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Fast-food pricing going up?

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The CEO of Wendy's name is Kirk Tanner. I mean You can come up with some more rich prick prep school names than that, but it's a pretty good one. Guy is a douche because only a douche would come up with this or implement it.
 
Paratus said:
Wendy’s has already been raising their prices significantly. ($5 biggie bags now have options at $6 and $7 dollars for example or a single meal is ~$10). If they wanted to raise prices and “sell” the idea of “surge pricing “ they should have said they’ll have “happy hour” or something similar where they discount the price of food during slower times.

Customers generally deal better with discounts at set times than increased prices at potentially random times.

Total marketing failure right here.
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Kellogg and Pepsi have our backs:

Fortune - Kellogg and PepsiCo are urging Gen Z to eat Doritos and cereal for dinner
 
Paratus said:
If they wanted to raise prices and “sell” the idea of “surge pricing “ they should have said they’ll have “happy hour” or something similar where they discount the price of food during slower times.

Customers generally deal better with discounts at set times than increased prices at potentially random times.

Total marketing failure right here.
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Probably some misguided attempt to copy what tech companies are doing. "Look! Popular apps are doing it! Tech stocks go brrrrr.That means it'll work for us too! In this totally unrelated industry."

I'll offer to make badly thought out decisions that tarnish a well known brand name for half of what their current CEO is making
 
You guys just keep telling yourselves that food which doesn't naturally decompose (or decomposes so slowly it's genuinely scary) is perfectly fine for human consumption.

This type of "thinking" is why the majority of Americans are so fat and unhealthy.

Personally I don't get my nutritional information from fast-food ads. 😉
 
Captante said:
You guys just keep telling yourselves that food which doesn't naturally decompose (or decomposes so slowly it's genuinely scary) is perfectly fine for human consumption.

This type of "thinking" is why the majority of Americans are so fat and unhealthy.

Personally I don't get my nutritional information from fast-food ads. 😉
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How is it that the other McDonald's bread decomposed yet the Big Mac did not?
Usually, with corporate culture, everything is made to the cheapest standard and on the same manufacturing process for a simple reason: cost. So Big Mac buns should be no different than that used in a cheap hambuger from McD's
The more reasonable explanation is that Spurlock simply removed the lid to the Big Mac jar offscreen but not the other sandwiches.

And dry food does indeed not rot; it's why drying and salting was employed when refrigeration wasn't existent. I've left out ground beef unsealed and exposed to dry air; no decomposition, just dehydration. It was once a ground beef brick, which is "real" food. Although animals will gobble up the stuff if humans don't.
 
Captante said:
You guys just keep telling yourselves that food which doesn't naturally decompose (or decomposes so slowly it's genuinely scary) is perfectly fine for human consumption.

This type of "thinking" is why the majority of Americans are so fat and unhealthy.

Personally I don't get my nutritional information from fast-food ads. 😉
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I think that's got basically nothing to do with the obesity problem, that's more of an issue of over-consumption, not the "unnatural quality" of fast food. It's not the burgers and buns making people fat, it's the soda and the free refill and the free refill for the road and the large fries and the milkshake for dessert.
 
nakedfrog said:
I think that's got basically nothing to do with the obesity problem, that's more of an issue of over-consumption, not the "unnatural quality" of fast food. It's not the burgers and buns making people fat, it's the soda and the free refill and the free refill for the road and the large fries and the milkshake for dessert.
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That explains the obesity; but ultra-processed "foods" likely cause a whole host of problems:

 
nakedfrog said:
I think that's got basically nothing to do with the obesity problem, that's more of an issue of over-consumption, not the "unnatural quality" of fast food. It's not the burgers and buns making people fat, it's the soda and the free refill and the free refill for the road and the large fries and the milkshake for dessert.
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Even the great Alton Brown has said recently that after much learning and research, he hates to say it, but red meat is really not that good for you. I'm pretty sure the burgers have at least something to do with it.
 
manly said:
That explains the obesity; but ultra-processed "foods" likely cause a whole host of problems:

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“People who are having depressive symptoms or anxiety may seek out ultraprocessed foods for various reasons such as self-comfort,” she said. “It may not be that eating ultraprocessed food puts you at high risk for depression — we cannot tell.”

