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McDonald’s fails to boost sales with Dollar Menu
Associated Press ^ | Apr 19, 2013 6:24 PM EDT | Candice Choi

Posted on 04/20/2013 12:37:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 04/20/2013 12:37:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Their stock price is doing great. What I like best about McDonald’s is their stock price didn’t take off until the famous Jackass, Warren Buffett sold his shares.


2 posted on 04/20/2013 12:58:36 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Olog-hai
I still really like the food and convenience at McDonald’s.

But the prices have gotten way too expensive for the food I like best.

Ten years ago, I ate there at least ten times a month.

Now, maybe twice a month.

3 posted on 04/20/2013 1:06:14 AM PDT by zeestephen
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They gave out coupons like crazy last December. $2 Big Macs, etc.

Without the coupons the only deal is the $1 Spicy McChicken sandwich.

I expect another coupon mania.


4 posted on 04/20/2013 1:43:15 AM PDT by japaneseghost
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To: Olog-hai

I havea plan for McDonalds that has worked since trading began.

Sell food that is edible.
Sell food that does not taste like cardboard.


5 posted on 04/20/2013 1:51:39 AM PDT by Fzob (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
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To: Olog-hai

When I go into her shop to help Mrs. 2ndDivisionVet by handing out coupons in the mall (usually on a Sunday) I walk about 2,000 feet across the parking lot and cross the street to Burger King for our only outside-the-home meal. Their dollar menu is much more extensive than McDonald’s or Wendy’s and has better sandwiches. I get her one or two Whopper Juniors, while I might get a couple of their BK Bacon Burgers or some Classic Chicken sandwiches. Lots of food for about $5 or $6, which is all we can afford.


6 posted on 04/20/2013 2:03:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: Fzob

But the ammonia aftertaste of pink slime is so appealing.


7 posted on 04/20/2013 2:04:26 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: Olog-hai

problem is that MickeyD’s reduced the size of their Kid’s Meals to appease Michelle Obama, and started handing out sliced apples instead of fries. My kids rebelled against it, and I sure a lot of others did too. They also increased the prices of their milk shakes but halved their size.


8 posted on 04/20/2013 2:09:53 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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Didn’t help that they alienated their white customer base by focusing solely on their African American customers for years.too.


9 posted on 04/20/2013 2:13:25 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Didn’t help that they alienated their white customer base by focusing solely on their African American customers for years.too.

Excuse my ignorance, but how did they do that?

10 posted on 04/20/2013 2:27:26 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished.)
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To: Olog-hai

Crap for only a dollar is still a dollar for crap.


11 posted on 04/20/2013 2:45:43 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
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To: Olog-hai

Two words:

Market Saturation


12 posted on 04/20/2013 3:10:25 AM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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To: zeestephen

I worked dozens of hours a week in one in 1964, when they made their fries on-site from real Idaho potatos, making hamburgers that had real meat in them, and mixing shakes that had real milk, cream, etc. in them.

Today, if I eat any of their burgers, especially the regular size, I can only detect fillers and a hint of something one might call meat, and the buns have been improved out of all semblance to bread. They are largely dry and tasteless. The french fries taste okay if you get them right after being fried, but they aren’t the same as fries cut from real potatos then blanched, and then fried. Bottom line is that my experience with McDonalds is that you’re getting a virtual meal in a 3-D simulation.


13 posted on 04/20/2013 3:16:45 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: arthurus

As the years go by a dollar buys less, which in this case is a good thing.


14 posted on 04/20/2013 3:21:27 AM PDT by sakic
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To: Gaffer

Ha—maybe they can use new 3D printers for home delivery!


16 posted on 04/20/2013 3:31:42 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: F15Eagle

-— I almost always get the dollar menu items——

Same with me. Can’t afford.the regular menu.

Sales would probably be lower without it.


17 posted on 04/20/2013 3:37:00 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: japaneseghost

If you go to their website, they always have coupons ready to print.


18 posted on 04/20/2013 3:43:35 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Gaffer

I agree with you on the fries. Once they cool, they are simply inedible.


19 posted on 04/20/2013 3:46:19 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Olog-hai

Amazing how some people can talk about the horrible food at McDonald’s, but then got to the supermarket, buy the SAME INGREDIENTS, and think their home-cooked food is somehow healthier.

...incredible.


20 posted on 04/20/2013 4:08:55 AM PDT by BobL (Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
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