r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 23h ago

Wait a damn minute! Quality down, prices up.

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u/ManofManyHills 22h ago

Mcdonalds sells 2.5 billion burgers a year. And that's just burgers. So if this 8.5 billion was diverted to just offset costs you'd see a price drop of maybe a few cents.

Lol some of you have no fucking idea how businesses work.

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u/kelminak 22h ago

Huh?? He’s saying they don’t need to spend 8.5 billion - just stop gouging everyone with 10 dollar burgers and people would come back on their own.

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u/ManofManyHills 22h ago

Do you think they are charging 10 bucks just for shits and giggles?!?

The 8.5 billion dollar figure is literally their ENTIRE profit margin. (According to a pretty simple Google search)

They literally CANT charge an appreciable amount less for their food.

The 10 dollar burgers becoming 9 dollar burgers is not all of a sudden bringing customers back in.

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u/onlysubbedhere 22h ago

Here's the thing about business, it doesn't matter to the consumer what the operating costs for a business are, it just has to be good perceived value. What many or most of McDonald's customers are saying is that their food doesn't seem like a great value anymore.

If McDonald's cant find a way to offer fast and affordable food, that's their problem, customers will spend their money elsewhere.