Researchers found highly suggestive evidence that eating more ultraprocessed foods raised the risk of obesity by 55%, sleep disorders by 41%, development of type 2 diabetes by 40% and the risk of depression by 20%.
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Is it the ultra-processed foods causing it, or are people consuming more of them because they're experiencing anxiety and/or depression?
Anyway, it's good to be wary of articles like this on CNN that serve up summations of scientific papers, they can be a bit, how do you say, ultra-processed? 😉
 
MrSquished said:
Even the great Alton Brown has said recently that after much learning and research, he hates to say it, but red meat is really not that good for you. I'm pretty sure the burgers have at least something to do with it.
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"Red meat is really not that good for you" isn't quite the same statement as what I was responding to, is it? By all means, yes, it's good to reduce consumption of red meat for many reasons, but just eating McDonald's occasionally is fine. The burgers are not magically bad because of the decomposition qualities they may or may not possess.
 
nakedfrog said:
"Red meat is really not that good for you" isn't quite the same statement as what I was responding to, is it? By all means, yes, it's good to reduce consumption of red meat for many reasons, but just eating McDonald's occasionally is fine. The burgers are not magically bad because of the decomposition qualities they may or may not possess.
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red meat has shown to be tied to weight gain and potentially inflammation, which leads to weight gain. Sure an occasional burger isn't bad but if they go often, it's not just the soda, it's the burgers too.
 
MrSquished said:
red meat has shown to be tied to weight gain and potentially inflammation, which leads to weight gain. Sure an occasional burger isn't bad but if they go often, it's not just the soda, it's the burgers too.
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If they're consuming a responsible number of calories, I simply don't agree with your statement. If you just get a burger, small fries, and water, that's fine. The soda is many, many times worse than the burger.
This is anecdotal, of course, but I was consuming plenty of red meat while eating fast food on a nearly daily basis and lost over 100 pounds and brought my HDL, LDL, and triglycerides way down, and only walking 1-3 miles per day as exercise. Also of note: again, in the post I was responding to, it wasn't just an indictment of "red meat bad", it was "this food is so unnatural, thinking eating it is fine is why Americans are so unhealthy".
 
The problem with all of the eating studies is self reporting. My issues with red meat are
1: there is increasing evidence that L-carnitine is pro-atherogenic.
2: Environmental concerns.

So I limit my intake.

Fast food that is heavily processed seems like a bad dietary choice. But I ain't the boss of youz, enjoy.

As far as red meat causing weight gain. We have members here that will swear by keto. Red meat probably isn't the problem where weight management goes. Unless the weight gain is muscle, in which case - nice gains bro! 🤣
 
nakedfrog said:
I think that's got basically nothing to do with the obesity problem, that's more of an issue of over-consumption, not the "unnatural quality" of fast food. It's not the burgers and buns making people fat, it's the soda and the free refill and the free refill for the road and the large fries and the milkshake for dessert.
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Face it... it's the entire package now. 🙁

The last positive thing about fast food IMO is that it was cheap even if it was mostly crap.... that's no longer the case. For the price of a single visit to McDogs (for example) I can get a nutritious meal at a locally owned business -OR- cook several even healthier meals at home.

My last "fast food" (maybe ever!) was a Burger King "Classic Chicken" 2x combo with 2x small fries AND 2x small sodas. And yes I ate every bit of the above myself lol gross I know.

With coupon it was only $5.49(!!) so PRICE wasn't the issue this time .... problem was I felt like garbage for hours after eating it plus it just wasn't very good!
 
Captante said:
Face it... it's the entire package now. 🙁

The last positive thing about fast food IMO is that it was cheap even if it was mostly crap.... that's no longer the case. For the price of a single visit to McDogs (for example) I can get a nutritious meal at a locally owned business -OR- cook several even healthier meals at home.

