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In 10 years, $10 Big Mac is going to seem cheap.
by practicemaths 2y ago
In 10 years, $10 Big Mac is going to seem cheap.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoThe absolute price isn't what's important, we know inflation happens. What's new about the situation is that 20 years ago there was a price discount relative to real food to go along with the lower quality. Today, the quality relative to real food is lower than before and the relative price is higher. We don't know if this will be corrected ten years from now.
- sct202 2y agoIf you use their app and shop the deals, the prices at McDonalds drop by 20-50% vs menu list price depending on what you get. The sandwiches in my area go buy one get one free all the time or 40% off.
- quesera 2y ago"Shopping the deals on the McDonalds mobile app" sounds like a description of misery repackaged as a product for the American consumer.
- crazygringo 2y agoIt's not much different from clipping coupons for the grocery store, or keeping hole-punch coffee/sandwich cards in your wallet. Actually easier than either of those, to be honest.
- quesera 2y agoThe convenience with which the misery is delivered, is its distinguishing characteristic. :)
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- spywaregorilla 2y agoThat sounds like a negative to me
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> app and shop the deals, the prices at McDonalds drop by 20-50% vs menu list price depending on what you get The intent is to segregate price-sensitive customers from convenience-sensitive ones. (The app orders make in-store ordering quicker.) The problem is there are confounding factors in tech saviness and privacy sensitivity in requiring price-sensitive customers to go through an app. (As well as the basic awareness problem.)
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoThat's what I've heard, but I wouldn't give in to surveillance for their bottom tier food.
- bitmasher9 2y agoSo you pay cash for your food? Otherwise they already got you
- red-iron-pine 2y ago"in 20 years a 5 cent burger will seem cheap" -- some guy in 1921