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Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a 'luxury' due to high prices www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-consider-fast-food-luxury-high-prices

1571 sats \ 20 comments \ @gmd 28 May econ

Seems totally normal.

I was recently saddened to see that my Wendy's app 4 for $4 deal which I thought was the only thing (along with costco hot dog) to be inflation proof since pre-pandemic just changed to 4 for $5 😭

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130 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 28 May

I am not much of a fast food guy but I did notice here in Canada some people posting about the fact a $5 footlong from Subway is now a $6 6 inch.

149 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 May

There’s bound to be a crass joke in there somewhere.

168 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 28 May

Subway subs: “I was in the pool. I was in the pool.”

119 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 28 May

Well done

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199 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 28 May

To be honest though, fast food is a luxury. Only recently has it become a stable in our diet. Believe it or not, before people cooked things at home.

149 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 28 May

Blows my mind that McDonalds is "launching a new $5 menu"... I remember the dollar menu and how you could actually get a meal with it for a few bucks... I'm not even that old but geez....

130 sats \ 4 replies \ @vigilantcitizen 28 May

The only reliable line of defense now is Costco chicken. If it falls to shrinkflation/inflation, then we are all done for.

unluckily, they opted for the third route...putting microplastics in us, straight to our veins, with cheaper packaging. But so far they've held on price-wise

124 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 28 May

The way they're limiting the Costco chicken is by not making as much of it, I've seen some seriously long lines in front of the chicken stand.

Getting meat patties at McDonald's is still a very reasonable option, it's about a dollar a piece. This is just the ground beef patties, cooked, without anything else. They're very tasty and work great if you're eating carnivore.

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @vigilantcitizen 28 May

hmm yeah I've heard about the patties stuff

Never seen a ton of lines at the Costcos I've been too, but I could see it depending on the spot you're at

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd OP 28 May

Don’t worry these teens are working on a microplastics filtering device…

we just need a miniature version to filter out your balls

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @vigilantcitizen 28 May

"and 47 dog testicles tested" - damn that's some gnarly work to do

199 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 29 May

I'm always fascinated by how people and businesses adapt to inflation

Will we see a massive slimming down of people now? Will we see more people dinning together at home in group settings? Does fast food margins push users to sit down dining because might aswell go big when you leave home? How do diets change now, do people move towards more filling foods instead?

149 sats \ 0 replies \ @Turdinthepunchbowl 28 May

https://m.stacker.news/33015

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 29 May

I live in the Midwest and paid $17 for a basic sub at Cousins subs and it was mostly bread. Ugh

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @freebookspls 28 May

Does anybody have any idea on how this affects the fast food companies bottomline? Are they bleeding?

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 29 May

Nothing can be inflation proof on fiat system.

And talking about luxury foods in America, I'm of the view that Americans eat more at McD, Do'z, KFCs because it's always been kinda fashion there. What do they call it. 'Fast Fashion' yeah,!

I don't know but these companies have trapped people. I had recently visited a Dominoz in India. As usual, it was overcrowded, but they only had 4 people as staff there. We had to wait more than an hour, so was everyone doing, and when I it was served, I can easily recognise that they have considerably shorten the size of Pizzas and then I looked at the bill there also they have increased it so much.

They are playing double games but people are addicted to them and can't help their taste and fashion!!

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 28 May

McDonald’s does an excellent job of trapping its consumers from a young age, though. My son clamours to have a Happy Meal set every week without fail so that he can get the “free” toy

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 28 May

America needs to eat less fast food anyway

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 28 May

There will be pain.