You will always run into people who remember that McDonald's hamburger were once 15 cents. They were also ready when you got there, because that's all they served, unless you wanted a cheeseburger, which were ready as well. The slowness of fast food is due to the variety of options available, but what happened to the price? You can go to a sit-down restaurant and get a plate of hamburgers and fries and a drink brought to your table for $10, and it may cost you the same to get one at a window to eat in your car, and you won't know what a mess it is until you unwrap it, a half-mile away. McDonald's isn't the only outlet where prices have risen dramatically. Weird History explains what happened, beginning with the history of fast food.
The good news is that a McChicken and a senior coffee is still less than a Happy Meal.
1 comment:
You'd have to be pretty old to remember 15¢ burgers, or live in the right location. Burger Chef was 19¢ in 1955/56.
One thing they didn't mention is the influx of private equity funds, greedy bastards that they are, ruining fast food as well as medical facilities.
You know, private equity, the big bucks they said would trickle down and didn't.
Git offa muh lawn, whippersnappers!
xoxoxoBruce
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