MicroWavetoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish·3 months agoMcDonald's to 'rethink' prices after first sales fall since 2020(www.bbc.com)external-linkarrow-up1679arrow-down19message-square322fedilink
arrow-up1670arrow-down1external-linkMcDonald's to 'rethink' prices after first sales fall since 2020(www.bbc.com)MicroWavetoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish·3 months agomessage-square322fedilink
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhalesarrow-up54arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkMcDonald’s whole niche is “cheap but edible”, the second you remove cheap from that equation the value proposition is gone.
minus-squaretempestarrow-up6arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkThey saw what Pepsi was doing with Frito-lay and figured why not?
minus-squaretacospleasearrow-up12arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilink$11 for a 12 pack of sprite where I live. No. Fucking. Thanks.
minus-squareCaptain PoofterEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkDamn, they charging that much for future diabetes these days??
minus-squaretacospleasearrow-up1arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkRight? Europe cuts back on sweets because of a sugar tax. America cuts back on sweets because of corporate greed. We are not the same.
McDonald’s whole niche is “cheap but edible”, the second you remove cheap from that equation the value proposition is gone.
They saw what Pepsi was doing with Frito-lay and figured why not?
$11 for a 12 pack of sprite where I live. No. Fucking. Thanks.
Damn, they charging that much for future diabetes these days??
Right?
Europe cuts back on sweets because of a sugar tax.
America cuts back on sweets because of corporate greed.
We are not the same.