[Diana in Wisconsin]

Minimum Wage Hikes. Insane Inflation. Let's Go, Brandon!

[Reno89519]

Maybe they’ll offer a Small Mac?

[Bob434]

so $1.50 cheeseburgers back on the menu again?

[Right Brother]

Discounts for minorities, price hike for Caucasians. Problem solved.

[suasponte137]

Great.

So I look forward to automated everything...with one or two warm bodies overseeing the automated operation.

Because $25 per hour burger flippers just aint going to allow you to cut that much.

[CatOwner]

Only accomplished by downsizing product and/or going with lower grade food ingredients (if that’s possible at a McDonald’s).

[circlecity]

Massive automation is the only solution.

[Jim W N]

...but don’t forget about TASTE!

[ClearCase_guy]

The standard equation is:

On time
On budget
Good quality

Pick two

So, if McDonald's is going to focus on "budget", will the fast food be slower, or lower quality?

[1Old Pro]

a big mac meal is worth $7-8, no more. They need to charge what it is worth.

[wildcard_redneck]

People started eating at McDonald’s because it was a good deal for the amount of food you got for the money and now it isn’t. If McDonald’s keeps their prices high, they are going to die.

[Bernard]

Maybe “Demolition Man” had it right; the only restaurant that survives will be Taco Bell.

[SamAdams76]

$7.29 for an Egg McMuffin is totally crazy. It's simply an egg in an English muffin with a slice of Canadian bacon and American cheese.

There are "poor" people paying those prices? I'm fairly affluent and wouldn't pay that much. Outrageous.

I'm sure the high wages are to blame. The labor there used to be mostly kids in high school happy just to get a foot into the workforce so they put a few dollars in their pocket and move on to better things. They only made minimum wage and worked hard.

Now people are expecting to work there as a career.

[joesbucks]

They’re paying over min wage in my state. Supply and demand has driven wages up.

[joesbucks]

Quarter pounder will become an 1/8th pounder. Big Mac will become Little Mac. Kids meal will become infants meal.

[diverteach]

IOW…either “where’s the beef” is going to get harder to locate or more automation and less real employees.

[know.your.why]

Asked my doctor what single thing I could do to better my health. He told me to stay away from restaurant hamburgers period! Seriously now...what kind of quality meat can you get for what they pay? I bet it’s like $.25 per lb.

[vpintheak]

Sorry sacks demand a “living wage” for a job that literally takes a day to learn, and then they complain when their food costs more. SMH.

[Macho MAGA Man]

Only things I like from McDonald’s is there hash browns and sausage egg and cheese biscuits.

[kaktuskid]

Plus beef prices are going up, egg and chicken prices going up due to bird flu outbreaks.

[Highest Authority]

Is it true that they now add insects to their meat? Serious question!