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RockRaven

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2. Did everything actually double in price, or just those items?

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 11:50 PM

Oct 2021

It seems likely that any marketing gambit based around round numbers would probably try to maintain the gimmick for as long as possible even if it incurred losses -- in order to increase traffic -- and then when those losses became truly intolerable just shift the number and enjoy the temporary respite of the higher round number yielding profits also until inflation again renders that price point a loser, rinse and repeat.

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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