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We take regular road trips and used to stop at McDonald's for breakfast or lunch regularly. During Covid the food quality went to shit and the prices went through the roof. Orders were wrong and the food was regularly inedible. Since we were driving we couldn't go back and get them to fix it without taking a 20+ minute detour and their expensive food often ended up in the trash. Things should have improved after Covid, but McDonald's prices continued to rise while the food quality stayed in the toilet.
The ridiculous prices alone would just have us going to McDonald's less often. That and the crappy food has us avoiding McDonald's (and fast food) completely. We've gone from a few visits a month to zero and haven't been in well over a year.
Instead we stop at grocery store delis which only adds a few minutes to our travel time. The food is cheaper, the quality is far better and since we don't have the waste we did at McDonald's we're probably spending 50% less.
cheaper ingredients for profits. they'd use sand if they could. 2.65/hr
They absolutely use sand (silicon dioxide). Their website listing the beef patty as only beef + salt + pepper is a total fucking lie.
They would use sand if they could, but 2.65/hr? Nope, not here in CA. In 2021 it was $14/hour, $15 in 2022 and rose to $20/hour in 2024.
70s i guess. 40 years ago. last time i worked for minimum. no idea except the 7.50 fed minimum they keep harping on.