Customers frustrated as fast-food prices continue to rise
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- New inflation data this week confirms that prices at fast-food restaurants are on the rise - and customers have taken note. NBC’s Brian Cheung reports for TODAY on what’s behind the increased costs.
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#fastfood #inflation #money
So stop eating fast food. You will feel better.
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
For the most part agree. But back to the cost which is the main point of the video......the price alone for 1-2 people is why my bf and I only eat out once EVERY OTHER weekend. We both make in the 75k-90k range EACH and childfree but regular groceries prices alone has us fighting for our lives lol.
@@shopece8807 And the best thing? The American public will still do nothing about it. Because we can do nothing we will deal with inflation until we all starve or steal in mass.
LOL, easier said than done. I did not "stop", but eat out once in a while. Eating at fast foods 3x a week , every week is just financial lunacy. I find it perplexing why people go to In N Out, wait one hour in their cars to pay $25 for a combo.
A whole roast chicken at Costco is $6.00
Everyone complaining about the prices, but ya'll still paying it!
Facts!!!!! Only way it changes is we don’t go. Price and demand
@@VegasbornI go to taco trucks or any food trucks instead now! 🤷♂️ Might be a 10 minute wait, but it’s worth it
If you don't like the prices, go get some coupons.
This! Capitalism people! You can complain but hey you still buying
So people should stop eating?
If I spend the money to eat out I am going to a sit down restaurant
Those are overpriced as well..
Go to those sit down places every so often then you really really look forward to then rather than thinking those garbage fast food places are your right!
Taco Bell is trying to eliminate sit-down inside service. I decided to help them .... I've stopped going there at all.
Same!!
And pay more, prices are ridiculous all over the fast food places!!
eating ramen noodles in college?
bruh, we had actual dollar menu in college..
@user-it6bx9tt5h Bruh, lots of us ate ramen in college bruh. And it “took us out”
Cici's pizza buffet saved us in college
The quality is worse as the price goes up.
The world getting smaller, and the cost of postage keeps rising.
I started noticing too that food doesn't taste as good anymore, they must be cheaping out on ingredients
@@wyldeman0O7I like fast food places for vegans
Lies again? Grab Food USD SGD
McDonald’s puts worms in their burger meat.
Passed McDonald's yesterday . Both Drive Thru's were packed . People love to complain while they're waiting in line just to get ripped off .
I hope they realize they are getting ripped off. I did and they are.
@@heatherprincipe8537they cant help it. They addicted.
lol most are living paycheck to paycheck and spending like crazy
@@AI_TaylorI think most people could use the Dave Ramsey Treatment.
Mc donalds is the worst getting people sick
Eating at restaurants is a luxury. Be smart and eat around home. Better food and cheaper prices!!!
Plus I bet you wash your hands. Lol
Those places are ok for every now and then but not all the time!
Eating at a restaurant is a luxury, but it shouldn’t be available just for the wealthy. The extremes of capitalism are setting in. Housing market and now restaurants aren’t affordable.
@@blevbeat Work home construction to make some cash and learn the ropes, then build your own home.
For 20 dollars, I bought a pack of 4 steaks, 2 bags of those mini potatoes, zucchini, and a red bellwether, and now have dinner for 2 for 2 nights
Start cooking at home…..again! If you never have it’s time to learn!
But I'm too busy. No, I don't know what I'm too busy doing, I just am. Busy because I am busy.
@@anonmouse15No excuses! Try it, you’ll like it! 🤣🤣🤣
@@royrice8021 Sorry, I'm just too busy to respond.
@@anonmouse15 What??……….
@@anonmouse15buddy you’re capping.. you have 24 hours in a day.. pick a time where you’re free and do it
Here’s an idea - stop eating out.
Inflation is everywhere even cooking at home. Nice try
Americans :never, my borgor is my constitutional right!
@@diegoflores9237Still cheaper and much better for you. Nice fail.
@@diegoflores9237 not really....dont be lazy...
@@diegoflores9237 But now you're gonna be laid off from McDonald's.
I'm not frustrated with fast food prices anymore because I don't eat fast food anymore.
Don't bother me at all. I cut fast food out as well.
Yep. Last year I finally ended movie theaters, now this year is eating out.
I am sure to have it.People just got a break... And then it's no big deal. So Cheers for people making that change.
