Monday, October 28, 2024

Why Did Fast Food Become So Expensive?



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. 


3 comments:

  1. 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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  2. In the video, if you want to hear the answer to the title question without preamble, jump to 7:30. Even then they only give a vague answer, that prices have gone up. That's not exactly a definitive answer. They then sneer at President Biden for daring to suggest that corporations are greedy and gouging, which of course is the main underlying reason. Just check how much their CEOs make overall and go from there.

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  3. Eh, did it again. That last comment ("In the video...") was not anonymous, it was me. I keep forgetting to sign on this new security format.

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