My last "fast food" (maybe ever!) was a Burger King "Classic Chicken" 2x combo with 2x small fries AND 2x small sodas. And yes I ate every bit of the above myself lol gross I know.

With coupon it was only $5.49(!!) so PRICE wasn't the issue this time .... problem was I felt like garbage for hours after eating it plus it just wasn't very good!
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I used to like the "classic chicken", but yeah, after having one last year, ain't doin' that no more. I was enjoying their Ch'King, but it's gone.
 
Tim Horton's has really gotten expensive. Been a while since I bought donuts so didn't realize it, but a dozen goes for over 12 bucks now. I remember when it was about 99 cents for 1 donut and if you bought 12 it was cheaper. Now a dozen is more expensive per donut than what individual donuts used to be. The quality has gone down too. No real reason to buy these at that price and quality, if you want donuts better off just going to the bakery.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766541713881842044
 
Red Squirrel said:
Tim Horton's has really gotten expensive. Been a while since I bought donuts so didn't realize it, but a dozen goes for over 12 bucks now. I remember when it was about 99 cents for 1 donut and if you bought 12 it was cheaper. Now a dozen is more expensive per donut than what individual donuts used to be. The quality has gone down too. No real reason to buy these at that price and quality, if you want donuts better off just going to the bakery.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1766541713881842044
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When was the last time this person ordered a dozen donuts? 2005?
 
TIL inflation is caused by higher prices. 🤯

(Yes, greedflation is real.) Too lazy to look up the exchange rate, but $14 CAD can't be that bad for a dozen donuts. KKD wants about $19 for an assorted dozen these days. 😤
 
"McDonald’s is fighting back against viral tweets and media reports that it says have exaggerated its price increases.

In a post on the company’s website Wednesday, McDonald’s U.S. President Joe Erlinger said reports suggesting the price of the average Big Mac has doubled since 2019 were false. McDonald’s said the average U.S. Big Mac was $4.39 in 2019 and now costs $5.29, a 20.5% increase."

"The average U.S. price of a Big Mac meal, which includes a sandwich, fries and a drink, currently is $9.29."

abcnews.go.com

McDonald's: $18 Big Mac meal was 'exception,' news reports overstated price increases

McDonald’s is fighting back against media reports it says have exaggerated its price increases
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com



Ten bucks for some brown stuff on a bun, potatoes in oil and a sugary drink?
 
Lost_in_the_HTTP said:
"McDonald’s is fighting back against viral tweets and media reports that it says have exaggerated its price increases.

In a post on the company’s website Wednesday, McDonald’s U.S. President Joe Erlinger said reports suggesting the price of the average Big Mac has doubled since 2019 were false. McDonald’s said the average U.S. Big Mac was $4.39 in 2019 and now costs $5.29, a 20.5% increase."

"The average U.S. price of a Big Mac meal, which includes a sandwich, fries and a drink, currently is $9.29."

abcnews.go.com

McDonald's: $18 Big Mac meal was 'exception,' news reports overstated price increases

McDonald’s is fighting back against media reports it says have exaggerated its price increases
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com



Ten bucks for some brown stuff on a bun, potatoes in oil and a sugary drink?
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Oh fuck off McDonalds, always playing victim and blaming labor even though the fuckers were still very profitable in Denmark paying $22 an hour years ago while also having the same menu prices we paid in the US. They're struggling so much they need to make Big Macs $5 in San Antonio yet every time I go there they give me a receipt with a survey I can do in 45 seconds to make them buy 1 get 1 free. Tells you how profitable they must be if they can get away with selling them to me at half price every single time I go. Also lol playing the labor is 40% more expensive card when every fast food joint I have been to since 2020 has cut staffing. Both McDonalds in my area only ever have one register open nowadays and you usually have to wait for someone to show up to it since most people order in the app or in the kiosks.
 
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