Basically 😂
@@clintonfreed412 Movies haven't been worth it for a long time. It makes me sad but the prices were crazy anyway.
Imagine paying more for burgers and fries thats been sitting around for hours and only barely warm.
@@Celwood yeah its called a microwave and it tastes even worse then. 🤡
Our obsession with fast processed food is disgusting.
It is not the workers fault for being paid enough to cover their rent.
It is just set by the companies that make over a billion a year.
If you don't want to pay the prices, don't go. Pretty simple
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
Or you can start voting straight Republican.
@@rickw3243 They do value the American right to become 400 pounds on cheap food.
Their leader is evidence of that.
@@rickw3243 Thanks to Trump the taxes and costs have gone up on non millionaires and billionaires. Vote Blue. If you cant see beyond the superficial to what is going on then you should not be allowed to vote.
@@kenofken9458Biden is looking super healthy 😂
No need to be frustrated, if you don't like the price don't buy the garbage!
Yeah I stopped going to McDonald's when it was hitting $15 for a combo.
There ya go. I'm much healthier since I started making most of my meals at home. Less grease that way and I put more vegetables in my food than any of these places offer.
💯💯💯💯💯
Don’t be a snob. Some people aren’t too vain to want a quick and cheap meal.
@@jonfreeman9682 In Texas it’s still under $10. Red state economics, baby 😎
Honestly, just go to the grocery store and start making your own hamburgers and chicken sandwiches at this point.
Excellent idea!!!
Is it not crazy that prices have literally more than doubled over the last 4 years and yet wages have not gone up?
Wages havent gone up? Are you high? Cali forced all fast food restaurants to pay their workers 20 an hour.
These prices finally kicked my fast food habit. It’s cheaper now to eat healthier.
I don't know😂
I cut out 90 % of my fast food buying
@@debosantacruz3054it seems expensive but youtubers and tiktokers debunked that groceries are more expensive than fast food because of quantity you get in groceries
I don’t eat fast food anymore either, you can have a way healthier, tastier meal at home and it don’t cost as much. Not to mention the portion size..
I beg to differ. Better food actually costs more than u think
In what reality are grocery prices up only 1.2%😂
In Janet Yellen's dreams
In Joe Biden's fantasy
1.2% for the week, they mean
@@joesanchez2368hahaha. I’m gonna use that.
No kidding!
Minimum wage goes up, fast food prices will go up.
Ye guess who liberals voted for 😂😂.. they voted for newsom
Yup, the problem is the peasants making a few thousand more per year. Multi-million executive salaries in no way, shape, or form drives prices.
They can keep rising prices as far as I'm concerned... keeps me away from fast food, lol! I do miss the dollar menu...
Yes!!! People start cooking at home. It’s cleaner and healthier.
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
And cheaper. Rice, potatoes, chicken breast are cheaper, cleaner, and far less fat than eating out.
I think everyone is lazy and doesnt want to spend the time cooking😂
Yeah but you're not always at home and it isn't convenient to bag a lunch so you grab what you can nearby.
Fr I walked in on my fast food chain and rodent dookie was all over the floors, shelves and tables we make food on. I told my sister to not eat at that little ceasars anymore because of their rat infestation. I haven't seen that since it happened but it's sad how rat infestations are swept under the rug.
My mother in law worked full time with 9 kids no husband, and had a home cooked dinner every night. A lot of good crock pot meals. Burgers on the grill. Grilled cheese, chili, soups, casseroles. Nothing time consuming.
Lol
Annnd you do not think that it does take time, using a crock pot surely helps. And she work full time, maybe the family can pitched in and help her. There is a ideal🤔
You’re also talking about a completely different time period where things were cheap and people( for the most part) had more free time on their hands. Not saying this is your situation as I don’t know you or your mother-in-law but I do feel like you’re oversimplifying things a bit .
My father in law walked to school 100 miles uphill each way in torrential blizzards AND barefoot.
Okay but what time where you eating?
Don't be lazy eat at home like the good old days get to know your own family over dinner.
Exactly👏👍👍.
Shut up where's my mcnuggets?!
Good!! The money you save by not eating junk food could be used to eat healthier at home.
HIGH PRICES FOR GARBAGE FOOD ! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Don't tell Gavin Newsome the prices are high. He'll raise the minimum wage to $85 an hour so people can afford it!🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
It’s prob good thing? Everyone BMI prob drop first time since 70s
this is how Dystopia began
@@bitcoindaddy1 TRUE LOLOL
I think Dog Food is Cheaper ... and makes Ur Coat Shiny Too...
