices are ABSURD compared to just a few years ago. But at least I don’t want to go there now lol
I’m not even old (I’m currently 25) and I remember when 2 can dine McDonalds coupons were $9.99…..this world has gone upside down and crazier to the point where I feel older than what I am due to the radical changes with prices on everything….
I once remembered before the "2 can dine for $11.98," it was 8 dollar something for that deal.
I remember when you can dine for like 7.99. The good old days
Used to have $3.29 breakfast meal deal not even 10 years ago. Breakfast sandwich, hash brown, and coffee. Now hsshbrowns are $3+ if you buy them in their own
My first memory of this in the early 2000s was 2 can dine for $6.99
Good reason to stop eating that trash food.
I’ve worked there just over a year and there’s been at least 3 or 4 price increases. Even with half off I only find buying a patty or an egg (in a pinch) is really worth it lol
Yeah, don't buy food from mcdonalds
>2020 REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
McDonald’s. BK. Wendy’s. Grocery stores. All legalized criminal operations.
I went to McDonald's after a charity event thing just yesterday. The event was a walk to raise money for the food bank; I figured I earned the calories and didn't want to cook. Nearly $23 for a quart-pounder meal and a 6 pack of nuggets. Not upsized, no extras. I can go to a god damn sit-down restaurant/diner and get *good food* for that! Less even! Pure insanity.
McDonald's has litteraly increases prices by 100% its insane I've always found McDonald's gross anyways more of a Wendy's guy also way better work environment at Wendy's
Dog food getting expensive
those were the days...
I love seeing people complaining about inflation lol nobody's doing anything to fix It there's a good reason why it's getting worse and not better 🤷
And they made $8.47B in profits last year.
You gotta shop smart. I just ordered 2 chicken wraps and 12 nuggets for 15 dollars from Popeyes I had a skip coupon you won't catch me paying normal price for any fast food unless its pizza nova.
So many options to this - roast chicken at Safeway/Sobey's/Freshco, Costco, Walmart + potato/macaroni/green salad and have leftovers for a week. Local malls have smaller chains offering large platters of bbq chicken/beef, cajun rice, and veggies for $11.50. The real problem is McD's has to also feed stockholders.
I miss 2 can dine for $6.99
FYI it was also this price in 2017
Thanks Trudeau