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Also, I bet the food prices aren't correspondingly low. I remember when McDonald's started expanding in Brazil a couple decades ago, prices were ridiculous (li

Also, I bet the food prices aren't correspondingly low. I remember when McDonald's started expanding in Brazil a couple decades ago, prices were ridiculous (like $8-$9 equivalent for a big mac meal) but people still lined up around the block for the novelty and addictive quality of the food.

emiliobumachar 13y ago
Brazilian here. It's still about that expensive, and still very popular.
- tracius01 13y ago
  then you deserve your fate as a nation!
- VLM 13y ago
  There's a chain restaurant in the USA advertising itself as genuine Brazilian cuisine. Looks like about $40/person or I believe thats about 100 Brazilian Real per person. I'm betting that a typical Brazilian Cuisine restaurant in Brazil charges much less than 100 Real per person. That would fit my guess that they're a specialty destination which can charge pretty much anything they want... for awhile, while the novelty lasts. (Edited to add, lazy me, I googled around and found an article online from 2012 claiming a single dude should expect to spend about R$350/month on food, so the local Brazilian restaurant in the USA is asking for more than a weeks worth of groceries equivalent, which would be pretty high end dining in my USA local experience)
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laurentoget 13y ago
Same in france. McD's is very popular even though for the price of a Big Mac you can get two delicious sandwiches from the corner boulangerie. Or at least that is how it was in the 90's.
- guard-of-terra 13y ago
  Why do people do that? Quick is so much tastier. I fail to understand why many people choose a place to eat as if it was a first one in their life.
T-hawk 13y ago
Prices in the US are creeping up to that level too. A full meal of Big Mac, fries, and drink is over $7 at all but the most rural McDonald's locations now.
- dasil003 13y ago
  Sure, but in 1993 I'm pretty sure a #1 meal was $2.99.

emiliobumachar 13y ago

Brazilian here. It's still about that expensive, and still very popular.

tracius01 13y ago
then you deserve your fate as a nation!
VLM 13y ago
There's a chain restaurant in the USA advertising itself as genuine Brazilian cuisine. Looks like about $40/person or I believe thats about 100 Brazilian Real per person. I'm betting that a typical Brazilian Cuisine restaurant in Brazil charges much less than 100 Real per person. That would fit my guess that they're a specialty destination which can charge pretty much anything they want... for awhile, while the novelty lasts. (Edited to add, lazy me, I googled around and found an article online from 2012 claiming a single dude should expect to spend about R$350/month on food, so the local Brazilian restaurant in the USA is asking for more than a weeks worth of groceries equivalent, which would be pretty high end dining in my USA local experience)

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laurentoget 13y ago

Same in france. McD's is very popular even though for the price of a Big Mac you can get two delicious sandwiches from the corner boulangerie. Or at least that is how it was in the 90's.

guard-of-terra 13y ago
Why do people do that? Quick is so much tastier. I fail to understand why many people choose a place to eat as if it was a first one in their life.

T-hawk 13y ago

Prices in the US are creeping up to that level too. A full meal of Big Mac, fries, and drink is over $7 at all but the most rural McDonald's locations now.

dasil003 13y ago
Sure, but in 1993 I'm pretty sure a #1 meal was $2.99.