People quit paying these prices, boycott these fast food places and watch how fast the prices come down.
Exactly
People are now using credit for this. So yea
More like watch how fast the workers get laid off due to unable to reach the new minimum wage demand.
What will happen is the restaurants will go out of business. Prices can't go down because the Federal Reserve and the Government are printing money like a drunken sailor. This debases the currency. Costs of food have gone down if you use a Silver dollar. Fiat money was a bad idea.
" watch these prices go down" ?!. No, more like close down. I can tell you don't run a business with at least 5-10 employees
they tryin to blame it on rising price of employees but fast food workers still getting paid roughly the same as the 1970s if you factor inflation
It is crazy people blame the struggling
FYI the only reason for your existence is to make corporations richer.
McDonald’s CEO earned $17.4 last year, a 20% increase over last year. Nobody ever talks about this.
They run the largest fast food chain in the World. Of course they make bank.
They didn't have a McD's in the Soviet Union. Over 1 million Ukrainians starved to death.
Seventeen dollars? No wonder he wants to raise prices.
You did ..and someone else must have talked about it for you to know it
@@curtisthomas-eg4th 😂
I keep seeing all these videos of people crying about the prices yet people are lined up around the building so I don't feel sorry for them. The best thing people could do is STOP going to these places
That's pretty much the nature of our inflation right now.
People whining about rising prices yet lining up to pay them.
I agree. What really confuses me is all the coffee shops. Making coffee at home is so much cheaper.
@@amarx6248 Way cheaper, by a decimal place at least. I'll go to a coffee shop once in a great while if someone wants to meet there for some reason, but otherwise I make my own.
If you go every single day or work day at least, that's a hundred or two burned up every month right there.
@@kenofken9458 same. People complain they don’t have money but they’ll use credit cards and pay interest to buy hundreds on coffee a month. Or whatever it is their screens tell them to buy. My husband noticed how silly it was on the coffee thing, but then later an ad for some cheap pizza crossed his screen and an hour later he was buying the pizza. It’s also weird cause cheap pizza always upsets his stomach.
People are spoiled nowadays. Just stop going to places don’t deserve our hard earned money. Especially fast food, so unhealthy.
It sucks it's getting too expensive to keep the poor people sick. We cannot allow them to eat healthier and *gasp* change their lives!
Wait wait....was it not the idea of fast food to be....."cheap and fast"?
In comparison to everything else, grocery store prices, restaurant prices, all of which have gone through the roof, fast food is still relatively cheap.
It's only because prices have jumped up so high and so quickly that people are experiencing "price hike" shock.
So fast food is still cheap, by comparison.
It's just not as cheap as it used to be.
$9.00 for a Bowl of soup! I just made a big pot of soup for 3 bucks and much tastier and easy to make. Will freeze half and enjoy the rest.
Plus said she'd eat there 4 times a week. That's alot, once a week is enough.
This is a complete lie and we all know it! What did you use, just water an some noodles? Stop your lies and look at the cost.... Show us your Soup and I will prove it cost about 20 bucks for your pot unless all you did was boil some noodles! Or you just fed yourself!
@@dublindog8038 A Costco roasted chicken is $6.00 You can make it the main course for two people for 3 meals. Take the leftover whole chicken and boil it with some veggies and noodles and make soup for a week.
@@user-vx7vi3vq1c I've actually done this and it wouldn't make that much soup. The issue being is the chicken is already cooked so it doesn't give much flavor to the boiled broth. Even a small pot you are forced to add chicken bouillon cubes to it. So it couldn't make a large enough pot for a week as you say.
@@SiXiam I’ve done it many times. Add carrots, celery and onion and bullion…Salt and pepper and some noodles. It’s makes about 6 quarts.
There are alternatives to fast food. If you're still buying it, then you can afford it
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
You're forgetting that's it's both most addictive and convenient food type, which means it will be bought by people who cant afford it
@@UnknownUser-nz3io yeah but for the most part PelosiStockPortfolio is not wrong tho.
And yet I see them packed, drive through lines 15 deep... you keep eating there, you keep doing this.
Cooking at home is just expensive
Stop paying thse prices. Let them go out of business. New business will take their place and give lower prices. Circle of life. The rich keep getting richer in the US, without us that will stop.
