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McDonald's to Offer $1 Breakfasts
Wall Street Journal ^ | 12/10/2009

Posted on 12/10/2009 7:19:09 AM PST by My Favorite Headache

Edited on 12/10/2009 7:40:48 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

McDonald's Corp. will start offering breakfast for a buck with the launch of a national dollar menu in January.

The breakfast dollar menu will be backed with advertising across the U.S., and will feature five items: two sausage sandwiches, a sausage burrito, a 12-ounce coffee and a hash brown. The menu may feature some variations based on markets.


(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breakfast; breakfasts; dollar; dollarmenu; mcdonalds; menu; offer
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To: My Favorite Headache

Breakfast: $1 at McDonalds.
Lunch: $1 at Burger King (Whopper Jr).
Dinner: $1 with careful shopping at WalMart.

Upshot: anyone can get by with decent meals by recycling 60 soda cans per day ($0.05 each) or working 25 minutes at minimum wage. Few indeed cannot earn $3/day in this country.
Methinks the “hunger problem” has been solved.


41 posted on 12/10/2009 8:00:29 AM PST by ctdonath2 (It from fit.)
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To: thefactor

They aren’t really doing great, they just aren’t taking it on the chin as bad as their competitors.


42 posted on 12/10/2009 8:01:55 AM PST by discostu (The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

If you purchased each food item listed...it would cost you $5.00 (still a bargain though!).

In our area, they have 2 Egg McMuffins for $3.00. On Saturday mornings (on way to sports) we bring our own beverages; and buy 2 sets. For $6.00 I couldn’t make that at home.


43 posted on 12/10/2009 8:02:42 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (She's not quitting...she's reloading.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

A good McDonalds will make more on breakfast than lunch


44 posted on 12/10/2009 8:03:03 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: Petronski
Just kidding!

However our local MD has had a regular "special" of two hashbrowns for $1 for quite a while.

I think the breakfast fare is about the only edible stuff on the menu, except maybe for the fries. They should serve it all day.

45 posted on 12/10/2009 8:05:31 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs, nothing more than bald haired hippies.)
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To: razorback-bert

True, a drink at McDonald’s costs a nickel to make, the cup actually costs more than the drink, but if they charged .15 for a drink, they couldn’t charge a buck for a meal that costs .90.


46 posted on 12/10/2009 8:06:16 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: discostu
They're dealing in volume I guess. The dollar menu items went through the roof at the height of the recession. Those items don't make money, but they get those big butts through the door!

I bet they do well during the shopping season too. People are out and want a quick bite. Their stock seems to be relatively flat lately, though.

47 posted on 12/10/2009 8:07:09 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Richard Kimball
It was also when cups of coffee were about a third the size they are now.

McDonald's coffee should be free. It tastes like recycled mop water. Awful.

48 posted on 12/10/2009 8:08:48 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: deport
I”m surprised that the regional people haven’t came down on the franchisee to clean up the places.

Some franchisees are total boneheads.

Vet Sues Over Big Mac Attack

49 posted on 12/10/2009 8:09:42 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (Obamacare should cover lobotomies for Democrats)
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To: Thermalseeker

McDonald’s coffee should be free. It tastes like recycled mop water. Awful.


Which fast food joints do you recommend for coffee? I’m on the road some and would appreciate your info.


50 posted on 12/10/2009 8:11:30 AM PST by deport (84 DAYS UNTIL THE TEXAS PRIMARY....... MARCH 2, 2010)
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To: thefactor

They’re dealing in secondary product. The profit at McDs has always been in the beverages, the cup they put the soda in costs more than the syrup to make the soda, in general there’s about 400% profit on most beverage sales in fast food. The dollar menu is a loss leader. And with Taco Bell entering the breakfast arena lately, and entering on the under cut, this is a defensive move to protect their breakfast market.


51 posted on 12/10/2009 8:11:44 AM PST by discostu (The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
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To: My Favorite Headache

It’s called Piece of McToast.


52 posted on 12/10/2009 8:12:06 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: ctdonath2

“...recycling 60 soda cans per day ($0.05 each)...”

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I must have missed something.

Can you really get a nickel for a single soda can these days?


53 posted on 12/10/2009 8:13:06 AM PST by EyeGuy
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To: VeniVidiVici

Some franchisees are total boneheads.


Agree that’s why I’m surprised that the regional group hasn’t came down on them. Also I’m surprised that the local health inspectors haven’t had some input.


54 posted on 12/10/2009 8:13:23 AM PST by deport (84 DAYS UNTIL THE TEXAS PRIMARY....... MARCH 2, 2010)
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To: ctdonath2

Excellent, resourceful, common-sense post by the way.....


55 posted on 12/10/2009 8:13:53 AM PST by EyeGuy
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To: My Favorite Headache

McD’s #2 breakfast rocks!


56 posted on 12/10/2009 8:16:52 AM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: MrB
THIS is why the left really HATES McDonald’s...They do what the statist utopia of the left could NEVER do - feed BILLIONS on the cheap.

Right you are! Not only feed them but provide lots of entry level jobs for kids and make a respectable profit in the process.

The other thing is that you can never find the Grey Poupon there. That really fries leftoids.

57 posted on 12/10/2009 8:18:58 AM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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To: freespirited

Imagine their dismay at the most recent news that the food quality of school (GOVERNMENT PROVIDED) lunches was actually far below that of fast food franchises.


58 posted on 12/10/2009 8:20:57 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: ctdonath2
Good post.

BTW, the food stamp bureaucracy assumes that a person needs 5 bucks/day.

59 posted on 12/10/2009 8:20:58 AM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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To: deport
I’m on the road some and would appreciate your info.

You came to the right place. I spent almost 25 years traveling worldwide doing telecom work, most of which was done at night. We lived on coffee during the peak years of the cellular build out. In the USA, Waffle House has the best affordable coffee, especially if it's 3:00AM. Krispy Cream and Dunkin' Doughnuts are also passable usually. The others are basically mop water. Otherwise, I used make my own in the hotel using a coffee press, a Wisperlite stove and spring water. It didn't take me long being on the road to realize that eating fast food every day will kill you quick. It kills your energy level and sends your cholesterol through the roof. When I was traveling whenever possible I avoided fast food like the plague.....

60 posted on 12/10/2009 8:23:00 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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