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WTF McDonald a $1 for lettuce and $0.50 for sauce?

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DCal430

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I went to McDonalds for the first time in months today. Decided to get a MCDouble and turn it into a fake Big Mac by adding on shredded lettuce and Big Mac Sauce. They charged me a $1 for each shredded lettuce and 50 cents for each Big Mac Sauce. WTF really a $1 for lettuce and 50 cents for a spoon full of sauce.
 
you aren't supposed to add stuff, just order by number or take it the way they make it
no add-ons
 
blurredvision said:
Please tell us that's what you think BigMac sauce is made of...
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lol

Isn't it basically a slightly tweaked (if at all) Thousand Island dressing?

or some such.

I don't do big macs. I'd remove half the shit and then it wouldn't be worth the price. 😛

I hate shit on my hamburgers. Cheese, ketchup, sometimes mayo, and that's it. The cheese can vary, bleu cheese is the best on most occasions. 😀

Don't go throwing some leafy shit and various garden products on my slab of dead animal on a bun. Ruins the best part of the sandwich (dead cow flavor).
Well that, and I can't stand the taste of lettuce and tomatoes and onions and pickles.
 
Mayo isn't even free at McDonald either, I know since I tried adding it in the past and was also charged 50 cents for it.
 
I know someone else that gets lettuce and tomato and Mac sauce. I don't think that they charge him an extra $1.50.

Then again, I saw BK had Big Fish sandwiches, 2 for $4. So he asked me if I wanted cheese, and I said yes, and I got charged $4.80.

I guess I can see charging extra for cheese, but $0.40 a slice?
 
DCal430 said:
Sad how they charge so much money for stuff that is nearly free for them.
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To be fair, I don't think most franchises make much money on $1 menu items. Some franchises have actually claimed they lose money on McDoubles IIRC (or maybe that was Burger King's $1 double cheeseburger that franchisees were up in arms about, think they even sued Burger King corporate over it). The idea is that they'll end up making more money on higher margin items people are likely to purchase with dollar menu items, such as drinks (what they sell for $2 probably costs them like $0.10 in syrup/other ingredients and the cup/lid). Or nickel and diming customers on condiments is probably another way some franchisees try to make money on low profit $1 menu items.
 
DCal430 said:
I went to McDonalds for the first time in months today. Decided to get a MCDouble and turn it into a fake Big Mac by adding on shredded lettuce and Big Mac Sauce. They charged me a $1 for each shredded lettuce and 50 cents for each Big Mac Sauce. WTF really a $1 for lettuce and 50 cents for a spoon full of sauce.
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They have to charge a lot for it or customers like you would be in everyday trying to cheat the system to your advantage.

Want a Big Mac? Order a Big Mac.
 
This is a teachable moment.
The value-added of a business is not relative to the price of the materials used in the manufacturing.

The value added is a function of the utility that you derive from the consumption of the materials post-processing.

Without arbitrage no one is willing to pay for the price of materials and labor; they pay for the utility that they derive from the finished product.

Someone at McD has determined that there is $1 of utility attached to a slice of cheese. They have also determined that, on average, there will be 50c of utility derived from the sauce.

They probably found it was like 102c and 53c but rounded it off because of the dis-utility of un-even numbers when adding things on.

The point being that they are there to make the most money they can; they are, therefore, gaming your gaming of their system; while still allowing those that find value in add-ons to do so.
 
DixyCrat said:
This is a teachable moment.
The value-added of a business is not relative to the price of the materials used in the manufacturing.

The value added is a function of the utility that you derive from the consumption of the materials post-processing.

Without arbitrage no one is willing to pay for the price of materials and labor; they pay for the utility that they derive from the finished product.

Someone at McD has determined that there is $1 of utility attached to a slice of cheese. They have also determined that, on average, there will be 50c of utility derived from the sauce.

They probably found it was like 102c and 53c but rounded it off because of the dis-utility of un-even numbers when adding things on.

The point being that they are there to make the most money they can; they are, therefore, gaming your gaming of their system; while still allowing those that find value in add-ons to do so.
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LOL
 
DixyCrat said:
This is a teachable moment.
The value-added of a business is not relative to the price of the materials used in the manufacturing.

The value added is a function of the utility that you derive from the consumption of the materials post-processing.

Without arbitrage no one is willing to pay for the price of materials and labor; they pay for the utility that they derive from the finished product.

Someone at McD has determined that there is $1 of utility attached to a slice of cheese. They have also determined that, on average, there will be 50c of utility derived from the sauce.

They probably found it was like 102c and 53c but rounded it off because of the dis-utility of un-even numbers when adding things on.

The point being that they are there to make the most money they can; they are, therefore, gaming your gaming of their system; while still allowing those that find value in add-ons to do so.
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In other words, prices are determined by the amount customers are willing to pay, not the costs of materials and labor.
 
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