This!!!! 100% correct! Finally someone who has intelligence.
McDonald's may close a few locations, but the stupid and lazy will never go out of business
Totally agree. They deserve to go bankrupt for the crap they serve and now the prices are ridiculous. I stopped going after a combo hit $15 for just a burger and fries and I'm still hungry after. It's too much. ✋🏻
Inacting $20 an hour minimum wage what did y'all expect? The cost is always going to get passed on to the customer. Franchises are independent from the company They can't afford it
Groceries can be waaaay cheaper and healthier than fast food if you know what to buy. Just buy groceries.
Why did they show in-N-out so much?? I wish all of the fast food options were like them. Their prices are actually pretty decent and the food is WAY better than any of the other fast food burger spots
And better wages.....much better wages
They raised their prices. Not so affordable anymore. It just seems so because most other places prices are higher.
@@stevenotero2627they've raised it by a matter of cents while still treating their employees well versus other fast food options. I bought a meal yesterday at an inn n out in West Covina and only paid 8 dollars. Still extremely affordable, I don't know what in n out you've been visiting 😂
You are so right! In-N-Out prices are still quite reasonable, and quality is great- so they are the best value by far.
@@stevenotero2627 Still extremely affordable. $9-10 here for a meal, AND they pay decent wages to their employees.
I’m in Hawaii and Burger King whopper meal costs $18.79.
I moved here 4 years ago and as soon as I saw that at drive through I got out the line and drove straight to pho restaurant. Bowl of pho costs 13.99.
I rarely eat fast food but ever since I moved here I completely stopped. Not worth it.
Well Hawaii is overpriced for everything though, isn't it?
I can make me a 1-week worth of a meal for 18 bucks
The local burger place near me serves a gourmet burger with chips or fries and a choice of beer or soft drink for less than $15. It's also all locally sourced. If you were to go to McDonald's it would be more expensive and garbage quality.
Hawaii is the most expensive state in the U.S., on average $140,000 salary to survive.
Wow thats crazy expensive. At least there’s the option but man for that price might as well have something else.
Prices at the grocery store are only up 1.2%?
What planet are these people living on? Or are they talking they only went up that much in the last two hours?
Grocery prices have been stable for at least a year. I know because I go all the time.
I joke with store staff that prices seem to change by the hour and they agree. Prices are going up by dollars. There are some social media accounts documenting this radical change. I'm taking pictures myself to show how dramatic grocery store prices are changing in this terrible economy.
In California, they wanted $20 minimum? It’ll lead to layoff.
Yep, if we all stop going they'll be forced to lower prices.
And you will now pay 10 bucks a head of lettuce, 20 bucks for a Broccoli Head, 15 bucks for 16bucks for slices of processed cheese, 6 bucks for a bottle of water... etc.. Have you thought about that?
@@dublindog8038not realistic. Present your argument
@@dublindog8038 Except they won't buy they'll learn they need to offer cheaper options. We ain't getting gouged by their greed.
Yes but the problem is that so many Americans have allowed themselves to become addicted to this convenience trash food.
No. They will just shut down and more job loss.
Then don’t go to fast food places anymore, MAKE YOUR OWN FOOD ITS CHEAPER
One potato will cost you .50 cents. Fry it at home and you have your large fries instead of paying $3
Fast food is not a necessity. It's also not good for you.
They need healthier options. But that would be even more expensive.
Going to the grocery store ain't much better
@crzycolchris with what a meal costs at McDonald's you can get a fat steak a potato and veggie or Salad for that!
Tbf, alot of these prices are right in line with buying from the grocery store. The benefit is is already prepared and cooked. I find myself going too restaurants more now. Because fat food is touching restaurant prices too.
That's true, but that won't be a very good steak @@danielszymanski-jw5kq
They forgot to add that CEO pay is on the rise. Convenient.
Yes it's called voting Liberalism and DEI... This always happens! Get over it!
Exactly
@@dublindog8038That’s not even close to it
@@dublindog8038 Just stop. It’s exhausting.
When wages increase for some, all other wages increase also.
Let's boycott fast food stores for 1 month - keep money in your pocket
I’m supporting local joints over the big corporation restaurants.
Eat at home at least you know no one spit in it
Spend more on cleaning supplies ,u really never win anymore, Everyone has a nasty attitude won'tlook u in the 👁️
"Don't spit in the cop's burger!" -Super Troopers
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
😅
Hiw about stop voting democrat?
