There was a time when ~$3 could get you two very average 450kCal burgers from McDonald’s. One could hypothetically survive off $6/day. Less if you were in a che

There was a time when ~$3 could get you two very average 450kCal burgers from McDonald’s. One could hypothetically survive off $6/day. Less if you were in a cheap state. This is the experience people are disappointed about missing; McDonald’s was never about the big ticket combos, it’s always been about the value deals which couldn’t be found anywhere else. I worked for three years at a Canadian McDonald’s, week after week our most popular sandwiches were the McDouble and Junior Chicken, each coming in at $1.46 CDN after tax. Now they’re both $4.50 after tax, roughly a 300% increase in the span of 10 years. People are right to be upset: the entire category of ultra-cheap-takeout is being swept out from under them with McDonald’s being just one of many companies following the same trend.