It baffles my mind that people would pay $18 USD for that shit. I visited the US last year and while prices in general had definitely gone up since the last time I was there, there is absolutely no justification to pay $18 for McDonald's. It's crazy.
It is insane that a meal at Red Robin with bottomless fries is actually less expensive than McDonald's.. I literally don't go to these types of restaurants unless there is some app deal because fastfood retail prices have gone insane.
Someone was able to bypass the paywall and said it's some McDonalds at a rest stop in Connecticut, which is just an outlier like any gas station charging $1.50/gal more because they're right off a busy freeway exit.
I live in Texas and had a sweet potato hash with pulled pork, kale, and a poached egg for lunch yesterday for $15. If $18 for a McDonald's meal is true, people would be crazy to go there, there are a ton of more affordable and way better options.
In Australia it is $12.80 AUD for a large Big Mac meal which is $8.36 USD. For $18.5 USD I can get a much better burger and still a meal deal at either Five Guys or Grilld.
They kind of used to be. The big old play areas are mostly gone. One in my area even had an N64 in one of those bubble kiosks. Gone. I can't imagine why kids these days still give a shit about Micky D.
Can't read the article without effort, but I very much doubt numbers and the context is missing. Every one I've been to here on the East Coast USA has been about $12.
Not really a big Mac will feed ya for a half day and it's a great quick snack meal if you are on the run. I make it a point to hit them up every once in a while for breakfast too. People hate on McDonald's way too much.