Stop going to the National Fast Food chains and Support your local restaurants and businesses people!
Their prices aren't any better some are even worse!!!
Those national fast food chains are mainly run with investor money. Anyone can buy shares to those. It’s like government run company in a way.
The problem is that people will still continued to eat fast food and they know it
I am taking food from home. It is out of control
Imagine complaining about the high price of food that poisons your health ?
@martinaguilar1977 More layers to your argument
Its the way its marketed and shoved in your face that manipulates people to want to go to those places!
They will charge what people will pay.
Gas stations are a big competition. I remember when Holiday sold fishing gear. Now they sell food.
No mention of corporate greed. Guess making money off the expense of the poor and blaming a near living wage is where they want your focus.
And what are you gonna say when you have to pay 40 bucks for a Loaf of Bread and 20 bucks for a half Gallon of Milk! Maybe you should stand for those that are not about DEI Politics but Economics!
Just stop. McDonald’s profit margin and its food is pennies per serving.
No one is forcing anyone to buy fast food.
The reason they can keep raising prices, is because people keep buying it.
I was in Vienna, Austria 2 weeks ago and it was $6 for 4 cheeseburgers... it is Corporate American Greed!
Do they deliver?
Not really...we are just printing fake money in the govt like it is going out of style in the USA in recent years. The more fake money our govt prints the worse it will get. Sure our corps have always been money grubbing for decades now. What has changed really is the money printing which went on steroids during the pandemic. We are paying for sitting at home quivering for years during the pandemic, forgiving student loans, paying for welfare and illegals, having endless wars, giving money to other countries, and being frivolous in general with our budget as a country.
I mean...what a coincidence would it be that when we print tons of money all the corporations in all sectors magically colluded to raise prices to gouge you??? And! If that were true, wouldn't there be SOME outlier companies that would refuse to be part of the gouging cartel out of morals or even out of sheer business savvy to make more money out-competing by selling things for less than the rest of the corp cartel?
@@maxpain7197 LOL ... love it!!
Its cheaper to eat at home. 10 dollars worth of burgers at home lasts me for dinner two days, sometimes three.
Thats costs about a third as much as a McDonald's meal.
I can buy 2.5 pounds of ground beef and package of hamburger buns from the grocery store for about $12. This is enough for 8 medium burgers.
Or, I can go to a fast food joint and pay about $50 to $65 for the same thing. Fast food places are now costing about the same or higher as sit-down restaurants.
$12? GOD LORD THAT ALOT OF MONEY! 😲
Stop buying crap food
Fix your crap at home
Grocery prices are also up.....
@@diegoflores9237 I get huge steaks for $8. Fries cost me $2 for a whole bag. An entire pie is $6. A bag of cookies is $3-$4. 2 liters of pop is $1.69. Big bag of chips is $2. Compare that to eating out.
@@diegoflores9237 Gorceries last longer. Eat your calorie intake for the day or lower it
I see what you did there
@@diegoflores9237buy things when they’re on sale and stock up. We had ham on sale for 99c pound after holidays. We bought a few and froze. Cut out the crap food like sodas and desserts.
If everyone stop eating out, let see what happen to these fast food companies.
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
That’s just not realistic. When you’re out working and forgot your lunch or whatever, McDonald’s is there it’s convenient at least you won’t be famished till the end of the work day.
@@edward8972people love saying stupid stuff
I wouldn't be mad if fast food fell completely .a world with just grocery stores would be nice despite fast food addiction in society
Law of supply and demand. Less demand price goes down. Stop eating out prices are going to go down to attract customers.
Stop eating out. Just stop it.
Ok. So how do we solve high prices at the grocery store? Stop eating all together?
@@awesomesause79not way cheaper. Grocery prices have increased dramatically too. Stop pretending inflation isn't raging
We quit eating out a couple years ago. Used to go almost every day. And yes I can afford it. But I’m not paying the prices for crap food and even crappier service
I did… Saving $350+ a month now.
Ok mommy
Company price gouging has destroyed brand loyalty. That will cost them over time.
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
Price gouging?! 🤣 suddenly market conditions are gouging. I swear y’all Speds have brains the size walnuts😂
@@sergeantromanovklov4378 I'll try to make this as simple as possible since you are struggling to understand- when companies keep raising prices despite showing record profits, it's CLEAR they aren't just passing on higher costs but padding in more for higher profit.
