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McDonald's used to hit a sweet spot. For most people, food needs to be fast, cheap, and/or good. My theory is that it needs to be two of the three of those. Un
by Loughla 3y ago
McDonald's used to hit a sweet spot. For most people, food needs to be fast, cheap, and/or good. My theory is that it needs to be two of the three of those.
Until about 2 years ago, it used to be cheap and fast. Now it's neither of those things.
My bellwether is my youngest. He's 10 and would rather just eat at home if McDonald's is the only option. Last week he chose peanut butter sandwiches instead of chicken nuggets when we knew we'd be actively on the road during supper. So that's something.
- bombcar 3y agoThe food around here hasn’t changed much, but price increases have removed and real discounts compared to “high end fast food” and there’s not a real major reason to still choose the McDs.
- conductr 3y agoMy kid is price agnostic but has had a couple bad experiences that turned him off. I think more due to labor/staffing issues than anything else. But they slipped a pickle in his burger once (very unappreciated) and the nuggets came under cooked once (also very unappreciated) so he’d actively boycotting although he doesn’t really know it