mcdonalds is currently a BDS target for their complicity in the "israeli" settler genocide on the Palestinian people
this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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Well earned hate.
They really had to go above and beyond. From their insane price hikes to their genocide apologia. They earned what is happening to them. They pursued this outcome.
Expensive and slow. I don't mind waiting for the food to be cooked if it reduces waste, but the "restaurant" experience is now awful in the UK. Most of the offers on the app are for delivery only. Then have to wait alongside a queue of uber drivers with giant boxes.
I feel Mcdonalds have given up on the restaurant sit down experience. I believe they may end up with a subscription based home delivery service, where they don't need to worry about front of house staff and can just send out like warm boxes while raising the monthly price. We seen what happened when Disney gave up everything and tried to go all in with Disney Plus.
Mcdonalds was never about quality, but a fun cheap fast place to grab a bite. It's a shame because I do have some fun memories, yet another example of late stage capitalism.
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That's a good thing. Love to see the impacts.
Will still continue avoiding them.
Why won't people pay $15 for our meatboard burgers, cold fries, and a half hour in our pristine drive through?
Burn 5 dollars in gas idling in the lineup.
Don't forget the clown in the pickup thats pissed because you wont rear end the car in front of you.
Not only is the quality still bad but its so overpriced compared to local alternatives. Its actually easy to boycott them because of this.
I live in a small town and the only garbage that i see around are McDonald's bags and drinkt that get thrown on the side of the road. I think it's a special kind of people that eats at McDonald's, and they don't care about quality, prices and the mystery shit they eat.
So... poor people? (But littering obviously bad)
It's cheaper to boil a pot of pasta or make your own burger, hell, it's cheaper to go to other restaurants. People aren't going to McDonald's because they are poor.
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McDonald's is so expensive here, it's not really poor people food, it's lazy people food.
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Good. Everything American outside of America should fail and collapse.
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Costs the same as a sit down meal, low standards often tepid, virtue signalling vegan menu, deforestation contributions, we have Greggs for trash Panda food
McDonald's forgot their place as a cheap fast food burger. It's almost as expensive as places like Five Guys now, and nowhere near the same level of either flavor or sheer quantity.
It used to be that their app promos made up the difference but now it's the same like 4 so coupons for specific items and a generic 15% off that really only covers taxes, not the 50%+ increase in prices in the last 2 years. It's just not worth it anymore.
Even ignoring the international portion, I wouldn't be surprised if Americans started to notice as well.
"If you're not making a 33% profit, what are you doing it for?" - a quote from the Netherland's McDonald's chain owner. He also owns a bright red farari when visiting the drive through. He is a massive leech. Glad to not be working there anymore. The food quality is crap and overpriced.
You're way better off eating Taco Mundo. Much better ingredients for the same prices. Even a frozen pizza from ristorante is way better than what Mac has to offer. Or Burger Me who actually rewards loyal customers with free burger coupons rather than McD's sales app. I genuinely do not understand why people still go there. You can make your own burger with better quality and price at home...
Yeah, for reference, here are all of the deals currently available for me in the McD's app...
- $2 Breakfast sandwich (and they no longer have 24 hours breakfast).
- Free medium fries with a $3 purchase.
- Buy One Happy Meal get one for $2
- 20% off a $15+ purchase
And that's it. Meanwhile...
A Quarter Pounder with Cheese or Big Mac is $7.29, for the sandwich alone. The meals are $13.39 and $13.19 respectively. Why is there a difference? The sandwiches cost the same independently and the fries and drink are the same for the meal.
Or let's get into the grift now... they're ripping you off with some of the meals. A regular basic Cheeseburger is $2.69, and the meal is $10.39. so they're saying the "discounted" meal bundle price to add a regular drink and fries is $7.70. So they're saying the fries and a soda are worth nearly 3x as much as the cheeseburger, which is already ridiculous. But let's ignore that and look at the cost closer... a regular medium fries is $4.99 and a regular medium soda is $1.39 which comes to $6.38... so they're actually ripping you off for an additional $1.32 if you get the meal versus the items separately. So you're paying an additional 10% by getting the meal... Isn't that what the discount should be?
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As an American, if i could buy not American right now, I would. Fuck this government.
You should check out !goodsuniteus@lemmy.ca to buy from companies that do not make political contributions.
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Mcdonald routinely supporting genocide caused millions to stop consuming that trash, and now the anti-Americans are catching up! Nice to see capital crumbling brick by boring brick.
I have boycotted them for years now, mainly because of the prices and service. And also subway, though that's for the price gouging they did during covid.
Macdonald's have forgotten the "fast, cheap, good. Pick two" rule.
And gone for the "slow, expensive, and yet still bad" tactic.
Fafo.
The recent support of tRUMP is just another nail in the McCoffin.
"McCoffin" ๐
Dont forget they support jizzraels genocide too
I wish there was more domestic anti-McDonaldโs sentiment.
That shit is nasty.
There was a time when McDonald's had a reasonable combination of cheap, fast, predictable, and safe. You weren't going to spend $4.50 on a meal that was ready in seconds and it wasn't going to make you sick.
Basically none of that is the case anymore. You're going to wait like you're at a steakhouse, you're going to pay like you're at a steakhouse, and you're going to get freshly analed gristle on a bun.
McDonald's is better abroad (in my experience in the EU) so they actually have higher standards than us to begin with. I think that is largely true across the board but especially in this case.
They have better standards than the US because US standards would probably violate EU minimum standards.
Doesn't mean that they are good or even acceptable relative to the alternatives. Most kebab places in my city have better burgers for lower prices and the dedicated burger shops (not the tourist traps) have slightly higher prices but much better quality and quantity.
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Macdonalds is utter shite. There's just no other way to say this.
Supplying free meals to an army committing a genocide and gloating about it probably has more to do with it.
Plus, their cheap crap food is now not so cheap I believe.
Companies slowly starting to realize that you canโt charge ANY priceโฆ quality and price doesnโt match
Oh no, did the shitty mega corporation suffer consequences for its role in contributing to destabilizing a government to save 2% on its taxes? Pobrecito!
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The burger giant reported U.S. same-store sales fell 3.6%, the largest three-month drop since Q2 2020, when they plunged 8.7%.
Pump that shit up, y'all! Don't forget McDonald's hosted the domestic enemy to the United States Constitution, Donald Trump, for two separate PR stunts. They are complicit in his treason. They don't deserve another cent of your money - there are tons of other options to get your greasy salt fix.
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I hope mcd disappears.
Good. Fuck โem for the sake of GP, and fuck โem for hosting TFI. Get fucked.
"anti American". Nah, it's overpriced shit, that's all. Love from Australia.
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I'm still going to eat burger king, it still has Belgians being employed there and our minimum wage is quite high. The food is good so I support it.
It's American owned, but the business I eat at pays Belgian taxes, Belgian wages, invested in Belgian real estate, ...
I support that.
It's not the same as importing USA goods and services produced within their country.
I highly advice you people to reconsider your purchases when it's based on buying imported goods Vs foreign owned locally produced goods/services.
It's not the same thing. We WANT foreigners to pour their capital into our areas. That's good for us. Just trust me on this one.
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Yeah started boycotting them a couple years back when I started noticing their prices were fucking insanely high for absolute shit food. The garbage they pulled during COVID and greedflation just further solidified my resolve. Haven't ever missed it. Plenty of mom and pop food places Id rather support and enjoy more. There's always other food places, fast food or not.