So you can troll on but it doesn't change the fact that they are using oligopoly power to price gouge.
@@Mlogan11 nuh uhhhh
@@Mlogan11 socialism is when government does stuff!!
I don't care bout what corporate says...I care bout what falls out of my wallet...pass that cost you greedy corporates
I went to Burger King and ordered a whopper combo with bacon. They said 13.50 and I just drove off 😂
Unhealthy, they forget your items in the drive thru, and expensive. NOT WORTH IT! just avoid it and you'll feel better and your wallet will too
Ok now that we solved that problem how do we deal with inflation at the grocery, medical, auto, insurance, clothing, housing, gasoline, babysitter, ?
@@diegoflores9237A country cant have cheap prices and be funding multiple wars without inflation creeping along.
@@lewie5913exactly
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
@diegoflores9237
Simple! RIOTING!
It’s really funny how they refuse to mention they are also price gouging if they REALLY was raising prices only due to the additional operational costs they wouldn’t be making nearly record profits right now..
EBT has caused fast food to skyrocket in price, not cost.
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@@genuineappeal3458 dude no…. U can buy cooked/hot food with EBT only groceries and gas station like snacks
Greedflation.
FACT fast food wages are only %20 of profits.
This includes SSI unemployment and management!!
To double pay would only increase prices 10-12%
So if you are blaming the small increase in wages given .
You are WRONG!!!
AND ANYONE BLAMING WORKING PEOPLE IS Lying TO YOU.
Math, it's not my opinion.
Price gouging is also a crime.
It goes up because someone is willing to pay for it. If you want them to change then dont feed into the bs
It’s always cheaper to eat at home & it’s healthier!
It’s ridiculous. We complain and they say, “well inflation and the raising costs of materials and transportation are the reason why” meanwhile they are posting record profits year over year of 10% - 30%.
Is ALL greed. It’s NOT the workers are paid too much.
Stop your crap, this is how business works, what are you gonna say when you pay 40 bucks for a loaf of bread and 20 for a half gallon of Milk? Stop this nonsense and realize how economics really work!
Corporate greed isn't a new idea of the last 3 years. Apparently a large sector of the population thinks that increased costs would just be absorbed by the companies and not passed onto the consumer. Of course it will be.
Some places even dare to ask for 20% tip…like if I don’t pay what would they do to my food?
A pack of fries and chicken nuggets at your local grocery store is less than 10 bucks and you have enough for about a month
CEO of McDonald’s wade 17 million in 2022. Go look up what these CEO’s make a year, it’s mind boggling!
Ford CEO makes about 20 million.
About $200 a year per employee.
CEO salary is not the issue.
The real issue, no matter how much they raise prices, people keep buying.
When you buy something, you are telling the business, your prices are fine.
They all make that kinda money.
And how much does it cost McDonalds to increase the wages for tens of thousands of workers? Pretty sure it dwarfs the CEO pay.
@@gcanyon3114 yup. 150k employees, 150,000x30 hours a week x 50 weeks a year x a modest $2/hr pay raise = $450 million dollars.
McDonald’s ceo pay, approx $18 million a year.
It is so laughable that people blame ceo pay.
@@AJourneyOfYourSouluntil you see that their profits keep growing year after year.
Lol buying food at the grocery store ain't much better 😂
You are joking right? I can get 10 pounds of chicken breast for 20 bucks at sams club. That's the cost of one double quarter pounder meal.
I can eat for three days for the price of one McDonald's meal as a vegan.
Way healthier.
But even if you eat meat... grocery store is so much cheaper.
$5-6 for a whole chicken at Costco. Enough to feed even two ravenous teenage boy football players.
Someone doesn’t understand math.
I can buy a bag of breaded chicken for 7 bucks and a bag of rolls for 2 bucks and a bag of chips for what it costs for a Wendy's chicken sandwich. That is why I eat out once a month
@@chriswood1210 Exactly. I buy a Costco chicken for $6.00 about once a month. I get 3-4 meals out of it and make soup with the leftovers.
I don't get fast food often, only when Im with friends usually. But I hate that I have to pay $5 for a big mac when I can get a sandwich and potato salad at WinCo for the same price. I miss when fastfood was meant to be the cheap alternative and a treat for many
"Consumers are turning to groceries..." GASP! It's a shame people are forced to (potentially) eat healthier while saving money.
