$3 for a single McDonald's hash brown? Some customers are fed up and pushing back
$3 for a single McDonald's hash brown? Some customers are fed up and pushing back
Corporate America may be bumping up against the limit of its power to keep raising prices as consumers in some markets cry uncle.
"Even though we're pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well," he said in October analyst call.
normal way to talk about 'fellow' human beings
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McDonald’s used to be viable because it was shit, but at least it was cheap. Now it’s just shit. I haven’t gone of my own will in years, only with other people who wanted it. $3 for a hash brown is absurd.
The level is lower than that. McDonald's used to serve the customer, the customer now serves the corporation.
The customer always served the corporation, they just used to hide it better.
It used to be cheap, fast, filling and clean. It's none of those things anymore.
What's their value proposition nowadays? Nostalgia?
I think some of them still have working ice cream machines.
Last I knew, four. Maybe a couple more.
No man. McDonald’s used to be cheap, fast and decent. The original burger in 1955 was 15 cents, or about $1.75 today. Don’t forget how far things have fallen lol