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The big mac index seems a bit trickier to calculate now that mcdonalds app users pay half price for one.
by kjkjadksj 3y ago
The big mac index seems a bit trickier to calculate now that mcdonalds app users pay half price for one.
- resolutebat 3y agoThe Big Mac Index has always measured the base/undiscounted price of a single burger, which has always been comparatively expensive compared to getting a set meal.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoWell if its priced higher now with the expectation that some users are subsidized that kind of screws up its utility when comparing to times or places that don’t have that system, if it was originally some proxy for food prices and cost of living.
- antifa 3y agoThere were coupons before apps.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoWhile true they might not have been given out at the same rate. I expect only mcdonalds knows the true year over year average price people are paying in a particular market.
- antifa 3y agoI almost never see McDonald's coupons all my life. Then when I lived in $BadNeighborhood, they showed up multiple times a year. Now I'm curious, does the McDonald's app detect $BadNeighborhood and give out better app offers?