Look at the money CEO's are making, not the money that hourly workers are making.
Seriously, they get paid ten of millions a year and people question why the prices increase...
EXACTLY!!!
High Prices for High Liberalism that says the following in Europe "You will not own anything or have anything but you will be Happy!" Is this the crap you support! When a single Cucumber cost 15 bucks, and a head of Lettuce is 20 and your are prevented from growing your own veggies because you hate the truth of Jesus! Is this what you mean?
CEO get paid high cause they're running a business with knowledge and work experiences that burger flippers don't have. Running a billion dollars company is not an easy feat. Try one yourself
Ridiculous nonsense
Have not eaten fast food in 3 years, last time it was so bad I could not finish it. Before this price hike quality was down, during covid, and prices were climbing. I do business with a few locally owned places about every 2 months and mostly eat at home. I want my money to stay in my community, not in a CEO's or corporation out of the country bank, plus I want to stay healthy, a win win for me.
Same here! The less I eat outside the more money I have in my pocket.
@@arturovillaluz2053 Keep it up and spread the word. An end to big corporate chains, back to local mom and pop businesses.
@@lesliemoore1656sounds conservative. Nice
People don't understand that diesel prices are high. Every truck company charges for delivery to keep their trucks on the road
That comparison of 1.2% increase for groceries and 5% for fast food seems disingenious. You have to show a table of at least 5 years to have perspective. It may be the case that for a couple of years prior fast food prices didn't increase while groceries did.
I feel like someone told us all this would happen approx 4 years ago?
that orange guy always seems to be right...
No frustration here!!! No dine in. No drive thru. Just a drive-by!!
It’s funny how grocery stores are not complaining about labor cost, when they’re overhead is way more than everyone else’s.
All of a sudden fast food is a mandatory necessity for Americans 😂
Complaining about burger prices with your $200 haircut, fancy car and $1000 phone. Going back to your house with a 70” flat screen and that $500 moka maker you just had to have from Costco. Get real.
Paying 30 dollars for 2 people to eat fast food is one thing. Paying 30 dollars to eat fake food with chemicals that's killing us is the main issue
Fast food gets a bad rap. It is not necessarily unhealthier than many home-cooked meals because many home-cooked meals are loaded with fat and cholesterol, simple carbs, and many calories. Nutrition is more complex than eating at home.
randoman hit the nail on the head. 30 bucks for a takeout meal for 2 is outrageous!
Don’t buy it if you can't afford it. No one is telling anyone to buy fast food 🍔.
For 15 years I had argued with people who always made comments that the feds should raise the minimum wage by telling them they will just be screwing themselves. And here we are!
I paid $15 for 3 French fries. I won’t be going to ANY fast food restaurants. If it wasn’t for kids I would’ve left drive through. I’ll never get over it.
Who would have thought an increase in minimum wages and nonstop money printing would lead to inflation?
Well someone's gotta bear the cost. The positive is people working there earn more now so can spend more to grow the economy?
@@jonfreeman9682 inflation increases the cost of everything and not just hamburgers.
How dense. Raising minimum wage is a lie of an excuse for the price hike. Plus any raise is voided by inflation. 😎🎭✌️
Fast food was inflated even before raising the minimum wage.
@@jonfreeman9682lol
Check out the record profits these chains have been making!
Thanks Bernie Sanders
💯💯💯💯💯
Start your own fast food restaurant and give us a better deal, Comrad!
@@George-lp5qbbot
Corporate is making money because they have exclusive rights for food supply and for food prep machines. Stores are squeezed be corporate, Gavin Newsom, and inflation.
We’re SICK of costs being passed on to the consumer! We’re sick of paying for your lawsuits, your CEO’s paycheck, for your company to give charity donations with OUR money and get a tax break! We’re re sick of it!!!!!!!!!
"Everything is so expensive "
Updates perfectly good phone.
people would do so much better to cut back on fast food.
The American dollar has become seriously devalued. The only way to stop it from going down further is to reduce consumption. Consume less, save more.
We need a recession. That's the only way to reverse or at least stabilize all this.
Canada has the same problem. What's worse is the Federal government keeps raising our carbon tax, even with the pandemic and now high inflation, taxes keep going up, and they keep spending more on social programs.