Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s not.)
Now, almost a year after the post, a top McDonald’s executive wants to set the record straight. In a recent letter, Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, said $18 for a Big Mac combo was the “exception” and not the norm across all 13,700 restaurants in the country.
The average price of a Big Mac in the US was $4.39 in 2019,” Erlinger said in his recent letter. “Despite a global pandemic and historic rises in supply chain costs, wages and other inflationary pressures in the years that followed, the average cost is now $5.29. That’s an increase of 21% (not 100%),” he added.
I would admit I used to get McDonald’s quite a bit for lunch because it was pretty cheap. But, where I live a Big Mac meal is on average about $16 right now and I can get a burrito bowl from Chipotle with a drink for $13.
I’m not saying Chipotle is high quality food but I don’t think anyone’s going to argue it’s not better quality than McDonald’s, so why on earth would I pay more for McDonald’s?
They overreached on their price gouging and now they’re just trying to backpedal because they’re losing money.
Started eating at Culver’s recently. Same price as McDonald’s but tastes like actual good quality hamburgers.
Plus Culver’s always has ice cream
Pretty sure Chipotle is owned by McDonalds.
Invest in real food. It is the foundation of your body.
It is not. McDonald’s was an early investor but hasn’t been for a long long time (almost 20 years now), but the idea has stuck around.
Chipotle is a publicly traded company.
I dunno… sugar is sugar, carbs are carbs, protein is protein, your body is not prejudiced as to where those components comes from
Sugar is carbs
The 3 macros are carb fat protein.
Carbs, fat, protein. Live for one year on just pepsi, canola oil, and chicken feet skin. Report back. Your body isnt prejudice.
Chiptle is real food… Mcshit ain’t.
I don’t got to chiptle because customer service is shite tho