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(7,145 posts) Fri Oct 22, 2021, 12:43 AM Oct 2021

Did McDonalds double their prices where you are [View all]

Im in greater Cleveland and the price of a McChicken and Cheeseburgers etc went from one dollar to 2 bucks. I know they're paying The employees more but the price increase seems ridiculous

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Did McDonalds double their prices where you are [View all] Tribetime Oct 2021 OP

I assume it was on special-as often they are-and now it is not. Boxerfan Oct 2021 #1

No a hamburger and a cheeseburger and a McChicken they were all the dollar for years on the dollar Tribetime Oct 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #12

Yeah I think I remember it ten cents I'd like the older than you Tribetime Oct 2021 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #17

a dollar isn't what it used to be Amishman Oct 2021 #26

Yes, and $2 still sounds cheap for a hamburger. A typical Hortensis Oct 2021 #27

The interesting thing is the convergence between fast food burger prices and regular restaurant Amishman Oct 2021 #29

Yes, good point I was thinking of too. "Interesting" all right. Hortensis Oct 2021 #33

Did everything actually double in price, or just those items? RockRaven Oct 2021 #2

Pretty much everything on the dollar menu doubled Tribetime Oct 2021 #8

My McDonald's in Arkansas did same thing... VarryOn Oct 2021 #3

I was in McDonalds about a week ago. LeftInTX Oct 2021 #4

Cheaper than a bag of potato chips. OneBro Oct 2021 #5

I can see raising the price from a dollar to a dollar 25 but not doubling it Tribetime Oct 2021 #10

Fast food has been expensive for a while now JI7 Oct 2021 #6

Still A Bargain DET Oct 2021 #9

I can go to Burger King and get to huge Quarter Pounders or two Whoppers for six bucks Tribetime Oct 2021 #11

The Repugs Told You That Would Happen If The Minimum Wage Was Raised..... global1 Oct 2021 #13

It's almost like McDonald's is using that as an excuse Tribetime Oct 2021 #16

Here in Chicagoland, we've been paying that price for some time now. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2021 #15

No idea whatsoever DFW Oct 2021 #18

Ditto, I never eat any of that crap, fat fried fat with a pound of salt added, no thanks Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2021 #19

Same here Sherman A1 Oct 2021 #20

Yep, it's been at least 20 years for me, too. GoCubsGo Oct 2021 #25

McDonalds is not good food PJMcK Oct 2021 #21

I don't see why McD's should. no_hypocrisy Oct 2021 #22

Don't know about McDonald's, but the price of beef has sure shot up around here. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #23

I live on Ohio too I wouldn't say they have doubled doc03 Oct 2021 #24

Seriously? LizBeth Oct 2021 #28

What about the rest of the menu? sarisataka Oct 2021 #30

You know the products they buy cost more right? themaguffin Oct 2021 #31

Well, apparently, it was only the stuff on the dollar menu that went up. MineralMan Oct 2021 #32

I haven't eaten there in so many years that I can't even remember the last time. nt BlackSkimmer Oct 2021 #34

The prices of food in general have increased drexelkathy Oct 2021 #35

September's Restaurant Magazine has McDonald's price increases at 9.5% over last year Torchlight Oct 2021 #36

I think it's like that everywhere LeftInTX Oct 2021 #38

I haven't seen the spike in Dallas. Torchlight Oct 2021 #40

No. Seasonal increases, but dollar menu is still a dollar plus tax haele Oct 2021 #37

a food hack Mosby Oct 2021 #39