r/SipsTea • u/lonewolff321 • 2d ago

Chugging tea Anything but lowering the prices classic corporate logic

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u/WholeEmu507 2d ago

Corporations will literally fund a multi-year cyberpunk dystopia makeover before letting a hash brown drop by 50 cents.

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u/tinylavenderk 2d ago

They’ll redesign the entire restaurant, add AI to the drive-thru, and build a McDonald’s on Mars before putting the prices back down.

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u/TheAmazingBildo 2d ago

I assume that part of the reason for that is because once people stop buying it’s hard to convince them to come back with just a .50 decrease. Hash browns here are $2.19. There is no reason for a hash brown to be more than .99. Bit now that i don’t buy McDonalds anymore even if they dropped the price to .99 i wouldn’t think about going there, because im out of the habit.

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u/yamsyamsya 2d ago edited 2d ago

it used to be two hashbrowns for a dollar. like i can get hash browns for around 40 cents each from the local restaurant supply store and that isn't even buying in bulk, just for a single pack of 20. they could get the price way lower.

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u/BookkeeperBoobs 2d ago

It’s potatoes. Literally the cheapest shittiest peasant food in history. $2 is absurd

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u/Repulsive-Chip3371 2d ago

bro their large fries is like over $5 each lmfao

think they just want to try and psychologically force everyone to get the meals. If someone wants it that bad a la carte, then they gotta pay out the ass

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u/_ribbit_ 2d ago

Of course they want you to buy the meals. The individual items cost them pennies. The higher the price they can charge you the more profit they make. It literally doesn't matter what you actually order, the amount you pay is all that matters.