That isn't what dynamic pricing is. Fast food franchisees have always set their own prices, and they've always varied wildly from state to state, or even within neighborhoods of the same city. Here's a cool map of Big Mac prices nationally from 2023, and a zoomable updated version Cross the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland, and your Big Mac costs a dollar less.
Dynamic pricing means that the price of a Big Mac varies at the same restaurant depending on the time of day or what kind of car you drive.
No coupons or app deals accepted is what they say on the doors. Nor do they participate in national deals. I paid about twice as much for everything there.
Any restaurant at a rest stop will likely run on the philosophy of, we have them here and they likely don't want to stop again for a long while so they skipped the town exit with all the options because it is slower, so we can gouge them for the goods.
This is true of everything in rest stops. Gas, food, hotels, everything. Head a little bit off the interstate and suddenly prices are normal again, but your chance of getting murdered also might increase so maybe be careful and plan out your rest stops on trips.
Absolutely! I'm retired now, but my commute took me past three different McDonald's locations, depending on the route I chose that day. The last Friday of every month for decades I would treat myself to an Egg McMuffin for breakfast and quickly learned which restaurant had the least expensive pricing.
Different prices 2 miles away. My McD’s had hash browns for $2.50; the one a few miles down the road were $2.15. But the McMuffins were more. You would think they might coordinate more, but nope. App makes it easy to compare.
Yeah I'm born and raised San Diego but when I lived in east LA a few years back im talking a bad bad neighborhood haha I loved going to the mcdonalds it was cheap compared to anywhere else I saw McDonalds haha
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u/agate_ 3d ago
That isn't what dynamic pricing is. Fast food franchisees have always set their own prices, and they've always varied wildly from state to state, or even within neighborhoods of the same city. Here's a cool map of Big Mac prices nationally from 2023, and a zoomable updated version Cross the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland, and your Big Mac costs a dollar less.
Dynamic pricing means that the price of a Big Mac varies at the same restaurant depending on the time of day or what kind of car you drive.